SAT Vocabulary Test Online

adapt

(1)

v. E.g. One way to adapt is to become smaller, generation by generation.

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make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
handle with skill; exercise effectively; have power over; rule or manage
utter sound made by cattle; make a low noise
acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
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beneficial

(2)

a. E.g. Tiny Tim's cheerful good nature had a beneficial influence on Scrooge's charitable disposition.

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kindly; favorable; not malignant
spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; designed or adapted to entrap
rude; sullenly ill humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving gist of something
helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
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cynical

(3)

a. E.g. What I find sad, and cynical, is that this guy is essentially saying things will not be better by 2012.

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knowledgeable; resulting from deliberation and careful thought
deep and resonant; flourishing; thriving
skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward
relating to use of technology in investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in court by law
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dossier

(4)

n. E.g. This dossier is a result of intensive work over eight weeks that has drawn on many sources.

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hint; indirect implication , usually malicious
private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
combination; union of two or more commercial corporations
file of documents on a subject; a bundle of writings or documents relating to one matter or subject
something that discourages; tending to deter
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futile

(5)

a. E.g. Do you simply ignore in futile hope that will cause them to go away?

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sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking
excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
useless; having no useful result; vain
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impending

(6)

a. E.g. We have very strict rules about what prosecutors can say in impending cases.

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close in time; about to occur; approaching
multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety
shining intensely and blindingly; staring with anger or fierceness
favoring one person or side over another; prejudiced
offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
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insinuate

(7)

v. E.g. All that you have dared to insinuate is utterly false.

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argue about prices; bargain, as over the price of something
hint; suggest; introduce by subtle and artful means
commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
hang about; wait nearby; remain floating
pay attention to; listen to and consider
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membrane

(8)

n. E.g. This membrane is attached to the side of the nut, and the nut falls to the ground, when it is gathered for use.

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extremely poisonous or injurious snake; person regarded as malicious
testimony under oath; act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
thin soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue
sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark
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prune

(9)

v. E.g. Another reason to prune is to maintain the plant for its intended purpose within your yard or landscape.

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beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
dislike greatly; hate; cause to dislike or avoid
cut away; trim; reduce
retract a previous statement; sing over again; utter repeatedly in song
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remedial

(10)

a. E.g. Many of those who enter college are woefully unprepared and spend much of their time in remedial math and English courses.

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without definite purpose, plan, or aim; having no specific pattern
corrective; intended for remedy or for removal of evil; intended to improve skills
clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
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subsequent

(11)

a. E.g. In subsequent days, other polls showed that the margin hadn't narrowed all that much.

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stocky; short and thick; low and broad
having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
following in time or order; succeeding; later
quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions; capable of receiving
having supreme rank or power; self governing; excellent; independent
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wrench

(12)

v. E.g. She had to wrench free of her attacker and land a powerful kick to his kneecap.

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make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate
scold; express objections or criticisms in bitter, harsh, or abusive language
twist or turn suddenly and forcibly; move, extract, or force free by pulling violently
feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction
make a formal speech to; deal with or discuss; direct efforts or attention of
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