Hard SAT Words - Group 3

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compensatory  Speak Example sentences
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daily; relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period
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serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
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outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
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exercising power or serving a function without being legally or officially established; in fact or in practice; in actual use or existence
concoct  Speak Example sentences
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remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
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pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute
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prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking; devise, using skill and intelligence
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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
condole  Speak Example sentences
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grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune
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discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest
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cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
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vary; go in different directions from the same point
conduit  Speak Example sentences
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make strong or secure; strengthen; become solidified or united
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pipe or channel for conveying fluids; tube for enclosing electric wires or cable
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lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
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cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
conflagration  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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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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large destructive fire
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sale or other disposal of some kind of asset
daunt  Speak Example sentences
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discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest
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frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
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calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
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pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute
defection  Speak Example sentences
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grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune
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unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding
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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 being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement
descant  Speak Example sentences
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distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
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argumentative; fond of arguing; inclined to dispute
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to defeat completely,to make perplex or uneasy
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discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest
despicable  Speak Example sentences
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of or relating to the heart
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give off liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
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deserving hatred and contempt
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restrain; keep within close bounds; confine
disband  Speak Example sentences
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grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune
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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter
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sale or other disposal of some kind of asset