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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
actuarial     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied
wrinkled; shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
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arraign     Speak
 
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v.  
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hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance
distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
officially charge someone in a court of law
hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, especially for food
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
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bicameral     Speak
 
(3)
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inoffensive expression of fat; stout
composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches
driving forward; having power to propel
feverish; intense emotion or activity
irritable; easily angered; excited by or arising from anger
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catechism     Speak
 
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n.  
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book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer
nourishing substance; source of nourishment, especially the nourishing ingredient in a food
nickname; familiar name for person, typically shortened version of the given name
omission of words from a text; mark or series of marks used in writing to indicate omission
tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop
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confound     Speak
 
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force or push out; drive away; displace or remove, as a person from a place or office
correct; improve by critical editing; free from fault; alter for the better
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to an enemy
cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
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discursive     Speak
 
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speaking or expressed in lofty style; using high sounding language; overly wordy
prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous
having time error in the story; erroneous in date; in the wrong time
tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
generous and tireless with one's contributions of time, money
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eschew     Speak
 
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v.  
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rejoice; feel extreme happiness
avoid; refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from
signal or summon, as by nodding or waving; attract because of inviting or enticing appearance
weaken or destroy strength or vitality of; remove a nerve or part of a nerve
cause to become sick; fill with disgust
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frond     Speak
 
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n.  
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fortress; a fortified place which people could go for shelter during a battle
the fact of light or sound being caused to change direction or to separate when it travels through water, glass
bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
self-control; self-restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity
fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf
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iconoclastic     Speak
 
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
inoffensive expression of fat; stout
formidable; arousing fear or awe; worthy of respect or honor
mottled; spotted or patched, especially in black and white
attacking cherished traditions; characterized by an attack on established beliefs
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indigent     Speak
 
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poor; experiencing want or need; impoverished
marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
intermittently stopping and starting; irregular; variable; unstable
causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
exhibiting or giving out colors like those of rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors
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irascible     Speak
 
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of the same lineage or origin; having a common ancestor
irritable; easily angered; excited by or arising from anger
offensively flattering or insincere; offensive; disgusting
dying; in a dying state; approaching death; about to die
marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous
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matriculate     Speak
 
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v.  
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free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
enroll in college or graduate school
carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving
reconstruct sentence or story; present ideas in a new or different arrangement
portray; depict; draw or trace the outline of; sketch out
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numismatist     Speak
 
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n.  
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the case for sword blade; sheath
burden or obligation; difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column
collector and student of money, in particular of coins
government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
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phalanx     Speak
 
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n.  
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claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt
something that bulges out; swelling or tumor on the body
one who advocates individual rights and free will
a compact, close-knit group of people, animals, or things
member of working class; blue collar person
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polygamist     Speak
 
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excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others
minister or priest; cleric; one holding an office in the Christian ministry
fight in which the combatants are mingled; hand to hand conflict; noisy, riotous fight
one who has more than one spouse at a time
strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
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recapitulate     Speak
 
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v.  
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fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
mud, clay, or small rocks deposited by river or lake
become formal or affected in dress or manners; give a neat appearance to
summarize; repeat in concise form
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retrench     Speak
 
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cut down; reduce; restrict; economize
deflect sound or light from straight path; alter by viewing through a medium
free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
stop or check the flow of liquid; stop the flow of blood from a wound
enclose with a protective covering; encase; cover-up or hide
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sectarian     Speak
 
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swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms
suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome
sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
opposite; reversed in order, nature, or effect; turned upside down
relating to religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited
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tempestuous     Speak
 
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planned or accomplished together; combined
dying; in a dying state; approaching death; about to die
very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent
overly sweet; cloyingly sentimental
quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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unprepossessing     Speak
 
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fragrant; odorous; suggestive of odor
ancient; primitive; belonging to the first or earliest age; original or ancient
impartial; fair; rightly balanced; equitable
witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
unattractive; unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary
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