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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 1
alias     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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assumed name; another name; a name that has been assumed temporarily
humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
element; ingredient; abstract part of something
something that relieves pain
thin, smooth, shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
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anesthetic     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a person who establishes an organization, business
quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
nonsense; silly, unmeaning talk; servant; slave
a substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling
act of finding the total; summary; act or process of adding
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benefactor     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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brief, passing odor carried in the air; trace to hint; a slight, gentle gust of air
union; an act of melting together by heat
gift giver; a person who gives people or institutions financial help
disease communicator; something that poisons one's soul or mind; program for unwanted actions in computer
outward appearance or aspect; mode of dress; false appearance
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caption     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item
brief, passing odor carried in the air; trace to hint; a slight, gentle gust of air
emotional closeness; harmony; the relationship of mutual trust or emotional affinity
title; chapter heading; text under illustration
lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion
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compatible     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
overpowering; drivingly forceful; urgently requiring attention
harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
relating to races; a group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
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devious     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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departing from the correct and accepted way; misleading; not straightforward
cheap in nature or appearance;  tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
not biased; fair; showing lack of favoritism
accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive; showing hopelessness
insightful; aware; wise; having the ability to perceive
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erratic     Speak
 
(7)
a. or ad.  
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enormous scope, power, or influence; huge or colossal
no fixed or regular course; wandering
of a very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand
lazy; with little movement; very slow
practical as opposed to idealistic; concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
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franchise     Speak
 
(8)
n.  
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small and economical car; small cosmetics case
a right granted by authority; right to vote; business licensed to sell a product in a particular area
something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct
perceptiveness; intellectual activity; delicacy; quality or state of being subtle
a burst of ill humor; display of temper; ill-natured caprice
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grisly     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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having qualities of ideal knight; faithful; brave
uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
frightfully; terribly; inspiring horror
favoring one person or side over another; prejudiced
highly excited with strong emotion; disordered or nervous activity
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inane     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
without definite purpose, plan, or aim; having no specific pattern
shining intensely and blindingly; staring with anger or fierceness
relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
silly; senseless; unconsciously foolish; void
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intuition     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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outcome; consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune
immediate insight; the power of knowing without reasoning
ray of light; a long piece of metal or wood; long piece fixed or movable in structure, machine, or tool
utmost height; the highest point of a mountain
one who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
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malignant     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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lacking judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish
excessively self-centered; self-important
held in common; of a group of people
exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct
injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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oblivious     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
obligatory; required or commanded by authority
inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
not intended; not knowing; unaware; ignorant
enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy
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petulant     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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easily irritated or annoyed; unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence
suggesting or threatening evil
grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous
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precise     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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related; belonging to the same family
being or happening first in a sequence of time; original; primary; fundamental
elastic; having the power of springing back or recover readily
exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct
relating to the brain or cerebrum;  intellectual rather than emotional
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reaper     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission
one who harvests grain, especially a machine for harvesting grain or pulse crops
victim; object of hunt; hunted animal
characters in the play; one's public image or personality
the stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; excellent quality used to test excellence or genuineness of others
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sentinel     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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the judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
code of correct conduct; rules governing socially acceptable behavior; record of a transaction
mixture; a combination of diverse things
the general pardon granted by the government, especially for political offenses
one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
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squander     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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place in grave or tomb; bury; place in earth and cover
regard with respect; favorable regard
feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
appreciate fully; enjoy or relish; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality
spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
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swarm     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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dense moving crowd; a large group of honeybees
the flap that lies over another part; area of control or responsibility; upper side of the thighs of a seated person
beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace
small cave, usually with attractive features
misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
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vigor     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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warm-blooded vertebrate having skin covered with hair
active strength of body or mind; imaginative, lively style, especially style of writing; the exertion of force
humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
proving to be false or incorrect; response with contrary evidence
propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior
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