Test sheet for SAT Vocabulary Test Online

antiseptic

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

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substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help
agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
proving to be false or incorrect; response with contrary evidence
perceptiveness; intellectual activity; delicacy; quality or state of being subtle
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auxiliary

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

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tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
expecting unquestioning obedience; overwhelming in power or significance
of or relating to money; nation's currency; financial
helper, additional or subsidiary
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coronation

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n. E.g. When the witches told Macbeth he would be king, they failed to warn him he would lose his crown soon after his coronation.

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young woman making formal entrance into society
mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
good fortune; financial success; physical well-being
ceremony of crowning queen or king
forewarning; warning in advance
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ethnic

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a. E.g. But guess why they stay home and suppress what they call ethnic unrest?

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present or potential but not evident or active; dormant; hidden
poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
open and unrestrained; free from traditional social or moral constraints
cautious; careful in regard to one's own interests
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fickle

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a. E.g. Shoppers remain fickle and disloyal and are still shifting to retailers who offer the most immediate savings.

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not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
relating to injury caused by violence; adapted to cure of wounds; vulnerary
lacking wit or imagination; ordinary
wasteful; reckless with money
uncorrupted by civilization; primitive; remaining free from dirt or decay
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induce

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v. E.g. He was as a dog that had been terribly scorched, and nothing would again induce him to go near the fire.

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undergo decay; infect, inflame, or corrupt;
persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
prevent from being successful
emit odor; be pervaded by something unpleasant
beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
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malicious

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a. E.g. It is just plain malicious software designed to corrupt your device or steal your information.

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completely lacking; barren or empty
shining intensely and blindingly; staring with anger or fierceness
easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
exaggerated; pompous; enlarged with air or gas
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neutral

(8)

a. E.g. Edwards will remain neutral until after "Super Tuesday", then he will endorse Hillary.

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avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger; deliberately vague or ambiguous
able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable
impartial; not supporting one side over another
vigorous; full of health and strength; vigorous
trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
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rabid

(9)

a. E.g. The increase in rabid anti-Semitism among the British does not in the least surprise me, when I recall my teen-age schooldays back in the 1940s.

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like a fanatic; furious; uncontrollable; extremely zealous or enthusiastic
not easily satisfied; impossible to satiate or satisfy; greedy
insightful; aware; wise; having the ability to perceive
lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull
related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education
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remedial

(10)

a. E.g. Many of those who enter college are woefully unprepared and spend much of their time in remedial math and English courses.

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pertaining to passionate love; tending to arouse sexual desire
corrective; intended for remedy or for removal of evil; intended to improve skills
of, relating to, or composed of matter; concerned with physical, not from intellectual or spiritual
lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
causing shock or horror; gruesome
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sever

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v. E.g. The result of England's last great colonial struggle with France was to sever from the latter all her American dependencies, her colonists becoming the subjects of alien and rival powers.

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cut off from a whole; set or keep apart; divide or separate
provide or brighten with light; clear up or make understandable; enlighten
erase; strike out; remove or make invisible
cancel; make void; repeal or annul
carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
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transport

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v. E.g. What I was trying to transport is the oil that is in demand particularly.

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gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
carry from one place to another; carry away; deport
narrate or tell; count over again
pretend; put on false appearance of; feign
take apart; disassemble; tear down
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