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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
adjure     Speak
 
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v.  
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limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe
vary; go in different directions from the same point
appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
smirk; smile in an artificial way to make an impression
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analgesic     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
harsh and rough-sounding; disturbing public peace; loud and rough
improperly forward or bold; trim and stylish in appearance
ugly; displeasing to eye; unpleasant to look at
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buccaneer     Speak
 
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n.  
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pirate; robber upon the sea
habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for a crime
manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing erased
manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; the rate of moving
award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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cherubic     Speak
 
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angelic; innocent-looking; like a baby; infantile
untidy or slovenly; shabby; great carelessness; done poorly or too quickly
occurring or appearing again or repeatedly
bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
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deducible     Speak
 
(5)
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capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts
tending toward center; moving or directed toward center or axis
versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes
absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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dissolution     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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church dignitary; senior clergyman
distaste; extreme aversion; act of driving back
one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
breaking of union; decomposition into fragments or parts; extinction of life; decay
ancient paper made from stem of plant
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elegy     Speak
 
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n.  
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inner excitement or exuberance; a process of bubbling as gas escapes
poem or song expressing lamentation;  mournful poem
participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing
distaste; extreme aversion; act of driving back
tedious wordiness; verbosity;  great length; minute detail
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expropriate     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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force or push out; drive away; displace or remove, as a person from a place or office
praise highly; glorify; celebrate
muddle; drive crazy; become confused
take possession of; transfer another's property to oneself
combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
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histrionic     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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characteristic of acting or stage performance
very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent
irritable; easily angered; excited by or arising from anger
diligent; hardworking; persevering, and constant in effort or application
infallibly; without error, mistake, or failure
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inchoate     Speak
 
(10)
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lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
explanatory; serving to explain
uncertain how to act or proceed; undecided; lacking in resolution
recently begun; imperfectly formed or developed; elementary
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invidious     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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about art or skill of removing metals from ores
wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look
foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way
designed to create ill will or envy
incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
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monolithic     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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drowsy; dull; indifferent or apathetic
sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
ill-humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
constituting or acting as a single, often in rigid or uniform
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nondescript     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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without money; poor; penniless
external; not essential; extraneous
dull and uninteresting; lacking distinct or individual
witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
poor; experiencing want or need; impoverished
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pall     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
infringe; advance beyond usual limit; make a physical impact on; touch
increase the scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
write or engrave; markdown as something to be read; imprint; assign or address to
grow tiresome; have dulling, wearisome, or boring effect
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plasma     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds
large sailing ship, usually having two or more decks and carrying guns
the fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
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punctilious     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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not normal; unusual or irregular; not representative of a group, class, or type
critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
pervading; spread throughout every part
difficult to believe; incredible; skeptical
marked by precise accordance with details
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remonstrance     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss
resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after the passage of two or more generations
ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight
expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, and especially formal statement of grievances
overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
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soporific     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy or correct
having a harmful effect; injurious; having the quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous
sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient
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sybarite     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who does not hold the same religious beliefs as another
vitality and energy; healthy capacity for vigorous activity
person devoted to pleasure and luxury
a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
inclination; favorable prejudice or bias; special fondness
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unctuous     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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having only one syllable;  speaking in curt
oily; composed of oil or fat; characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness
hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
having many facets or aspects
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