Hard SAT Words - Group 3

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colloquial  Speak Example sentences
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of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
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logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; state of cohering or sticking together
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spread around; widespread; spread over a large area of a body, tissue, or organ
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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
consummate  Speak Example sentences
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spread around; widespread; spread over a large area of a body, tissue, or organ
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young of certain animals, such as the bear, wolf, or lion
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force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force
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complete or perfect in every respect; supremely accomplished or skilled
contentious  Speak Example sentences
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complete or perfect in every respect; supremely accomplished or skilled
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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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formal discussion on a topic, either written or spoken
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wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look
continence  Speak Example sentences
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swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure
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dig up; unearth; dig up or remove from grave or tomb; bring to public notice
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self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
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ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
coronation  Speak Example sentences
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take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
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act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign or the sovereign's consort; ceremony of installing a new monarch
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frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
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ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
culminate  Speak Example sentences
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remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
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reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
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outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
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one who manages or oversees, usually as an administrator in a museum or library
deadpan  Speak Example sentences
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dig up; unearth; dig up or remove from grave or tomb; bring to public notice
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force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force
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specialized behavior that leads to or initiates mating
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wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look
deciduous  Speak Example sentences
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take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
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falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
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reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
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tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop
defame  Speak Example sentences
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change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
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act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign or the sovereign's consort; ceremony of installing a new monarch
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act or practice of tilling land and preparing it for crops; the agricultural management of land; husbandry in general
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harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous
deride  Speak Example sentences
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outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
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ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
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remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
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unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding