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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 1
abandon     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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funeral director; one whose business is the management of funerals
an act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct
particular skill; special talent
lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
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aria     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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partnership; alliance; association in the same family or society
beginning; forming of an idea; an act of conceiving
plan of the trip; a guidebook for travelers
minor dispute; brief quarrel
operatic solo; a solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment
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bait     Speak
 
(3)
v.  
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argue about prices; bargain something, as over the price of something
assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention
manipulate dishonestly; make or construct in haste
harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
endure or survive the effects of wind, rain, or other forces
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charlatan     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque
oppression; cruel government; office or authority of an absolute ruler; absolute power
one who manages museum or library; superintendent; manager
wise and trusted counselor or teacher
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definitive     Speak
 
(5)
a. or ad.  
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very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
rubbing away; tending to grind down
final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
suggesting or threatening evil
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dossier     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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immediate insight; the power of knowing without reasoning
the file of documents on a subject; a bundle of writings or documents relating to one matter or subject
unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing; babbling
the doctor who specializes in medical problems related to heart
rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
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entity     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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inability to sleep; lack of sleep
plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit a bodily organ
tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
path of other moving body through space; chosen or taken a course
real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
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foster     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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speak, plead, or argue in favor of; plead for; push for something
rear; promote the growth of; help develop
put clothing on one's body
call upon; ask for; request earnestly
acquit; free from blame; discharge from duty
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humility     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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torn, ragged wound; rough or jagged breach made by rending
mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
irregularity; a person or something unusual; departure from the normal or common order
quality or condition of being humble; a low estimate of one's self; self-abasement
district or division of city; place or enclosure by definite limits
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impending     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army
unintentionally; without knowledge or intention; carelessly
strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance
close in time; about to occur; approaching
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lateral     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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of or relating to money; nation's currency; financial
complex; elaborate; having many complexly arranged elements
excessively careful; marked by extreme care in the treatment of details
causing anger, displeasure, resentment, or affront
coming from the side; situated at or extending to the side
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lunar     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
enormous scope, power, or influence; huge or colossal
pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
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missile     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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written order to require appearance in court to give testimony
real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before
the weapon that is thrown or projected;  rocket carrying instruments or warhead
thin, smooth, shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
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practitioner     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine
a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central idea
irregularity; a person or something unusual; departure from the normal or common order
something invented, made up; imaginary thing
dwarf; a fabled race of dwarflike creatures who live underground
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quaint     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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grossly wicked; abominable; hateful; infamous
having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
odd; old-fashioned; picturesque; unfamiliar or unusual in character
tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
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repellent     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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silly; senseless; unconsciously foolish; void
driving away; unattractive; inspiring aversion or distaste; resistant or impervious to something
insignificant; tiny; weak; of inferior size, strength
fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily
relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
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scuffle     Speak
 
(17)
v.  
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give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
obtain for services of; arrange for the use of; pledge or promise, especially to marry
shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
become less intense; sink, or settle from pressure
incriminate; involve or imply as necessary accompaniment or result
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slander     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone
a party of persons having a common end in view
deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; deep distress or misery, as from grief
a private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
plan of the trip; a guidebook for travelers
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swill     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
stir up; urge; goad to action; incite
drink greedily; flood with water, as for washing
display in order to impress others; swagger; walk with a lofty proud gait
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virtual     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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disreputable; tired or sick; having many seeds
existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
causing anger, displeasure, resentment, or affront
related; belonging to the same family
accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive; showing hopelessness
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