SAT Vocabulary Test Online

absolve

(1)

v. E.g. The priest will absolve him and tell him how to say in party.

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pronounce clear of guilt or blame; grant remission of sin to; acquit
become less intense; sink, or settle from pressure
beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
give in; surrender; give forth a natural product; be productive
retract a previous statement; sing over again; utter repeatedly in song
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attain

(2)

v. E.g. The scarecrow sought to attain one goal: he wished to obtain a brain.

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position troops in readiness for combat, as along a front or line; put into use or action
stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
put into effect; supply with tools
achieve or accomplish; gain
express, especially forcefully; release or discharge through an opening; rise to surface of water to breathe
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chisel

(3)

v. E.g. That crook wanted to chisel me out of a hundred dollars when he sold me that "marble" statue he'd cut out of some cheap hunk of rock.

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delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time
force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
practice trickery or fraud; cheat
manipulate dishonestly; make or construct in haste
put into effect; carry out the legalities of
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execute

(4)

v. E.g. All computers execute the instruction as expected.

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gather; store up; amass; acquire
put into effect; carry out the legalities of
cut or knock down; cause to fall by striking; kill
graze; skim or glance at casually
cut away; trim; reduce
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frail

(5)

a. E.g. He was 49 years old and in frail health, suffering from diabetes.

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given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned
physically weak; easily broken
generous in providing aid to others; charitable
seek revenge or intended for revenge; showing malicious will
of or relating to money; nation's currency; financial
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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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having a university degree; having completed training; having steps; arranged by grade, level, degree
deep; not superficial; far-reaching
systematic; arranged or proceeding in regular, systematic order
exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous
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jaded

(7)

a. E.g. She looked jaded from the present conversation and her thoughts ran together bewilderingly.

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capable of destroying; lethal
in coma; extremely sleepy; unconscious
arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
fatigued dulled by surfeit; exhausted; worn out; wearied
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mundane

(8)

a. E.g. Unlike other players, the CEO and Secretariat are less interested in mundane benefits than in value.

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far in space or time; cold in manner
deadly; causing or capable of causing death
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger; deliberately vague or ambiguous
punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment
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pedestrian

(9)

a. E.g. Unintentionally boring, he wrote page after page of pedestrian prose.

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helpful; tending to promote physical well-being
pertaining to the universe; vast
lacking wit or imagination; ordinary
thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
swollen or puffed as with water or air
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recipient

(10)

n. E.g. If someone slaps another, the recipient is often motivated to respond with greater force.

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dense moving crowd; large group of honeybees
nonsense; silly, unmeaning talk; servant; slave
wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; magnate
receiver; one that receives or is receptive
work of art put together from fragments
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stint

(11)

v. E.g. "Spare no expense," the bride's father said, refusing to stint on the wedding arrangements.

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explore with tools; investigate; search
be thrifty; restrict or limit, as in amount or number
dislike intensely; regard with contempt or scorn
let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation
make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate
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withdrawn

(12)

a. E.g. John F. Kennedy was a Grant Study man, too, though his files were long ago withdrawn from the study office and sealed until 2040.

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not readily approached; remote; not friendly or sociable; aloof; emotionally unresponsive and detached
in coma; extremely sleepy; unconscious
resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
silly; senseless; unconsciously foolish; void
related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs
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