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3000 Common SAT Vocabulary | Introduction |
3000 Level 3 - 4 - Manage Words by Panel - Page 1 |
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provident |
a. displaying foresight; providing carefully for future; preparing for emergencies In his usual provident manner, he had insured himself against this type of loss. |
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puerile |
a. childish; belonging to childhood; immature His puerile pranks sometimes offended his more mature friends. |
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pugilist |
n. one who fights with his fists, especially a professional prize fighter; boxer The famous pugilist Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammed Ali. |
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pugnacity |
n. combativeness; inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness 'Put up your dukes!' he cried, making a fist to show his pugnacity. |
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puissant |
a. powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible His memoir was full of descriptions of puissant military heroics, but most were exaggerations or outright lies. |
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pulverize |
v. pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust Before sprinkling the dried herbs into the stew, they first pulverize them into a fine powder. |
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punctilious |
a. marked by precise accordance with details Percy is punctilious about observing the rules of etiquette whenever Miss Manners invites him to stay. |
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pundit |
n. authority on a subject; learned person; expert The author who writes about SAT I as if he is a pundit actually knows very little about the test. |
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purloin |
v. steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove The amateur detective Dupin saw him purloin the letter for which the police had search in vain. |
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purveyor |
n. one who supplies provisions, especially food; caterer As a purveyor of rare wines and viands, he traveled through France and Italy every year in search of new products to sell. |
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pusillanimous |
a. cowardly; lacking strength and firmness of mind You should be ashamed of your pusillanimous conduct during this dispute. |
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quadruped |
n. four-footed or quadruped animal, especially, four-footed mammal A mammal is usually a quadruped. |
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quaff |
v. drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily As we quaff our ale, we listen to the lively songs of the students in the tavern. |
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quantitative |
a. expressed or expressible as a quantity; relating to the measurement of quantity As you knew, it exported wheat without quantitative limitations last year. |
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quay |
n. dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded Because of the captain's carelessness, the ship crashed into the quay. |