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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
algorithm     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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inner excitement or exuberance; a process of bubbling as gas escapes
pantry; place where food is kept
a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
established procedure for solving problem
fight in which the combatants are mingled; hand to hand conflict; noisy, riotous fight
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archetype     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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a large number or quantity
distaste; extreme aversion; act of driving back
prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
something that bulges out; swelling or tumor on the body
state of collapse caused by illness or old age
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bacchanalian     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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dull and uninteresting; lacking distinct or individual
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
flowing or dropping like honey; sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound
striking one object against another sharply
harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
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cognizance     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
loss of speech due to injury or illness
knowledge or recognition; awareness; a range of what one can know or understand
combativeness; inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness
storyteller; one who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit
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controvert     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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claim without justification; claim for oneself without the right
wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in the dirt, mud, moist places
accuse; condemn; mark as wicked
express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
oppose with arguments; attempt to prove to be false or incorrect; contradict
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disseminate     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
beg persistently; ask for urgently or repeatedly; annoy
renovate; make bright by polishing
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epidermis     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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a small, representative system having analogies to the larger system; miniature model of something
an outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
someone who releases people from captivity
state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement
a person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as doctrine, policy, or institution
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flabbergasted     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
astonished; appalled, amazed, or stunned
capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts
accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
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gentility     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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inference about future or hypothetical situation based on known facts
quality of being well-mannered; refinement; people of good birth
reasoning; the act of concluding from premises
slight offense; small sin or fault
feeling of depression or gloom; sullenness
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inimitable     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression
matchless; not able to be imitated
difficult to perceive senses or mind
lifted up; raised; elevated; fill with optimism
amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint
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loll     Speak
 
(11)
v.  
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settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum-like; waver
be lazy or idle; move, stand, or recline in a relaxed manner
attach; add as supplement or appendix
strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals
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moodiness     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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witty sentence, phrase, or remark; wisecrack
person who has compulsive desire to steal
habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for a crime
domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by political group or nation over others
feeling of depression or gloom; sullenness
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nutrient     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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the term during which one learns a trade from a skilled worker; service or legal condition of an apprentice
artificial channel for water; sewer or drain crossing under the road
nourishing substance; source of nourishment, especially the nourishing ingredient in a food
curse; the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
attack with missiles; continuous attack with shot and shell upon a town, fort, or other position
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perforate     Speak
 
(14)
v.  
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act or react with equal force; ; counteract
pierce, punch, or borehole or holes in; penetrate
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
give indication beforehand;  indicate by signs
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prehensile     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
diligent; hardworking; persevering, and constant in effort or application
dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
wintry; belonging or relating to winter
capable of grasping or holding; having a keen intellect
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redolent     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating; charming or attractive
slavish; suitable to slave or servant;  relating to servitude or forced labor
fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor
moving with wavelike motion
wrinkled; shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
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refractory     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance
flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable
transparent; limpid; easy to understand
stubborn; unmanageable; obstinately resistant to authority or control
universally present; being present everywhere
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seemly     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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incipient; coming into existence; emerging
thin; slight; lacking clarity or distinctness
bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner
proper; appropriate; of pleasing appearance; handsome
gloomy; marked by a tendency to be bitter or sardonic
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treacly     Speak
 
(19)
a. or ad.  
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ugly; displeasing to eye; unpleasant to look at
overly sweet; cloyingly sentimental
impossible to assail; without flaws or loopholes
lacking self-restraint; lacking sexual restraint; unchaste
having only one color; viewing only one color, total color blindness
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vignette     Speak
 
(20)
n.  
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uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
part or division of poem of some length
unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book; short literary sketch
one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property
a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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