SAT Vocabulary Test Online

anonymity

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n. E.g. In my view, death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.

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anxiety disorder by extreme and irrational fear; dislike
supporting bar or rod; proud step or walk, with the head erect; stubbornness
state of being nameless; one that is unknown or unacknowledged
extremely poisonous or injurious snake; person regarded as malicious
warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair
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bolt

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v. E.g. Jack was set to bolt out the front door.

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declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
dash or dart off; move or jump suddenly
attract by arousing hope or desire
give to understand; imply as a possibility; make known subtly and indirectly
multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
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debris

(3)

n. E.g. A full year after the earthquake in Mexico City, they were still carting away the debris.

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corpse; dead body, especially one intended for dissection
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
psychological disorder by delusions; extreme, irrational distrust of others
broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing
remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
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economy

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n. E.g. The tribe's main economy is primitive agriculture and its wealth is sometimes counted in people as well as animals.

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separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
strong inclination; definite liking
efficient use of resources; reduction in cost; specific type of economic system
state of violent agitation; eddying motion; unstable flow of a liquid or gas; state of violent disturbance and disorder
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fundamental

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a. E.g. El Niao is a natural phenomenon, but some are worried that climate change could now be altering the cycle in fundamental ways.

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causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential
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imbalance

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n. E.g. What Peterson wrote about South Dakota's government now being in imbalance is most certainly true.

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person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides; sixpence
slope; mobile staircase; inclined surface or roadway connecting different levels
risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; act of laying something open
lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion
broken fragments; irregular pieces of rock
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manifest

(7)

a. E.g. Whatsoever makes manifest, that is, makes plain and clear.

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clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
rude; sullenly ill humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
relating to, or adjacent to the sea; nautical
full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions
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obscure

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v. E.g. Because the smog will obscure our view, we have to adjust original plan.

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pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
darken; make dim or indistinct; conceal in obscurity
mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
regard with respect; favorable regard
wander aimlessly; move about aimlessly; walk about casually or for pleasure
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purse

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v. E.g. Miss Watson had to purse her lips to show her disapproval of Huck's bedraggled appearance.

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take apart; disassemble; tear down
strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
position troops in readiness for combat, as along a front or line; put into use or action
put into effect; carry out the legalities of
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; contract one's lips into a rounded shape
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reproach

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v. E.g. He never did anything wrong without imagining how the look on his mother's face would reproach him afterwards.

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express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
consider; think about carefully; weigh
darken; make dim or indistinct; conceal in obscurity
multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
fasten together; join at the ends; join by interweaving strands
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stint

(11)

v. E.g. "Spare no expense," the bride's father said, refusing to stint on the wedding arrangements.

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imitate; mimic, as an ape imitates human actions
be thrifty; restrict or limit, as in amount or number
regard with respect; favorable regard
obtain from another by coercion; get money by threats
wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward
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virtual

(12)

a. E.g. Today, 100 bloggers are conducting a virtual protest to decry the large numbers of out-of-wedlock births in the black community.

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lasting only a short time; fleeting; elusive
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
energetic; vigorously active
relating to man and the planet earth, physical as opposed to spiritual; experienced in human affairs
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