SAT Vocabulary Test Online

apprehend

(1)

v. E.g. The police will apprehend the culprit and convict him.

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call upon; ask for; request earnestly
stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with
get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
stop something's growth; squeeze tightly between fingers; give a small sharp bite to
take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
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bogus

(2)

a. E.g. The police quickly found the distributors of the bogus twenty-dollar bills.

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lively; vigorous; inducing enthusiasm or excitement; stirring
deep and resonant; flourishing; thriving
counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
systematic; arranged or proceeding in regular, systematic order
logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable; well grounded
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commemorate

(3)

v. E.g. The story of Fairchild that Mr. Moore was helping to commemorate is well-known in Silicon Valley.

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serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
disparage or depreciate; put down
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; contract one's lips into a rounded shape
undergo decay; infect, inflame, or corrupt;
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
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erotic

(4)

a. E.g. The erotic passages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.

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helper, additional or subsidiary
represented by graph; described in vivid detail; clearly outlined
pertaining to passionate love; tending to arouse sexual desire
being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
causing anger, displeasure, resentment, or affront
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garner

(5)

v. E.g. And, of course, that urge to garner is one way in which power ultimately corrupts.

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gather; store up; amass; acquire
void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
twist or turn suddenly and forcibly; move, extract, or force free by pulling violently
move or act clumsily and in confusion
commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
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heinous

(6)

a. E.g. I'm a sincere believer that people who have engaged in heinous crimes deserve the ultimate retribution.

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relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict; mad; insane
grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
relating to, or suggestive of war; connected with the armed forces
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irony

(7)

n. E.g. That most of us miss the irony is a vivid demonstration of our blindness.

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separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
end of existence or activity; termination
person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
translation, often interpretive; performance of a musical or dramatic work
expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult
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passport

(8)

n. E.g. The first thing I put in my bag beside my passport is my iPod because I need sound and music in trip.

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legal document identifying the bearer as citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
fundamental reasons; basis; exposition of principles or reasons
act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
defamation; false and malicious statement or report about someone
inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect
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prognosis

(9)

n. E.g. Doctors have told him his long-term prognosis is good, but rehabilitation and training is necessary.

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perceptiveness; intellectual activity; delicacy; quality or state of being subtle
act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable
cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; form of humor by mocking with irony
pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease
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remedial

(10)

a. E.g. Many of those who enter college are woefully unprepared and spend much of their time in remedial math and English courses.

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powerful; having power to influence or convince; having great control or authority
previously unknown; strikingly new, unusual, or different; young
morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest
corrective; intended for remedy or for removal of evil; intended to improve skills
humorously sarcastic or mocking
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sever

(11)

v. E.g. The result of England's last great colonial struggle with France was to sever from the latter all her American dependencies, her colonists becoming the subjects of alien and rival powers.

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find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
reveal; make known to public
cut off from a whole; set or keep apart; divide or separate
crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
speak wildly, irrationally; speak or write with wild enthusiasm
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tyranny

(12)

n. E.g. We believe that extensions of law enforcement will lead inevitably to tyranny, so power of police should be shrink as possible.

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military stores or provisions; articles used in weapons, as powder, balls, shot, shells
oppression; cruel government; office or authority of an absolute ruler; absolute power
time between one event, process; interval of time
utmost height; highest point of a mountain
one who studies skin and its diseases
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