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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
adjunct     Speak
 
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n.  
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a large number or quantity
something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
loud, harsh roar or screech; a dazzling blaze of light
any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears young, such as kangaroo or koala
hothead; a person who stirs up trouble; a piece of burning wood
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arraign     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
chew over and over mentally, or like cows physically; mull over; ponder
make senseless or dizzy; be a mystery or bewildering to
officially charge someone in a court of law
foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
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burgeon     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly
debase; degrade; spread negative information about
cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder
grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
win by a wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
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cavil     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
criticize for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections
try to stir up public opinion; promote the growth of; apply warm lotion to
cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame
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concomitantly     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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existing concurrently; in company or combination
having only one syllable;  speaking in curt
harsh and rough-sounding; disturbing public peace; loud and rough
disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile
offensively loud; noisy; making outcry
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ecclesiastic     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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clowning;  arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks, and postures
error in the use of language, especially  intentional use of misspelling; violation of the conventional rules of society
clothing; garments; dress; garb; costume
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
minister or priest; cleric; one holding an office in the Christian ministry
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equable     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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incipient; coming into existence; emerging
varied; greatly diversified; made up of many differing parts
speaking or expressed in lofty style; using high sounding language; overly wordy
unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
tranquil; not varying; uniform; not easily disturbed
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frugality     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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pompous array of words; overabundance of words
weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
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hedonist     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for a crime
imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking
bowl-shaped strainer used to wash or drain foods
elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
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impious     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
tending toward center; moving or directed toward center or axis
reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
irreverent; lacking due respect or dutifulness
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libretto     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment
the fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
text of dramatic musical work, such as opera
small ornamental statuette; small molded or sculptured figure
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mincing     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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showing a high degree of refinement
critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
speaking or walking affectedly or with caution; affectedly elegant and nice
belong to noble origin; having high birth
fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor
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obfuscate     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
come into rough contact with while moving; make one's way by pushing or elbowing
yield or formally resign and surrender to another
officially charge someone in a court of law
make peace with; appease and render favorable
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partial     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen
disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile
slavish; suitable to slave or servant;  relating to servitude or forced labor
stiff and artificially formal; inflated
incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
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plasma     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing
newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old
power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility
property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature
the fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
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prostrate     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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put or throw flat with face down;  cause to lie flat
separate; break or wrench apart
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
satisfy appetite fully; satisfy to excess
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repulsion     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass
distaste; extreme aversion; act of driving back
one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property
wrong apprehension of one's meaning or a fact; misunderstanding
excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like a stuffed shirt
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sculpt     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
direct or impose with urgent appeal; order with emphasis
spread or flow throughout; pervade
stop or check the flow of liquid; stop the flow of blood from a wound
create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
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stilted     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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not able to be explained or understood; unreasonable or mysterious
intended to confuse in an argument
impossible to assail; without flaws or loopholes
stiff and artificially formal; inflated
empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant
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unobtrusive     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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a measure of temperature used widely in Europe
pouring forth; uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry
inconspicuous; not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable
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