SAT Vocabulary Test Online

anomaly

(1)

n. E.g. No doubt, this anomaly is the result of the uncertain international environment and high interest rates.

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irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order
minor objection or complaint; petty distinction
almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
smile expressing scorn instead of pleasure; smile in affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner
act of turning aside; pastime; activity that relaxes or entertains
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auxiliary

(2)

a. E.g. To prepare for the emergency, they built an auxiliary power station.

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enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy
utterly stupid or silly; inanely foolish
helper, additional or subsidiary
arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat
based on assumptions; supposed
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colossal

(3)

a. E.g. Radio City Music Hall has a colossal stage.

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most favorable or advantageous
inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
bloody; full by bloodshed and violence
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dispatch

(4)

n. E.g. He sent a dispatch to headquarters informing his commander of the great victory.

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burst of ill humor; display of temper; ill natured caprice
type or class; a kind of literary or artistic work
judgment that someone is guilty of crime; strongly held belief
unthankful; ungrateful; one who rewards favors with enmity
act of sending off something; property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste
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genesis

(5)

n. E.g. But let's rewind, back to the beginning, as their genesis is available for all to read online.

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coming into being of something; origin
wise saying; brief familiar proverb; expression of popular wisdom
right granted by authority; right to vote; business licensed to sell a product in particular area
body excluding head and neck and limbs
cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress
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imbalance

(6)

n. E.g. What Peterson wrote about South Dakota's government now being in imbalance is most certainly true.

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excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion
something causes misery or death; curse; fatal injury or ruin
ghostly beings that sucks blood of the living; person, such as extortionist, who preys upon others
freedom from normal restraints; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator
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lewd

(7)

a. E.g. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct.

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full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
negligent; careless in performing duty or business
lustful; indecent; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; ridiculous
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motley

(8)

a. E.g. He wore a loose tunic and looser trousers, homespun and dyed in motley green and brown.

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logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable; well grounded
fantastic; comically hideous; unnatural in shape or size; abnormal
outstanding; principal; of or consisting of stars
multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety
stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good
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prodigal

(9)

a. E.g. In his Christmas feasts Richard outdid his predecessors in prodigal hospitality.

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having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in form of cartoon
humorously sarcastic or mocking
wasteful; reckless with money
having supreme rank or power; self governing; excellent; independent
of an entire group or class; general
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repel

(10)

v. E.g. Poles of the same name repel each other; poles of unlike name attract each other.

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force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
erase; strike out; remove or make invisible
drink greedily; flood with water, as for washing
handle with skill; exercise effectively; have power over; rule or manage
measure the depth; come to understand
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solitude

(11)

n. E.g. She learns that she can feel happiness in solitude, at least for a period of time.

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introduction of something new
state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control
the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal
travel; journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
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ulterior

(12)

a. E.g. Nowadays people are alive to certain ulterior consequences that were at first overlooked.

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beyond or outside of immediate interest; coming at a subsequent time or stage
humorously sarcastic or mocking
held in common; of a group of people
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
fighting or warring; having a combative character; aggressive
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