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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
abnegate     Speak
 
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v.  
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aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve
persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury
give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
enter drop by drop; infuse slowly
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amplify     Speak
 
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broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
become popular with; make agreeable or acceptable
look at with a fixed gaze; angry stare
direct or impose with urgent appeal; order with emphasis
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
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bantering     Speak
 
(3)
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peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute
untidy; careless in work habits
being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from natural
good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone
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codify     Speak
 
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arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematize
persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury
nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
be oppressed by heat; suffer terribly from the intense heat
assume the existence of; put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest
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continence     Speak
 
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self-control; self-restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
urgent situation; state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action
worship of idols; excessive admiration
family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
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doleful     Speak
 
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without money; poor; penniless
of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle; knowing; cautious; cunning; shrewd
diligent; hardworking; persevering, and constant in effort or application
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epistolary     Speak
 
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marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied
consisting of letters; written in the form of or carried on by letters
suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
universally present; being present everywhere
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firebrand     Speak
 
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the sense that something is about to occur; anticipatory fear; premonition
hothead; a person who stirs up trouble; a piece of burning wood
a place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
a gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the workforce without firing employees; wearing away through harassment
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
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hermetic     Speak
 
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wicked or sinful; immoral; unrighteous
with a sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
explanatory; serving to explain
fictional, relating to imaginative creation
sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
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imprecation     Speak
 
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a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
similarity in form or character; agreement
curse; the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property
officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
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lisp     Speak
 
(11)
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ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg
vary; go in different directions from the same point
separate the fibers or threads of; clarify by separating the aspects of
pronounce the letter s imperfectly; give s and z the sound of th; speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid
summarize; repeat in concise form
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monochromatic     Speak
 
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relating to outline or diagram; represented simply, as using symbols
having only one color; viewing only one color, total color blindness
worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses
slow; sluggish; wasting time
recently begun; imperfectly formed or developed; elementary
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necromancy     Speak
 
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tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop
belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; the communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
great excitement; public disorder or uproar
the feeling of enmity or ill will; an attitude that informs one's actions; disposition
untrustworthy person;  deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; a man of humble birth; male servant
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permeate     Speak
 
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cause to become sick; fill with disgust
please intensely; fill with great delight or joy
force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force
spread or flow throughout; pervade
ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery
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portentous     Speak
 
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full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; wonderful
incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy or correct
burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing
distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet, or sentimental
witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
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rarefied     Speak
 
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in the manner of an uncle, about uncle; kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant
mocking; exposing human folly to ridicule
spotted; having mottled or spotted skin or coat
stubborn; unmanageable; obstinately resistant to authority or control
made less dense of gas; elevated in character or style; lofty
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savant     Speak
 
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scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
text of dramatic musical work, such as opera
formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment
inference about future or hypothetical situation based on known facts
someone who releases people from captivity
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silt     Speak
 
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aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
set apart; distinguish; perceive or show the difference in or between
give off sparks; shine as if emanating sparks; twinkle or glow
mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
explain; make clear the meaning of; unfold meaning or sense of
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supplant     Speak
 
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assume the existence of; put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest
induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith
win by a wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
replace; usurp; displace and substitute for another
present obstacle; stump; cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck
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unkempt     Speak
 
(20)
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foretelling events as if by divine inspiration
untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
relating to a tailor, tailoring, or tailored clothing
sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
about art or skill of removing metals from ores
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