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SAT Vocabulary: Level 2
aloft     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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below the threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response
very reluctant to give out information
coiled around; highly involved; intricate
in or into a high place; high or higher up
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
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augment     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
appease or pacify; bring peace to
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braggart     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; a very talkative person
contrast; direct contrast; opposition
good-fellowship; companionship; close friendship in friends or teammates
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
large volume; large and scholarly book
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circumvent     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
feel or express pity or sympathy for
talk rapidly, unintelligibly, or idly
drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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correlation     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
cheat; one who defrauds or does a practice of defrauding others
place or situation affording some advantage, especially good view
a person who loves humankind in general; a very generous person or institution
mutual relationship; interdependence or interconnection relationship
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demean     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
surround with armed forces; harass with requests
degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
imprison; put into jail; shut up or enclose
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
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elated     Speak
 
(7)
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careful about money; economical
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
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exemplify     Speak
 
(8)
v.  
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eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
serve as an example of; embody
overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make an urgent appeal
interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
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gape     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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make the false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
open the mouth wide; yawn from sleepiness, weariness, or dullness
teach and impress by frequent repetitions
shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
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grudging     Speak
 
(10)
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full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
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innocuous     Speak
 
(11)
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brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
tending to call up emotions, memories
having no adverse effect; harmless
sky blue; light purplish-blue
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luminous     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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noncommittal     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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very reluctant to give out information
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
disagreeable and contrary in disposition; mean or coarse
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obtuse     Speak
 
(14)
a. or ad.  
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unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
containing a high amount of water or water vapor
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pigment     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
a place where different tree varieties are exhibited
greediness for wealth; the insatiable desire to gain
a substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
cliff; an overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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reactionary     Speak
 
(16)
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used for feeling; relating to a sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances
opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
improperly forward or bold; rude
unconventional in an artistic way
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satire     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
reservoir or water tank; a vessel to hold water for household uses
dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading
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sporadic     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
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terminus     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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direct, quick route; direct, straight course
prayer for help; calling upon as reference or support
direct financial aid by the government
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
last stop of a railroad; final point or end; boundary or border
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voyeur     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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disloyal person; traitor or rebel
mental keenness; quickness of perception
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
rectangular frame attached  working parts, as of an automobile
a viewer who enjoys seeing sex acts or sex organs of others
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