SAT Vocabulary Test Online

accomplice

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n. E.g. Because your accomplice is an anonymous stranger, it's safer than asking a friend to participate in your ruse.

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state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
one who lives in solitude; withdrawn from the world; reclusive
partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing
person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
specialized knowledge; expert skill
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assurance

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n. E.g. Even in BP CEO Tony Hayward's new television commercial his assurance is an ambiguous.

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promise or pledge; certainty; self-confidence; freedom from doubt
legal delay of payment; suspension of an ongoing or planned activity
extent; greatness of rank, size, or position
propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
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caucus

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n. E.g. At the opening of Congress, the members of the Democratic Party held a caucus to elect the Majority Leader of the House and the Party Whip.

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absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
examination of dead body; post-mortem
dense moving crowd; large group of honeybees
concluding part; closing section
private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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endorse

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v. E.g. Does John endorse all of the comments attached to his articles?

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pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts
begin; originate; admit into membership
acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instrument; approve; support
lay eggs; produce offspring in large numbers
induce; be greater in strength or influence; triumph; win out
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generic

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a. E.g. I typically ask whether another suitable drug is available in a generic form.

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lacking wit or imagination; ordinary
of an entire group or class; general
produced by imagination; characterized by vision or foresight; imaginary; idealistic
husky; muscular and heavily built
related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
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indignation

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n. E.g. Climate Research, the paper that ignited his indignation is a 2003 study that turned out to be underwritten by the American Petroleum Institute.

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swirling current of water, air; flow in circular current
physician or expert in children's diseases
payment by a husband to his divorced wife, or vice versa
anger aroused by something unjust
union of parts in a whole; a coordinated outfit or costume; a coordinated set of furniture
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lap

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v. E.g. The kitten used to neatly lap up her milk.

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spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
induce; be greater in strength or influence; triumph; win out
take in food or drink with one's tongue; splash gently
incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result
use economically; conserve; save
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paragon

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n. E.g. Mr. Brumby's paragon is shocked at the other's inaptitude for examination.

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dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
outward appearance or aspect; mode of dress; false appearance
model of excellence or perfection; peerless example
extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; degree to which a thing extends
a group of attendants or associates; one's environment
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precinct

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n. E.g. Not enough paper ballots at the precinct is an administrative failure.

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table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out
rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
district or division of city; place or enclosure by definite limits
prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control
agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things
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reaper

(10)

n. E.g. If a reaper is wounded at his work, they make the cat lick the wound.

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coming into being of something; origin
clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
lack of sound judgment; lack of discretion
one who harvests grain, especially a machine for harvesting grain or pulse crops
mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces
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stamina

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n. E.g. These exercises helped the monks gain stamina to withstand the long meditation sessions.

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coming into being of something; origin
body excluding head and neck and limbs
someone who assumes a false identity
quality of being novel; newness; something new and unusual
physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness; enduring strength and energy
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wrath

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n. E.g. He turned his ear to the moan of the gale which seemed to breathe out in wrath from the heart of the earth.

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something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
union; act of melting together by heat
copy or reproduction of a work of art
forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
unlikely occurrence; stroke of good luck; accident
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