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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
adulterate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
fall from clouds; hurl or throw violently; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
stop or check the flow of liquid; stop the flow of blood from a wound
form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
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animus     Speak
 
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the feeling of enmity or ill will; an attitude that informs one's actions; disposition
sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness
concise summing up of main points
a device that lets divers breathe underwater
the fact of light or sound being caused to change direction or to separate when it travels through water, glass
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becloud     Speak
 
(3)
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call together; cause to assemble in a meeting; convene
separate the fibers or threads of; clarify by separating the aspects of
make less visible; obscure or blur; darken with or as if with clouds
speak foolishly; talk idly and at length; chatter
steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove
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censorious     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous
lacking sensibility and understanding; foolish
critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
dying; in a dying state; approaching death; about to die
argumentative; fond of arguing; inclined to dispute
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denouement     Speak
 
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n.  
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minister or priest; cleric; one holding an office in the Christian ministry
collection of various items, parts, or ingredients, especially one composed of diverse literary works
period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity
belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; the communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
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discursive     Speak
 
(6)
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strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as a result of being heated
completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy
reclining; lying down completely or in part
unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
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euphonious     Speak
 
(7)
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at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from natural
relating to the highest point; ascending or leading to climax
pleasing or agreeable to ear; having a pleasant sound
absorbed; deeply moved or delighted
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exult     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
rejoice; feel extreme happiness
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
act evasively in order to gain time, avoid an argument, or postpone a decision
please intensely; fill with great delight or joy
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glut     Speak
 
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fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily
cause to experience shame or humiliation; embarrass
cancel; remove; erase or strike out
ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery
repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
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incisive     Speak
 
(10)
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not intentional; not on purpose; careless; negligent; inattentive
showing lack of skill; clumsy or awkward
penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass-through
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points
penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression
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laud     Speak
 
(11)
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chuckle with delight;  joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
stimulate by shock; stir up; spur to action
crash; move with or as if with great speed and rushing noise
pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate
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monochromatic     Speak
 
(12)
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childish; belonging to childhood; immature
played abruptly; marked by an abrupt sharp sound
wandering; moving from place to place; unsettled
forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen
having only one color; viewing only one color, total color blindness
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oligarchy     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat
memorizing process using routine or repetition; the sound of surf breaking on the shore
animal, such as an insect that lacks backbone or spinal column
treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community
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pellucid     Speak
 
(14)
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serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary
composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches
transparent; limpid; easy to understand
sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
pouring forth; uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
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polemical     Speak
 
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irritable; easily angered; excited by or arising from anger
of very poor quality or condition; loose-jointed; ill-made; out of gear or repair
confused; lost in thought; preoccupied
aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
capable of being bribed; for sale, available for a price; corrupt
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quiescent     Speak
 
(16)
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at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
reclining; lying down completely or in part
suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
capable of using either hand with equal ease
having only one syllable;  speaking in curt
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relent     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper
rule or exercise power in cruel; rule over or control arbitrarily
change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
express in speech;  speak or use words to express
clean; remove offensive parts of book
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solemnity     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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the interdependent relationship between groups or species, often mutually beneficial
domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by political group or nation over others
clever, witty remark often prompted by occasion
the carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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torpor     Speak
 
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n.  
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distaste; extreme aversion; act of driving back
officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt
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uproarious     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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characterized by loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter
proper; appropriate; of pleasing appearance; handsome
fluent; glib; talkative; marked by a ready flow of speech
unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding
secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
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