SAT Vocabulary Test Online

appease

(1)

v. E.g. Tom and Jody tried to appease the crying baby by offering him one toy after another, but he would not calm down.

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secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; narrate or coordinate
recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
use economically; conserve; save
bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
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aspire

(2)

v. E.g. If you aspire to a career in professional sports, please enroll in a graduate program in sports management.

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place in grave or tomb; bury; place in earth and cover
find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
sharpen; perfect or make more intense or effective
seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end
pay attention to; listen to and consider
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cascade

(3)

n. E.g. We were too tired to appreciate the beauty of this cascade because we had to detour around it to avoid watering down.

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unreal reflection; optical illusion
poison; poisonous secretion of animal, such as snake or spider; spite
small waterfall; sudden downpour
mixture; combination of diverse things
agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
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disdain

(4)

v. E.g. In the film Funny Face, the bookish heroine used to disdain fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.

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dress in finery; cloth to envelop; set out for display or use; place in an orderly arrangement
dislike greatly; hate; cause to dislike or avoid
defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve
stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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figment

(5)

n. E.g. That incident never took place; it is a figment of your imagination.

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great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
death notice; list of dead
assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily
one who studies skin and its diseases
something invented, made up; imaginary thing
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indicative

(6)

a. E.g. There are numerous examples, but the most indicative is probably in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

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causing sadness, compassion, or pity
suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
in coma; extremely sleepy; unconscious
powerful; having power to influence or convince; having great control or authority
absence of ceremony; casual
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leery

(7)

a. E.g. Having failed to produce evidence backing up these statements, they remain leery about security in their hometowns.

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uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay
kindly; favorable; not malignant
randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
directly ahead; straightforward
suspicious or distrustful; wary; cautious
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oblivious

(8)

a. E.g. One can even travel to Ben Gurion Airport and remain oblivious to the concrete separation wall.

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tending to spread aggressively; tending to invade
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
related to the study of disease; diseased or markedly abnormal; relating to or caused by disease
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
lively; vigorous; inducing enthusiasm or excitement; stirring
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pendant

(9)

n. E.g. The grateful team presented the coach with a silver chain and pendant engraved with the school's motto.

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ornament, hanging from a necklace; one of a matched pair; a companion piece
anger aroused by something unjust
comedy characterized by improbable situations; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous
state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; transitional period between youth and maturity
bitterness of feeling; vexation
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rummage

(10)

v. E.g. When we rummage through the trunks in the attic, we find many souvenirs of our childhood days.

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express or indicate indirectly; signify
make longer; draw out; lengthen
force with the thumb; make a groove in
make an energetic, usually hasty search
display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
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swill

(11)

v. E.g. Singing "Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum," Long John Silver and his fellow pirates started to swill their grog.

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recover; return to health or strength; recover from financial loss
give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust
drink greedily; flood with water, as for washing
feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction
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veritable

(12)

a. E.g. In those days, Scandinavia was known as a veritable workers' paradise; not it isn't;

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disreputable; tired or sick; having many seeds
being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
invigorating and refreshing; cheering; making lively and joyful
flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
extremely small; short note
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