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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
acclimate     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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bewilder purposely; confuse or puzzle mentally;  make obscure or mysterious
accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt
stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation
enroll in college or graduate school
ridicule; subject to abusive ridicule expressed in work of art
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arrogate     Speak
 
(2)
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comment; make explanatory notes
claim without justification; claim for oneself without the right
express in speech;  speak or use words to express
become formal or affected in dress or manners; give a neat appearance to
increase the scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
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blare     Speak
 
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n.  
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loud, harsh roar or screech; a dazzling blaze of light
prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
one who does not hold the same religious beliefs as another
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censorious     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
made less dense of gas; elevated in character or style; lofty
enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint
capable of being bribed; for sale, available for a price; corrupt
flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
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daunt     Speak
 
(5)
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reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly
make or become better; improve; grow better
frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate
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despoil     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils
walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall
be disturbed; boil; be in a state of turmoil or ferment
explain; make clear the meaning of; unfold meaning or sense of
make less active or intense; satisfy thirst
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embellish     Speak
 
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change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue
portray; depict; draw or trace the outline of; sketch out
chew over and over mentally, or like cows physically; mull over; ponder
examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order
adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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fidget     Speak
 
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embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert
insult to one's character or reputation; pronounce indistinctly; talk about disparagingly or insultingly
annul in part; repeal partly; restrict; limit the action of
move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
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hibernate     Speak
 
(9)
v.  
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drink in; absorb or take in as if by drinking
make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
make invalid; make null; invalidate; counteract force or effectiveness of
sleep throughout winter; be in an inactive or dormant state
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ingrained     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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relating to the sense of taste; relating to gustation
sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
deeply established; firmly rooted
able to produce the desired effect; valid
after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
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licentious     Speak
 
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amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
universally present; being present everywhere
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; periodic
suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome
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molt     Speak
 
(12)
v.  
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shed or cast off hair or feathers
go ashore from a ship; unload cargo from a ship; leave a vehicle or aircraft
mar or spoil appearance or surface; impair usefulness, value, or influence of
call together; cause to assemble in a meeting; convene
crash; move with or as if with great speed and rushing noise
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opine     Speak
 
(13)
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climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; climb by crawling
express an opinion;  think; suppose
clean; remove offensive parts of book
leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
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pastiche     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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explanation; interpretation, especially of biblical or religious text
imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
a group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep
church dignitary; senior clergyman
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plasma     Speak
 
(15)
n.  
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artificial channel for water; sewer or drain crossing under the road
beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for a living
the fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop
imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
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quay     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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monarch;  ruler who is unconstrained by law
society or government ruled by wealthy class
dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded
church dignitary; senior clergyman
instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
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retinue     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person
oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center
advocate of voting rights for women
a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
scarcity; smallness of number; fewness
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sculpt     Speak
 
(18)
v.  
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appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
become engaged to marry; promise to marry
form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround
discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest
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stricture     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism
a device that lets divers breathe underwater
scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
flirt; a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
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vacuous     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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willing to try new things and take risks; bold
having total knowledge; knowing everything
offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant
perfect or blameless in every respect; faultless; impeccable
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