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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
accouter     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
equip; provide with military equipment
assume the existence of; put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest
cause to become sick; fill with disgust
lie; stray from or evade the truth; behave in an evasive way such as to delay action
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atavistic     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
of brownish, tawny color, with streaks, spots, or patterns
unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
dull and uninteresting; lacking distinct or individual
displaying characteristics of previous cultural era or previous ancestral form
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bucolic     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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speaking or walking affectedly or with caution; affectedly elegant and nice
foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor
impossible to recover or regain; irreparable
feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
rustic; pastoral; agricultural; relating to country affairs, or to shepherd's life and occupation
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cohere     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
catch sight of; glimpse; discover at a distance
dig up; unearth; dig up or remove from grave or tomb; bring to public notice
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constrain     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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restrain; keep within close bounds; confine
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
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doff     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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divide into classes; form, arrange or deposit in layers
reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade
take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
decorate with needlework; add details to
climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; climb by crawling
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emend     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
correct; improve by critical editing; free from fault; alter for the better
summarize; repeat in concise form
divide into branches or subdivisions; subordinate branchlike parts
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forebode     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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try to stir up public opinion; promote the growth of; apply warm lotion to
foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
make watertight by filling in cracks
induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith
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impalpable     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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not capable of being swayed; unyielding; implacable
feverish; intense emotion or activity
difficult to perceive senses or mind
enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint
mottled; spotted or patched, especially in black and white
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increment     Speak
 
(10)
n.  
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the term during which one learns a trade from a skilled worker; service or legal condition of an apprentice
process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent
study of language; investigation of language and its literature
quality of not moving; remaining in place
excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
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licentious     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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matchless; not able to be imitated
amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
habitually moving from place to place, especially in search of seasonal work; wandering
false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
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migratory     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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wandering; moving from place to place; unsettled
stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
slightly sour in taste or manner; sharp; caustic
suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look
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obstreperous     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; lacking spirit or liveliness
noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry
sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting
existing concurrently; in company or combination
overly sweet; cloyingly sentimental
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pathogen     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of the angle
a person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people
hothead; a person who stirs up trouble; a piece of burning wood
right to claim something; right to benefits
any disease-producing agent
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prestidigitation     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
cleverly executed trick or deception; skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with hands
attack with missiles; continuous attack with shot and shell upon a town, fort, or other position
mental disorder  with delusions of grandeur
any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears young, such as kangaroo or koala
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ramify     Speak
 
(16)
v.  
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limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
command against; banish;  not allow something
divide into branches or subdivisions; subordinate branchlike parts
dispute or contradict, often in an insulting way; challenge
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retinue     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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something that holds or links various parts together
one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person
poem or song expressing lamentation;  mournful poem
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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scurrilous     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
study of language; investigation of language and its literature
strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
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tranquillity     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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calmness; peace; freedom from disturbance or agitation
something that bulges out; swelling or tumor on the body
a person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
big or clumsy, often stupid person
disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement
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viscid     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way
adhesive; gluey; covered with a sticky or clammy coating
showing a high degree of refinement
ill-humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
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