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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
adulation     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
great excitement; public disorder or uproar
excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
hereditary nobility; privileged class
state of collapse caused by illness or old age
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attenuate     Speak
 
(2)
v.  
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make slender, fine, or small; weaken; lessen the density of
move or walk heavily or laboriously;  travel slowly but steadily
bring up and expel from throat or stomach; vomit; discharge or pour forth contents
accuse; condemn; mark as wicked
appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
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bacchanalian     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
absorbed; deeply moved or delighted
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar
involving clever rogues or adventurers
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cantata     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
story or poem set to music that a chorus can sing
combativeness; inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness
family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
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controvert     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance
beg persistently; ask for urgently or repeatedly; annoy
separate; break or wrench apart
oppose with arguments; attempt to prove to be false or incorrect; contradict
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
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discomfit     Speak
 
(6)
v.  
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criticize for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections
give off  liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
make uneasy or perplexed;  cause to lose one's composure; disconcert
speak foolishly; talk idly and at length; chatter
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
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epigram     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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tranquility; state of peace and quiet
prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
witty thought or saying, usually short; short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation
one who is stingy or overly cautious or defensive with money; a miser
abundance; completeness; ample amount or quantity
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flabbergasted     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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astonished; appalled, amazed, or stunned
grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants
wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
universally present; being present everywhere
having time error in the story; erroneous in date; in the wrong time
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gentility     Speak
 
(9)
n.  
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powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity
young offspring of a mammal, such as a dog or a wolf; child or youth
quality of being well-mannered; refinement; people of good birth
outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot
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indoctrinate     Speak
 
(10)
v.  
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express in speech;  speak or use words to express
make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
assign to obscure place, position, or condition; delegate; assign
cause to become sick; fill with disgust
teach with biased or one-sided ideology; teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
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lecherous     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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serving to fill out or to complete; supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks
moving with wavelike motion
serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
having aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
vigorously passionate; excessive desire, especially in sexual activity
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miasma     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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state of being multiplex or various; condition of being numerous; a large number
the warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy
one who does not hold the same religious beliefs as another
family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence
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muffle     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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chuckle with delight;  joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint
sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate
make a sound quieter and less clear
disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion
stop or check the flow of liquid; stop the flow of blood from a wound
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panegyric     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment
goblet; bowl-shaped drinking vessel; large drinking cup, often having stem and base
the fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization
power to produce desired effect
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portentous     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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serving to fill out or to complete; supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks
full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; wonderful
rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
of very poor quality or condition; loose-jointed; ill-made; out of gear or repair
completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy
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prurient     Speak
 
(16)
a. or ad.  
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having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having an eager desire for something
characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras
overly sweet; cloyingly sentimental
planned or accomplished together; combined
attacking cherished traditions; characterized by an attack on established beliefs
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repulsion     Speak
 
(17)
n.  
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one who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct; not conforming to some norm; unconventional
smooth and gracious in manner; quality of being sweet or pleasing to mind; agreeableness
distaste; extreme aversion; act of driving back
self-control; self-restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
established procedure for solving problem
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sophistry     Speak
 
(18)
n.  
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state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking
boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
elevated platform for public speaking; pulpit
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tranquillity     Speak
 
(19)
n.  
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calmness; peace; freedom from disturbance or agitation
process of turning some plant material into stone
truth, fact, or reality, especially enduring religious or ethical truth
indifference; lack of concern; composure
fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf
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truculent     Speak
 
(20)
a. or ad.  
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lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; lacking spirit or liveliness
outstanding; superior to or notable above all others
disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile
speaking or expressed in lofty style; using high sounding language; overly wordy
infallibly; without error, mistake, or failure
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