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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
adjunct     Speak
 
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n.  
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something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
fortress; a fortified place which people could go for shelter during a battle
act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch
strong feeling of aversion; dislike
musical composition for voices and orchestra based on religious text
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annotate     Speak
 
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v.  
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keep from motion, or stop the progress of; make calm or still
destroy completely; scrape or shave off
comment; make explanatory notes
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
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bevy     Speak
 
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n.  
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great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty
untrustworthy person;  deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; a man of humble birth; male servant
self-control; self-restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail
process of turning some plant material into stone
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cogent     Speak
 
(4)
a. or ad.  
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bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous
mottled; spotted or patched, especially in black and white
reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent
strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
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decry     Speak
 
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v.  
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express strong disapproval of; disparage
broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
shrink; reduce in size; become less
cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
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discomposure     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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any disease-producing agent
scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
group of men joined in political intrigue; a group of military officers ruling a country
state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement
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enunciate     Speak
 
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v.  
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reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade
chew over and over mentally, or like cows physically; mull over; ponder
a drawback, from lack of courage or resolution; turn pale, as if in fear
start; initiate; induct into office by a formal ceremony
speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate
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exult     Speak
 
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v.  
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rejoice; feel extreme happiness
cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
win by a wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
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galvanize     Speak
 
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shrink; reduce in size; become less
wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
stimulate by shock; stir up; spur to action
make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of
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incarnadine     Speak
 
(10)
a. or ad.  
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relating to the highest point; ascending or leading to climax
poor; experiencing want or need; impoverished
external; not essential; extraneous
red, especially blood-red; of the blood-red color of raw flesh
formless; lacking shape or definition
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liberator     Speak
 
(11)
n.  
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one who argues in support of something; advocate; backer
characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others
someone who releases people from captivity
communication using gesture and facial expression
reasoning; the act of concluding from premises
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malady     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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passage or segment that is taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
curse; evil-speaking; the utterance of curse or execration
discord; disagreeable sounds; a harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds
fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
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nebulous     Speak
 
(13)
a. or ad.  
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tranquil; not varying; uniform; not easily disturbed
lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy
untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
indicative of lack of generosity; cautious with money
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panegyric     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
young offspring of a mammal, such as a dog or a wolf; child or youth
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment
an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
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plod     Speak
 
(15)
v.  
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split into opposite extremes or camps
loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter
move or walk heavily or laboriously;  travel slowly but steadily
force or push out; drive away; displace or remove, as a person from a place or office
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
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quietude     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty
tranquility; state of peace and quiet
collector and student of money, in particular of coins
recent convert to a belief; one newly initiated
clowning;  arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks, and postures
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scaffold     Speak
 
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n.  
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jumble; a mixture of ill-suited elements; something made up of miscellaneous
deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture
state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes
a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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seamy     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
sordid; morally degraded; squalid or corrupt
grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants
belong to noble origin; having high birth
infallibly; without error, mistake, or failure
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transcribe     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest
move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly
determine, decide, or establish in advance; influence markedly
tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
copy; write over again in same words
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waggish     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms
ancient; primitive; belonging to the first or earliest age; original or ancient
foretelling events as if by divine inspiration
full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; wonderful
witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
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