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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
abrogate     Speak
 
(1)
a. or ad.  
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hesitant; faltering; imperfect or defective
accustomed; made tough by habitual exposure
oily; composed of oil or fat; characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness
sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
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amplify     Speak
 
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v.  
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draw a mark or line under; emphasize; stress
win by a wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
move or walk heavily or laboriously;  travel slowly but steadily
lie in wait for and attack from ambush; wait in hiding to attack; intercept unexpectedly
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betroth     Speak
 
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v.  
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become engaged to marry; promise to marry
weaken; lessen or attempt to lessen the seriousness of, especially by providing partial excuses
attack with abusive language; vilify
embezzle;  appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public money entrusted to one's care
aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve
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centurion     Speak
 
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n.  
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slight offense; small sin or fault
officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
irreverence; lack of respect for God
person who has compulsive desire to steal
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
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deface     Speak
 
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v.  
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mar or spoil appearance or surface; impair usefulness, value, or influence of
yield or formally resign and surrender to another
drink in; absorb or take in as if by drinking
give indication beforehand;  indicate by signs
give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
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detraction     Speak
 
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n.  
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ability to change in form; fickleness
mental disorder  with delusions of grandeur
slandering; act of discrediting from someone's reputation
entire ruin; utter destruction, especially, utter loss of soul, or of final happiness in future
property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature
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evenhanded     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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urging; demanding; expressing earnest entreaty
showing a high degree of refinement
astonished; appalled, amazed, or stunned
pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
impartial; fair; rightly balanced; equitable
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fluency     Speak
 
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n.  
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quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language
restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism
the temporary halting of usual operations of government or control; the time between two reigns
officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division
often indirect effect or result that is produced by an event or action; reflection, especially of sound
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galleon     Speak
 
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n.  
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collection of various items, parts, or ingredients, especially one composed of diverse literary works
large sailing ship, usually having two or more decks and carrying guns
a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
the temporary halting of usual operations of government or control; the time between two reigns
imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking
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impious     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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irreverent; lacking due respect or dutifulness
cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial
unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding
capable of being stretched or extended; ductile
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legerdemain     Speak
 
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n.  
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entire ruin; utter destruction, especially, utter loss of soul, or of final happiness in future
curse; evil-speaking; the utterance of curse or execration
show of skill or deceitful cleverness, considered magical by naive observers
unwillingness; lack of inclination; mild aversion
curse; the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
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miscellany     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
collection of various items, parts, or ingredients, especially one composed of diverse literary works
monarch;  ruler who is unconstrained by law
established procedure for solving problem
the sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
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nostrum     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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established procedure for solving problem
the term during which one learns a trade from a skilled worker; service or legal condition of an apprentice
patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine
environment; person's social setting or environment
roundness; rounded fullness; integral entireness
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percolate     Speak
 
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v.  
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spread gradually; cause the liquid to pass through small holes; filter
divide into branches or subdivisions; subordinate branchlike parts
take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard
go ashore from a ship; unload cargo from a ship; leave a vehicle or aircraft
make less visible; obscure or blur; darken with or as if with clouds
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preternatural     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
having human form or characteristics
being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from natural
improperly forward or bold; trim and stylish in appearance
amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
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protrude     Speak
 
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v.  
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extend out or project in space; stick out
be oppressed by heat; suffer terribly from the intense heat
shed or cast off hair or feathers
cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
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roil     Speak
 
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v.  
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limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt
push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
slow down the rate of advancement of; decrease speed of
make liquids murky by stirring up sediment
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sinecure     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco
well-paid position with little responsibility
one who speaks in dialogue or takes part in a conversation
scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
a person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people
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torpor     Speak
 
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n.  
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undoubted or self-evident truth; obvious truth
fortress; a fortified place which people could go for shelter during a battle
forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; hatred
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
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vituperative     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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relating to religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited
pouring forth; uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
angelic; having sweet nature befitting an angel
marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras
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