Hard SAT Words - Group 3

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compensatory  Speak Example sentences
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serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
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extremely evil or cruel; possessed or controlled by a demon
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grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune
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enthusiastic follower; one who is devoted or self-dedicated to a cause or practice
complicity  Speak Example sentences
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participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
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having low-necked dress
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make strong or secure; strengthen; become solidified or united
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prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking; devise, using skill and intelligence
conflagration  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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remove or reduce an area's military power
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serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
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large destructive fire
consolidate  Speak Example sentences
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smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings
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participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
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trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
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make strong or secure; strengthen; become solidified or united
coquette  Speak Example sentences
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all commentators of the news media collectively
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having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous
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flirt; seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
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confuse; frustrate by throwing into disorder; embarrass
crowdfunding  Speak Example sentences
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increasing or enlarging by successive addition; acquired by or resulting from accumulation
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bring up and expel from throat or stomach; vomit; discharge or pour forth contents
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funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.
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person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people
debunk  Speak Example sentences
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expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
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sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting
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strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals
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increasing or enlarging by successive addition; acquired by or resulting from accumulation
decollete  Speak Example sentences
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formal discussion on a topic, either written or spoken
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having low-necked dress
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prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking; devise, using skill and intelligence
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discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest
defoliate  Speak Example sentences
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strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals
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mar or spoil appearance or surface; impair usefulness, value, or influence of
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funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.
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cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
deleterious  Speak Example sentences
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increasing or enlarging by successive addition; acquired by or resulting from accumulation
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prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking; devise, using skill and intelligence
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blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
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having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous