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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
amorphous     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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offensively loud; noisy; making outcry
slightly sour in taste or manner; sharp; caustic
formless; lacking shape or definition
eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything; having an interest in a variety of subjects
harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
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apprenticeship     Speak
 
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n.  
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an exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners
curse; evil-speaking; the utterance of curse or execration
any of various flies that bite or annoy livestock and other animals; an irritating person
the term during which one learns a trade from a skilled worker; service or legal condition of an apprentice
moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely
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blench     Speak
 
(3)
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swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
look on or treat a person as a celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them
give off  liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
a drawback, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear
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captious     Speak
 
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angelic; having sweet nature befitting an angel
mocking; exposing human folly to ridicule
intended to confuse in an argument
formless; lacking shape or definition
impossible to recover or regain; irreparable
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deprecate     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
write or engrave; markdown as something to be read; imprint; assign or address to
start; initiate; induct into office by a formal ceremony
express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
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distend     Speak
 
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pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate
swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
associate with others in a brotherly or  friendly  way
climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; climb by crawling
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elate     Speak
 
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characterized by loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter
radiating; departing from the center
enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint
urging; demanding; expressing earnest entreaty
lifted up; raised; elevated; fill with optimism
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forebode     Speak
 
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v.  
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foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated
be larger in number, quantity, power, status, or importance
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gusty     Speak
 
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containing seeds of later development; creative
childish; belonging to childhood; immature
windy or stormy; given to sudden bursts of passion; excitable; irritable
having many facets or aspects
recently begun; imperfectly formed or developed; elementary
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incorporeal     Speak
 
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capable of being bribed; for sale, available for a price; corrupt
excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
not consisting of matter, or not having a material body; immaterial; insubstantial
pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous
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irremediable     Speak
 
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flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable
speaking or walking affectedly or with caution; affectedly elegant and nice
penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass-through
fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar
incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy or correct
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modulate     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
prolong; draw out or lengthen in time
tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
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necromancy     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; the communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
the lowest point; point on sphere opposites zenith diametrically
celebrity; a person who is an inspiration to others; a person who has achieved eminence in a specific field
book of literary selections by various authors
following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person
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pastoral     Speak
 
(14)
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self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
not consisting of matter, or not having a material body; immaterial; insubstantial
rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
nearsighted; lacking foresight; narrow minded
ugly; displeasing to eye; unpleasant to look at
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promulgate     Speak
 
(15)
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smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings
grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
proclaim doctrine or law; make known by an official publication
satisfy fully; overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
let down; restrain; lessen force or intensity of; moderate
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rancor     Speak
 
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n.  
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bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; hatred
breaking of union; decomposition into fragments or parts; extinction of life; decay
region; remote and undeveloped area
loud, rude burst of laughter; horse-laugh
state of being multiplex or various; condition of being numerous; a large number
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salacious     Speak
 
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loosely connected; divided into incidents; occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind
having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute
lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
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somnambulist     Speak
 
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n.  
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sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep
philosophy or science of law; a division or department of law
any gain above stipulated salary; extra payment
unnecessary repetition, especially for the same sense in different words; redundancy
one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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titular     Speak
 
(19)
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not temperate or moderate; excessive, especially in the use of alcoholic beverages
having or assuming relationship of child or offspring to parent
needlessly repetitious; using repetition or excessive wordiness
nominal holding of the title without obligations; existing in name only; nominal
impossible to recover or regain; irreparable
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viscid     Speak
 
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pertaining to cultivation of gardens or orchards
adhesive; gluey; covered with a sticky or clammy coating
free from deceit; sincere; honest
windy or stormy; given to sudden bursts of passion; excitable; irritable
very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful
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