SAT Vocabulary Test Online

acquire

(1)

v. E.g. As Norman Mailer once said to me, "One of the hardest things to acquire is a persona, and you've got one."

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call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system
combine; mix; constitute; pay interest; increase
do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
handle with skill; exercise effectively; have power over; rule or manage
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buffet

(2)

n. E.g. Please convey them on the tray to the buffet.

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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out
examination of dead body; post-mortem
secret meeting; agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place
inherent ability; quickness in learning and understanding
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corroborate

(3)

v. E.g. Though Huck was quite willing to corroborate Tom's story, Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.

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assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; support with evidence
feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction
bring upon oneself; become liable to; acquire or come into
express or indicate indirectly; signify
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evasive

(4)

a. E.g. Your evasive answers convinced the judge that you were withholding important evidence.

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being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
deep; not superficial; far-reaching
associated with a divine power; made holy; worthy of religious veneration
avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger; deliberately vague or ambiguous
punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment
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fickle

(5)

a. E.g. Shoppers remain fickle and disloyal and are still shifting to retailers who offer the most immediate savings.

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not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
intentional; headstrong; said or done on purpose; deliberate
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indigenous

(6)

a. E.g. But rarely was the music they played anchored in indigenous sounds of their homelands, as the groups eagerly explored musical hybrids.

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theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
profitable; producing good profit
native; originating where it is found
having supreme rank or power; self governing; excellent; independent
following in time or order; succeeding; later
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lax

(7)

a. E.g. In both oil and finance large sums are made in lax regulatory environments that few will ever understand or even care about.

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unrelieved or immoderate in intensity or severity; without exception; absolute
excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details
loose and not easily controlled; lacking in rigor or strictness
causing shock or horror; gruesome
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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militant

(8)

a. E.g. People are just too preoccupied with trying to survive, to join militant movements.

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profitable; producing good profit
lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
existing in possibility; expected to become or be
final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
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prerogative

(9)

n. E.g. For the sake of policy and representativeness, we need a constitutional amendment to remove this prerogative from the president.

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comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress
colored band produced when beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
something invented, made up; imaginary thing
object worn, especially around neck, as a charm against evil or injury; charm
privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
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render

(10)

v. E.g. And from the standpoint of state and local law enforcement, often the best service our federal government can render is to do these things and do them right.

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append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
deliver;give or make available; provide; represent in a drawing or painting
cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
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sophisticated

(11)

a. E.g. We could have secured our homeland -- investing in sophisticated new protection for our ports, our trains and our power plants.

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having a pale or sickly color; unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress
wide-ranging knowledge; complex; intellectually appealing
determined to do or have
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church
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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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misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
oppression; cruel government; office or authority of an absolute ruler; absolute power
sudden downfall; complete disaster
outer boundary length; closed curve bounding a plane area
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
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