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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
acidulous     Speak
 
(1)
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slightly sour in taste or manner; sharp; caustic
beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything; having an interest in a variety of subjects
empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant
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atavistic     Speak
 
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lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; lacking spirit or liveliness
fluent; glib; talkative; marked by a ready flow of speech
humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious
generous and tireless with one's contributions of time, money
displaying characteristics of previous cultural era or previous ancestral form
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bacchanalian     Speak
 
(3)
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poor; reduced to poverty; deprived of natural richness or strength
sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
haphazard; careless; done hastily
planned or accomplished together; combined
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cherubic     Speak
 
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versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes
without money; poor; penniless
angelic; innocent-looking; like a baby; infantile
noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry
marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
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deducible     Speak
 
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secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable
inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral
untidy; dirty; uncared for in appearance
varied; greatly diversified; made up of many differing parts
capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts
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despoil     Speak
 
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settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils
overwhelm;  cover with water, especially floodwaters
mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
attach; add as supplement or appendix
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engender     Speak
 
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change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
be disturbed; boil; be in a state of turmoil or ferment
be later in time
blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
cause; bring into existence; give rise to
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frolicsome     Speak
 
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burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing
full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry
suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
agreeable; gracious; charming, often in a childlike or naive way
constituting or acting as a single, often in rigid or uniform
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granulate     Speak
 
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give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
weaken; lessen or attempt to lessen the seriousness of, especially by providing partial excuses
decorate with needlework; add details to
form into grains or small masses; make rough on the surface
discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest
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inconsistency     Speak
 
(10)
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study of language; investigation of language and its literature
excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like a stuffed shirt
combativeness; inclination or readiness to fight; quarrelsomeness
appearance of truth; probability; likelihood
state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness
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laud     Speak
 
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turn into a god; idolize or idealize; worship or revere as a god
express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
split; tear or split apart or into pieces violently
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
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melee     Speak
 
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sorcery; power or effect that appears magical; great ability in the specified field
advocate of voting rights for women
depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act
entire ruin; utter destruction, especially, utter loss of soul, or of final happiness in future
fight in which the combatants are mingled; hand to hand conflict; noisy, riotous fight
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optometrist     Speak
 
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ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight
similarity in form or character; agreement
a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
fortress; a fortified place which people could go for shelter during a battle
excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others
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parsimonious     Speak
 
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healthful; favorable to health; promoting health; wholesome
pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating; charming or attractive
excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry
penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass-through
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pliant     Speak
 
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capable of being repaired; admitting of repair
consisting of letters; written in the form of or carried on by letters
flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable
dazzling; glorious; shining with brilliant luster; very bright
able to cause disease; producing disease
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proscribe     Speak
 
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v.  
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command against; banish;  not allow something
settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
spread gradually; cause the liquid to pass through small holes; filter
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
correct; improve by critical editing; free from fault; alter for the better
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rekindle     Speak
 
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make or become better; improve; grow better
arouse again; make someone have a feeling that they had in the past
speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
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seamy     Speak
 
(18)
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versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes
accustomed; made tough by habitual exposure
sordid; morally degraded; squalid or corrupt
relating to the highest point; ascending or leading to climax
strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
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surfeit     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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put forward; offer for consideration or debate
nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
equip; provide with military equipment
eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
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vacillate     Speak
 
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instruct or correct, especially to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement
sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate
root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
write or engrave; markdown as something to be read; imprint; assign or address to
repay; revenge; make repayment for or return something
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