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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
accouter     Speak
 
(1)
v.  
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draw a mark or line under; emphasize; stress
conquer; bring under control
equip; provide with military equipment
put forward; offer for consideration or debate
embezzle;  appropriate fraudulently to one's own use; steal public money entrusted to one's care
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authoritarian     Speak
 
(2)
a. or ad.  
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expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will
difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable
habitually moving from place to place, especially in search of seasonal work; wandering
bitingly painful; harshly ironic or sinister; serving to fix colors in dyeing
denying existence of God; godless
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bivouac     Speak
 
(3)
n.  
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a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
temporary encampment; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt
strict disciplinarian; one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules
study of language; investigation of language and its literature
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churlish     Speak
 
(4)
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mottled; spotted or patched, especially in black and white
foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way
difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable
worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses
able to cause disease; producing disease
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debase     Speak
 
(5)
v.  
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aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve
reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade
encode; convert plain message into code
make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
act evasively in order to gain time, avoid an argument, or postpone a decision
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dissonance     Speak
 
(6)
n.  
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indifference; lack of concern; composure
restraint, limit, or restriction; adverse remark or criticism
act of admitting to holy orders; disposition as in ranks or rows; formal arrangement
discord; disagreeable sounds; a harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds
story or poem set to music that a chorus can sing
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engender     Speak
 
(7)
v.  
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liberate; free from chains; set free or keep free from restrictions or bonds
foretell; tell in advance; indicate likelihood of; portend
cause; bring into existence; give rise to
foretell; serve as an omen or a warning of; indicate by prediction
look on or treat a person as a celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them
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fractious     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive
inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable
having time error in the story; erroneous in date; in the wrong time
driving forward; having power to propel
foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous
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heterodox     Speak
 
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able to cause disease; producing disease
wicked or sinful; immoral; unrighteous
peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
unorthodox; unconventional; not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine
pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute
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impiety     Speak
 
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n.  
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book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer
opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by person or organization
nest of a bird, such as an eagle, built on a cliff or other high place
irreverence; lack of respect for God
communication using gesture and facial expression
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jocular     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts
humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious
being an artificial and inferior substitute or imitation
formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor
madly excited; in a state of hurry, panic, or wild activity
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marsupial     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation
a person interested mostly in external objects and actions
any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears young, such as kangaroo or koala
fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
passage or segment that is taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition
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mystify     Speak
 
(13)
v.  
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think earnestly or studiously; meditate; ponder; think deeply
isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude
tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
bewilder purposely; confuse or puzzle mentally;  make obscure or mysterious
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petrify     Speak
 
(14)
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oppose with arguments; attempt to prove to be false or incorrect; contradict
strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from the status as a member of the clergy
settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
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polygamist     Speak
 
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n.  
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text of dramatic musical work, such as opera
lack of proper respect; disrespectful act or remark
one who has more than one spouse at a time
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for a crime
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ramification     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo
act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch
temporary encampment; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
book of literary selections by various authors
a shout of disapproval; shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from crowd or audience
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retinue     Speak
 
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n.  
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following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person
collector and student of money, in particular of coins
teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation
one who feigns illness to escape duty
retort; comeback; answer to a reply
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sectarian     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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without limits in extent, size, or quantity
not capable of being swayed; unyielding; implacable
relating to religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited
childish; belonging to childhood; immature
disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile
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suborn     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury
burden; put a heavy load on; load with debts or other legal claims
be lazy or idle; move, stand, or recline in a relaxed manner
hide away; generate and separate substance from cells or bodily fluids
settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
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trounce     Speak
 
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v.  
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destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
attack with abusive language; vilify
ridicule; subject to abusive ridicule expressed in work of art
pick out from others; weed out; remove rejected members or parts from
win by a wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
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