SAT Vocabulary Test Online

animated

(1)

a. E.g. On entering his room I found Holmes in animated conversation with two men.

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native; originating where it is found
having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in form of cartoon
typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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blunt

(2)

a. E.g. Public employee unions are demanding in blunt terms that Democrats make the tax code more progressive.

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highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill
having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
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compliance

(3)

n. E.g. Bullheaded Bill was not noted for easy compliance with the demands of others.

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readiness to yield; happy friendly agreement
cleansing agent; substance that acts similarly to soap
screenplay; outline or model of an expected sequence of events
ray of light; long piece of metal or wood; long piece fixed or movable in structure, machine, or tool
one that engages in aggression; person who first attacks
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enhance

(4)

v. E.g. This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat.

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become worse; decline; fall
keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
arise; have or take origin or descent
set out for display or use; place in orderly arrangement
make better or more attractive; increase; improve
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frigid

(5)

a. E.g. Cold water would repeatedly be thrown on prisoners who were being kept in frigid temperatures for up to a month.

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grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous
arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat
intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
capable of destroying; lethal
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husband

(6)

v. E.g. Marathon runners must husband their energy so that they can keep going for the entire distance.

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use economically; conserve; save
talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
cause something happen; set off
make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
act as a patron to; support or sponsor
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lunar

(7)

a. E.g. A successful launch will make India the third Asian nation to place a satellite in lunar orbit.

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tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
illogical; lacking reason; insane
charming; tending to draw attention or affections
performed with a natural or offhand ease
pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
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misdemeanor

(8)

n. E.g. An example of a level three misdemeanor is filing a false police report.

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minor crime; ill behavior; evil conduct; misdeed
medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts
work of art put together from fragments
original work used as a model; original type
humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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petulant

(9)

a. E.g. Her narrow face was fixed in petulant defiance.

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of or relating to money; nation's currency; financial
easily irritated or annoyed; unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
not readily approached; remote; not friendly or sociable; aloof; emotionally unresponsive and detached
traditional; conservative in belief; adhering to established faith, especially in religion
contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; ridiculous
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rubble

(10)

n. E.g. A Haitian woman covered in rubble is rescued in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation.

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criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force
separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs
broken fragments; irregular pieces of rock
indignation; deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
forecasted course of a disease; forecast or prediction; likelihood of recovery from a disease
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tempo

(11)

n. E.g. This tempo is not sustainable - and you have failed to grow the ground forces to meet national security needs.

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maze; complex structure of interconnecting passages
beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace
descendants; future generations
path of other moving body through space; chosen or taken course
written agreement between two states or sovereigns; treaty
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virus

(12)

n. E.g. So now I guess the virus is gone but I think we have another one because yahoo still freezes sometimes when you open a new browser window.

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use of force to get someone to obey
ideal condition of rest, harmony, stability, or joy; condition of Buddha
disease communicator; something that poisons one's soul or mind; program for unwanted actions in computer
short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
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