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 Test Questions
SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
affluence     Speak
 
(1)
n.  
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the mechanism that imitates actions of humans
the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo
property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature
a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth
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autocrat     Speak
 
(2)
n.  
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imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking
loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound
unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book; short literary sketch
one who makes special study of birds
dictator; ruler having unlimited power
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bestial     Speak
 
(3)
a. or ad.  
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difficult to perceive senses or mind
tending to betray; disloyal; faithless
beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
flexible; easily influenced; easily bent or flexed; pliable
recently begun; imperfectly formed or developed; elementary
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circumlocution     Speak
 
(4)
n.  
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indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
one who differs in opinion, or one who declares his disagreement
worship of idols; excessive admiration
unnecessary repetition, especially for the same sense in different words; redundancy
pride; arrogance; highness or loftiness
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coquette     Speak
 
(5)
n.  
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flirt; a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
inference about future or hypothetical situation based on known facts
strong feeling of aversion; dislike
an outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
slight offense; small sin or fault
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doctrinaire     Speak
 
(6)
a. or ad.  
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lacking substance or reality; insignificant; frail; not firm or solid
unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding
capable of producing heat; causing heat; heating
impartial; fair; rightly balanced; equitable
having or assuming relationship of child or offspring to parent
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epidermis     Speak
 
(7)
n.  
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hardship; state of extreme poverty
quality of being well-mannered; refinement; people of good birth
an outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
person devoted to pleasure and luxury
belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; the communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
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expository     Speak
 
(8)
a. or ad.  
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explanatory; serving to explain
the attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome
a measure of temperature used widely in Europe
impossible to assail; without flaws or loopholes
offensively flattering or insincere; offensive; disgusting
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gingerly     Speak
 
(9)
a. or ad.  
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with great care or delicacy; cautiously
impossible to overcome; unbeatable
about art or skill of removing metals from ores
excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
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incorporeal     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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witty, jocular, like a wag; humorous; tricky
capable of being bribed; for sale, available for a price; corrupt
learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books
beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
not consisting of matter, or not having a material body; immaterial; insubstantial
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lilliputian     Speak
 
(11)
a. or ad.  
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extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty
stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
capable of grasping or holding; having a keen intellect
having many facets or aspects
windy or stormy; given to sudden bursts of passion; excitable; irritable
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melee     Speak
 
(12)
n.  
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domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by political group or nation over others
great excitement; public disorder or uproar
swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence
fight in which the combatants are mingled; hand to hand conflict; noisy, riotous fight
inclination; favorable prejudice or bias; special fondness
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neonate     Speak
 
(13)
n.  
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prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old
criminal; one who does evil or injury to another
definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
process of turning some plant material into stone
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philology     Speak
 
(14)
n.  
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study of language; investigation of language and its literature
the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo
pride; arrogance; highness or loftiness
collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass
overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
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polemical     Speak
 
(15)
a. or ad.  
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tending to betray; disloyal; faithless
spotted; having mottled or spotted skin or coat
drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
wintry; belonging or relating to winter
aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
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pulchritude     Speak
 
(16)
n.  
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prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
the green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty
claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt
merrymaking, especially, festivity or jollity
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reverent     Speak
 
(17)
a. or ad.  
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generous and tireless with one's contributions of time, money
respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
having human form or characteristics
humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious
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sectarian     Speak
 
(18)
a. or ad.  
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in the manner of an uncle, about uncle; kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant
relating to religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited
capable of grasping or holding; having a keen intellect
striking one object against another sharply
having properties of vinegar; sour
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sunder     Speak
 
(19)
v.  
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prolong; draw out or lengthen in time
cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated
win by a wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
separate; break or wrench apart
correct; improve by critical editing; free from fault; alter for the better
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truncate     Speak
 
(20)
v.  
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cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
hold forth so that a person may take; offer for acceptance
speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
praise highly; glorify; celebrate
grow worse; cause persistent irritation or resentment
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