SAT Vocabulary Test Online

appreciate

(1)

v. E.g. I am truly thankful for the stocks, which would appreciate in value considerably in future years.

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be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
help bring about; make less difficult
combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate
quote; adduce as an instance
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brittle

(2)

a. E.g. My employer's self-control was as brittle as an egg-shell.

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ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent
lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
not correctable; difficult or impossible to control or manage
easily broken; having little elasticity
lasting; surviving; long-suffering; patient
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concession

(3)

n. E.g. Before they could reach an agreement, both sides had to make own concession.

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list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills
specialized knowledge; expert skill
expanse of land or water; system of organs that perform a specialized function; leaflet or pamphlet
agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
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deploy

(4)

v. E.g. The general ordered the battalion to deploy in order to meet the enemy offensive.

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contract into wrinkles; grow together; form into fabric by intertwining
emit odor; be pervaded by something unpleasant
cause to come together formally
recover; find and bring in; get back
position troops in readiness for combat, as along a front or line; put into use or action
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foil

(5)

n. E.g. The pretty girl likes plain boy friend as foil.

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thin, flexible leaf or sheet of metal; prevent from being successful; set off by contrast
forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills
light quick blow or touch
one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
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imperative

(6)

n. E.g. Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

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military stores or provisions; articles used in weapons, as powder, balls, shot, shells
anger aroused by something unjust
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
body excluding head and neck and limbs
having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
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mannered

(7)

a. E.g. He would also have seen that Iberville was smoking with deliberation, and drinking with a kind of mannered coolness.

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artificial or affected; not natural; having or showing a certain manner
existing in possibility; expected to become or be
swollen or puffed as with water or air
flexible; moving and bending with ease
pleasing in personality or appearance; attractive
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meek

(8)

a. E.g. The essence of meek is to be patient with ignorance, slow to anger and never hold a grudge.

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quiet and obedient; showing patience and humility
native; originating where it is found
driving away; unattractive; inspiring aversion or distaste; resistant or impervious to something
pretending to be virtuous; deceiving
open to doubt; unsettled; questionable; difficult to solve
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punitive

(9)

a. E.g. He asked for punitive measures against the offender.

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punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment
sophisticated; of worldwide scope
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
irritated or impatient; easily annoyed; peevish
overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward
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repertoire

(10)

n. E.g. In fact, most of their concert repertoire is by living composers.

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list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills
something invented, made up; imaginary thing
formal essay; paper written by candidate for doctoral degree at university
product of a body's mass and its velocity; impelling force or strength; impetus
one who takes advantage of any chance to achieve an end, with no regard for principles or consequences
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table

(11)

v. E.g. Because we seem unable to agree on this issue at the moment, let us table the motion for now and come back to it at a later date.

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withdraw; take back; draw back or in
cut off from a whole; set or keep apart; divide or separate
roll in water, snow, or mud; indulge in; move with difficulty in clumsy manner; plunge into course or condition
set resolution or proposal for future consideration; hold back to a later time
disparage or depreciate; put down
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unseemly

(12)

a. E.g. One shouldn't be allowed to walk the streets or enter public buildings in unseemly apparel.

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of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night
grossly improper; indecent; in poor taste
frightfully; terribly; inspiring horror
liberal; wasteful; excessive spending
foremost in importance; supreme in rank
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