DIY Vocabulary Test - SAT Vocabulary: Level 3

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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
adulation     Speak
 
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n.  
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musical repetition; repeat performance; recurrent action
something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
the lowest point; point on sphere opposites zenith diametrically
excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
hereditary nobility; privileged class
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authoritarian     Speak
 
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expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will
swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms
slavish; suitable to slave or servant;  relating to servitude or forced labor
regarded as sacred and inviolable
relating to the sense of taste; relating to gustation
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bellicose     Speak
 
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pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating; charming or attractive
warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having the impulse to be combative
perfect or blameless in every respect; faultless; impeccable
untidy; careless in work habits
obscure; puzzling; not easily explained or accounted for
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clamber     Speak
 
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v.  
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write or engrave; markdown as something to be read; imprint; assign or address to
climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; climb by crawling
lie in wait for and attack from ambush; wait in hiding to attack; intercept unexpectedly
make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly
convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
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countervail     Speak
 
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speak loudly and vehemently; make formal speech
act or react with equal force; ; counteract
eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
recover gradually from an illness
give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
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domineer     Speak
 
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v.  
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rule or exercise power in cruel; rule over or control arbitrarily
confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
plan, arrange or plot in advance; deliberate upon future action
come or send forth from a source, used chiefly of an intangible thing, as light
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excavate     Speak
 
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wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in the dirt, mud, moist places
unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
signal or summon, as by nodding or waving; attract because of inviting or enticing appearance
grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
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filch     Speak
 
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interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of
besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops
force or push out; drive away; displace or remove, as a person from a place or office
restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust
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hibernal     Speak
 
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difficult to believe; incredible; skeptical
impervious to moral persuasion; of hard heart
insincerely emotional; showing a sickly excess of sentiment
sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful
wintry; belonging or relating to winter
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incisive     Speak
 
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penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression
difficult to believe; incredible; skeptical
lazy; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; sluggish
moving with wavelike motion
of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness
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irreproachable     Speak
 
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perfect or blameless in every respect; faultless; impeccable
falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
impossible to assail; without flaws or loopholes
a measure of temperature used widely in Europe
lacking self-restraint; lacking sexual restraint; unchaste
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malady     Speak
 
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n.  
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fern leaf, especially compound leaf; palm or banana leaf
calmness; peace; freedom from disturbance or agitation
one who makes special study of birds
temporary encampment; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
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opalescent     Speak
 
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extremely harsh; very severe, oppressive, or strict
grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants
accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically
capricious; liable to sudden, unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; lustrous
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partial     Speak
 
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bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
not identical on both sides of a dividing central line
incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
moving with wavelike motion
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predetermine     Speak
 
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ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery
soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
determine, decide, or establish in advance; influence markedly
reconstruct sentence or story; present ideas in a new or different arrangement
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raspy     Speak
 
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every two years; lasting or living for two years
worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses
extremely small; very small person; trivial or petty
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
full of high-spirited fun; gay; given to merry
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satire     Speak
 
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n.  
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memorizing process using routine or repetition; the sound of surf breaking on the shore
one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
a compact, close-knit group of people, animals, or things
natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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slapdash     Speak
 
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impossible to overcome; unbeatable
incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy or correct
after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
relating to the sense of taste; relating to gustation
haphazard; careless; done hastily
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thematic     Speak
 
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without money; poor; penniless
moving with wavelike motion
of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
relating to motif or idea; relating to theme or topic
lustful; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
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trounce     Speak
 
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v.  
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charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to an enemy
win by a wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
rule or exercise power in cruel; rule over or control arbitrarily
chuckle with delight;  joyful laugh or chuckle; laugh quietly or with restraint
deliberately sink a ship by order of the commander, rather than by enemy action
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