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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
alimentary     Speak
 
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capricious; liable to sudden, unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion
wicked or sinful; immoral; unrighteous
like a glacier; lacking warmth and friendliness; extremely cold or slow
having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial
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apiary     Speak
 
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theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
high praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
untrustworthy person;  deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; a man of humble birth; male servant
a place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
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bovine     Speak
 
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feverish; intense emotion or activity
dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
assisting, or intended to assist the memory
extremely harsh; very severe, oppressive, or strict
learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books
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cognizance     Speak
 
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one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property
knowledge or recognition; awareness; a range of what one can know or understand
a major class of plants; primary branch of the animal kingdom; division
manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to an artist
depravity; corrupt, depraved, or degenerate act
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deleterious     Speak
 
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accustomed; made tough by habitual exposure
reclining; lying down completely or in part
having a harmful effect; injurious; having the quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous
sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful
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effectual     Speak
 
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spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient
able to produce the desired effect; valid
suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome
of a speech given in farewell, especially one delivered by an outstanding member of graduating class
dying; in a dying state; approaching death; about to die
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euphonious     Speak
 
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ill-humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
pleasing or agreeable to ear; having a pleasant sound
pertaining to cultivation of gardens or orchards
untidy; careless in work habits
with a sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
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exuberance     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who fights with his fists, especially a professional prize fighter; boxer
inference about future or hypothetical situation based on known facts
overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
a person interested mostly in external objects and actions
upward slope, as of hill
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geniality     Speak
 
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the warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy
any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears young, such as kangaroo or koala
the highest point; point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited
an outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
recollection; process of remembering
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imprecation     Speak
 
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animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
curse; the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
a group that meets socially; an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds
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libertine     Speak
 
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free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint
clowning;  arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks, and postures
monarch;  ruler who is unconstrained by law
poor verse; of crude or irregular construction
fragment substance, as of glass or metal; a piece of broken pottery, especially found in an archaeological dig
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moribund     Speak
 
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dying; in a dying state; approaching death; about to die
wicked or sinful; immoral; unrighteous
concise and full of meaning; using as few words as possible
critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
not consisting of matter, or not having a material body; immaterial; insubstantial
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nadir     Speak
 
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the lowest point; point on sphere opposites zenith diametrically
urgent situation; state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action
boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger
expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, and especially formal statement of grievances
rejoicing; feeling of extreme joy
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palliate     Speak
 
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grow worse; cause persistent irritation or resentment
wrestle; come to grips with; seize firmly, as with the hands
lessen the violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses
pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
combine; fuse; grow together; come together to form one whole; unite
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plasma     Speak
 
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change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation
imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
loud, harsh roar or screech; a dazzling blaze of light
teaching; the art of education; the science of teaching
the fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
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ravel     Speak
 
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steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust
extend out or project in space; stick out
grow worse; cause persistent irritation or resentment
muddle; drive crazy; become confused
separate the fibers or threads of; clarify by separating the aspects of
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rend     Speak
 
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split; tear or split apart or into pieces violently
root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
command against; banish;  not allow something
loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter
cut down; reduce; restrict; economize
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soporific     Speak
 
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sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
capricious; liable to sudden, unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
not intimidating; not making one fearful
sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
be similar or bear a likeness to horse; relating to horse
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strident     Speak
 
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related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function
intermittently stopping and starting; irregular; variable; unstable
loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
nearsighted; lacking foresight; narrow minded
lifted up; raised; elevated; fill with optimism
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vitriolic     Speak
 
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universally present; being present everywhere
streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful
harsh or corrosive in tone; sarcastic; bitterly scathing
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes
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