Hard SAT Words - Group 3

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complicity  Speak Example sentences
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participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
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falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
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make strong or secure; strengthen; become solidified or united
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give off liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
condole  Speak Example sentences
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with a way of nestling together; by hugging, embracing so as to keep warm
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grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune
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express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
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harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous
conduit  Speak Example sentences
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participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
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coarse twilled cloth, usually cotton, used for jeans, overalls, and work uniforms
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pipe or channel for conveying fluids; tube for enclosing electric wires or cable
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outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
consolidate  Speak Example sentences
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bring up and expel from throat or stomach; vomit; discharge or pour forth contents
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make strong or secure; strengthen; become solidified or united
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take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
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pipe or channel for conveying fluids; tube for enclosing electric wires or cable
contentious  Speak Example sentences
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meaning or indication; distinguishing by name; something, such as a sign or symbol, that denotes
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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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selection; organised killing of selected animals; person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
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attachment to materialistic values or possessions; theory that a progressively greater consumption of goods is economically beneficial
coterie  Speak Example sentences
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pretend; hide feelings from other people
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argumentative; fond of arguing; inclined to dispute
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group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with common purpose
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thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well; characterized by extreme care and great effort
cull  Speak Example sentences
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selection; organised killing of selected animals; person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
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trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
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call together; cause to assemble in meeting; convene
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respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic
dappled  Speak Example sentences
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spotted; having mottled or spotted skin or coat
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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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give off liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
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argumentative; fond of arguing; inclined to dispute
defame  Speak Example sentences
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harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous
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discourage; cause to lose courage or hope
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of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor
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to defeat completely,to make perplex or uneasy
delineate  Speak Example sentences
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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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loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter
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portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
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outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot