Hard SAT Words - Group 3

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collateral  Speak Example sentences
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guarantee, usually in the form of an asset, for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay
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a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
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expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
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make a clear distinction; make distinctions on basis of category without regard to individual merit; show preference or prejudice
complaisant  Speak Example sentences
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reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade
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make strong or secure; strengthen; become solidified or united
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similarity in form or character; agreement
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trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
complementary  Speak Example sentences
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to fall or crash violent from great heights, to form a crater
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attachment to materialistic values or possessions; theory that a progressively greater consumption of goods is economically beneficial
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confuse; frustrate by throwing into disorder; embarrass
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serving to fill out or to complete; supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks
concerted  Speak Example sentences
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to fall or crash violent from great heights, to form a crater
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change appearance of something or someone to the negative; deform
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planned or accomplished together; combined
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discourage; cause to lose courage or hope
concoct  Speak Example sentences
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prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking; devise, using skill and intelligence
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speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech
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oppose with arguments; attempt to prove to be false or incorrect; contradict
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make strong or secure; strengthen; become solidified or united
cornerstone  Speak Example sentences
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a fundamental or central component
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existing concurrently; in company or combination
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loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter
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having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous
coronation  Speak Example sentences
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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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existing concurrently; in company or combination
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falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
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tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop
debunk  Speak Example sentences
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discourage; cause to lose courage or hope
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to fall or crash violent from great heights, to form a crater
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expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
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participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
decrepitude  Speak Example sentences
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withdrawing support or help; act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty
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state of collapse caused by illness or old age
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oppose with arguments; attempt to prove to be false or incorrect; contradict
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spread around; widespread; spread over a large area of a body, tissue, or organ
defection  Speak Example sentences
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reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade
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having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous
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withdrawing support or help; act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty
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expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule