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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
ameliorate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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clean; remove offensive parts of book
make or become better; improve; grow better
support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
give off  liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
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aureole     Speak
 
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n.  
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celebrity; a person who is an inspiration to others; a person who has achieved eminence in a specific field
high praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute
the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo
award of merit; expression of approval; praise
powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
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beatific     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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containing seeds of later development; creative
completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy
stiff and artificially formal; inflated
having only one syllable;  speaking in curt
incipient; coming into existence; emerging
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chalice     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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goblet; bowl-shaped drinking vessel; large drinking cup, often having stem and base
nickname; familiar name for person, typically shortened version of the given name
state of collapse caused by illness or old age
newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old
rejoicing; feeling of extreme joy
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debunk     Speak
 
(5)
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fall from clouds; hurl or throw violently; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt
cut the surface of something carefully with a sharp tool; carve
fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily
expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
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dictatorial     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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no longer usable or practical; obsolete;  not in fashion
in the manner of an uncle, about uncle; kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant
dazzling; glorious; shining with brilliant luster; very bright
pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute
reclining; lying down completely or in part
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encircle     Speak
 
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become engaged to marry; promise to marry
cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion
form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
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fervid     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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vigorously passionate; excessive desire, especially in sexual activity
extremely hot; eager; impassioned; burning
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
flowing or dropping like honey; sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound
radiating; departing from the center
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impalpable     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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difficult to perceive senses or mind
pertaining to bishop or pope; having dignity or authority of the bishop
impossible to overcome; unbeatable
incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy or correct
speaking or expressed in lofty style; using high sounding language; overly wordy
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insensate     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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lacking sensibility and understanding; foolish
untidy; careless in work habits
flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable
constituting or acting as a single, often in rigid or uniform
existing concurrently; in company or combination
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lionize     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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examine closely and critically
cause disgrace to by malicious and false statements; hold up or expose to ridicule or calumny; defame
leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
look on or treat a person as a celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them
deceive; take in by deceptive means; delude
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magnate     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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strong feeling of aversion; dislike
one who is skeptical of the existence of a god or any ultimate reality
ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight
powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
act of admitting to holy orders; disposition as in ranks or rows; formal arrangement
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nebulous     Speak
 
(13)
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lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy
willing to try new things and take risks; bold
pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute
wintry; belonging or relating to winter
sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
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paucity     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like a stuffed shirt
group of men joined in political intrigue; a group of military officers ruling a country
gayness; splendor; cheerfulness or celebration
lack of proper respect; disrespectful act or remark
scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
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promulgate     Speak
 
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enroll in college or graduate school
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
proclaim doctrine or law; make known by an official publication
perplex or bewilder someone; confound or flummox
give inclination toward; make susceptible to; settle or dispose of in advance
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quay     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss
dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded
power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility
petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact
power to produce desired effect
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saturate     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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enclose with a protective covering; encase; cover-up or hide
give off  liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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somnambulist     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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quality of not moving; remaining in place
the temporary halting of usual operations of government or control; the time between two reigns
short speech at conclusion of dramatic work
sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep
plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss
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temporize     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery
fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by
be later in time
act evasively in order to gain time, avoid an argument, or postpone a decision
walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall
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verity     Speak
 
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n.  
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region; climate; particular region as defined by its weather or climate
truth, fact, or reality, especially enduring religious or ethical truth
collector and student of money, in particular of coins
a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
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