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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
abdicate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
signify; indicate; be a visible sign of; give evidence of
chuckle with delight;  joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint
besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops
inform; give notice to; make aware
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angular     Speak
 
(2)
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capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts
very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent
generous and tireless with one's contributions of time, money
sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
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cajole     Speak
 
(3)
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perplex or bewilder someone; confound or flummox
destroy completely; scrape or shave off
influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg
unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
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cede     Speak
 
(4)
v.  
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surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
discourage; cause to lose courage or hope
yield or formally resign and surrender to another
encode; convert plain message into code
deliberately sink a ship by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action
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culminate     Speak
 
(5)
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combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
reach the highest or most decisive point;  rise to the summit
split; tear or split apart or into pieces violently
expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder
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diverge     Speak
 
(6)
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vary; go in different directions from the same point
examine closely and critically
set apart; distinguish; perceive or show the difference in or between
become engaged to marry; promise to marry
pick out from others; weed out; remove rejected members or parts from
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elate     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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having aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance
tending to betray; disloyal; faithless
very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful
lifted up; raised; elevated; fill with optimism
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fictive     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle; knowing; cautious; cunning; shrewd
agreeable; gracious; charming, often in a childlike or naive way
fictional, relating to imaginative creation
not capable of being swayed; unyielding; implacable
peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
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gustatory     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories
outstanding; superior to or notable above all others
very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent
speaking or walking affectedly or with caution; affectedly elegant and nice
relating to the sense of taste; relating to gustation
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inconsistency     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who harasses others; one who tries to embarrass others with questions and objections
flirt; a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness
animal, such as an insect that lacks backbone or spinal column
mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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lilliputian     Speak
 
(11)
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infallibly; without error, mistake, or failure
extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty
relating to motif or idea; relating to theme or topic
relating to money; requiring payment of money
penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass-through
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malleable     Speak
 
(12)
a. or ad.  
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wintry; belonging or relating to winter
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; unyielding
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
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ostracize     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
come or send forth from a source, used chiefly of an intangible thing, as light
renounce upon oath; abandon forever
drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
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pedant     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
act of positioning close together; side-by-side position
imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; the communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
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prestidigitation     Speak
 
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n.  
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act of admitting to holy orders; disposition as in ranks or rows; formal arrangement
calmness; peace; freedom from disturbance or agitation
cleverly executed trick or deception; skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with hands
an outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
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redoubtable     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor
wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
constituting or acting as a single, often in rigid or uniform
pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
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ribald     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having an eager desire for something
coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive
feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds
antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone
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sententious     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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concise and full of meaning; using as few words as possible
inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable
belong to noble origin; having high birth
sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting
having aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
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tightwad     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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eye defect that prevents proper focus
one who is stingy or overly cautious or defensive with money; a miser
state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement
artificial channel for water; sewer or drain crossing under the road
period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity
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unintimidating     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being caused or made to take place
mocking; exposing human folly to ridicule
urging; demanding; expressing earnest entreaty
pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
not intimidating; not making one fearful
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