SAT Vocabulary Test Online

antiseptic

(1)

n. E.g. Regular washing with antiseptic is often enough to heal a skin infection.

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covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place
person who eats too much food and drink
excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
unthankful; ungrateful; one who rewards favors with enmity
substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
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astronomical

(2)

a. E.g. The government seems willing to spend astronomical sums on weapons development.

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not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of material world; worldly
inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency
of an entire group or class; general
enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy
lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry
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compact

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a. E.g. His short, compact body was better suited to wrestling than to basketball.

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having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name
cautious; careful in regard to one's own interests
closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving gist of something
unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
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detached

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a. E.g. A psychoanalyst must maintain a detached point of view and stay uninvolved with his or her patients' personal lives.

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being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
emotionally removed; calm and objective; apart from others; separate
causing anger, displeasure, resentment, or affront
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fusion

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n. E.g. True, the energy released in fusion is less than using He-3, but is magnitude cheaper and faster.

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gain information about enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
trick; use of artifice or trickery; deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture
model of excellence or perfection; peerless example
union; act of melting together by heat
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implore

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v. E.g. I again implore Congress to do the right thing and pass this funding.

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nourish; help grow or develop; foster
pretend; put on false appearance of; feign
report or record in chronological order
gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system
beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
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linger

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v. E.g. India is anxious to avoid inflaming tensions with China, which linger from a 1962 border war.

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practice trickery or fraud; cheat
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
be better than; defeat; gain the advantage over
tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain
be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
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molecule

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n. E.g. The protein molecule is made up of a number of organic units known as amino acids.

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understanding and entering into another's feelings
direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
poison; poisonous secretion of animal, such as snake or spider; spite
the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
hammer-like tool; small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
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perpetual

(9)

a. E.g. Nearly 50 Virginia prisoners are being held in perpetual isolation because they refuse to cut their hair.

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fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
beyond or outside of immediate interest; coming at a subsequent time or stage
having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
deadly; causing or capable of causing death
everlasting; continuing without interruption
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ruddy

(10)

a. E.g. He came down the steps with his jacket flapping and his cheeks still ruddy from the scraping of the razor.

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reddish color; healthy-looking
deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly
fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
very cautious; on guard; watchful
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summit

(11)

n. E.g. I'm not totally convinced that the government or any certain summit is going to provide that, frankly.

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smile expressing scorn instead of pleasure; smile in affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner
utmost height; highest point of a mountain
intense joy or delight; any overpowering emotion
defamation; false and malicious statement or report about someone
brother or sister; member of a family born to the same parents
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unbridled

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a. E.g. They observed that, throughout history, experiments in unbridled democracy led to chaos.

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insufficient to produce a desired effect; fruitless
violent; not restrained or controlled
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
husky; muscular and heavily built
without definite purpose, plan, or aim; having no specific pattern
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