DIY Vocabulary Test - SAT Vocabulary: Level 3

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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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SAT Vocabulary: Level 3
acrophobia     Speak
 
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n.  
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painful labor; work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort
fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking
swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence
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apprenticeship     Speak
 
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n.  
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high praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute
powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry
group of men joined in political intrigue; a group of military officers ruling a country
manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing erased
the term during which one learns a trade from a skilled worker; service or legal condition of an apprentice
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bristly     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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healthful; favorable to health; promoting health; wholesome
forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen
having or covered with protective barbs or others; very irritable
varied; greatly diversified; made up of many differing parts
like a corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body
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coagulate     Speak
 
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v.  
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isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude
follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction
make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly
cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass
be larger in number, quantity, power, status, or importance
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convoke     Speak
 
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substitute one for the other of; reverse or transfer order or place of; interchange
nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
extend out or project in space; stick out
come or send forth from a source, used chiefly of an intangible thing, as light
call together; cause to assemble in a meeting; convene
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desiccate     Speak
 
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aid; assist and deliver from suffering; relieve
slow down the rate of advancement of; decrease speed of
dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike
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engulf     Speak
 
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v.  
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cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated
mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
mar or spoil appearance or surface; impair usefulness, value, or influence of
force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force
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extenuate     Speak
 
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v.  
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weaken; lessen or attempt to lessen the seriousness of, especially by providing partial excuses
give off  liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
renounce upon oath; abandon forever
summarize; repeat in concise form
hear and settle a case by judicial procedure
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guile     Speak
 
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n.  
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skillful deceit; disposition to deceive or cheat; disguise cunningly
tranquility; state of peace and quiet
state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement
award of merit; expression of approval; praise
travel or journey, especially by foot, notably by pilgrim
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ineffable     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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every two years; lasting or living for two years
capable of producing heat; causing heat; heating
unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
tranquil; not varying; uniform; not easily disturbed
enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint
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knotty     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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displaying characteristics of previous cultural era or previous ancestral form
oily; composed of oil or fat; characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness
capable of grasping or holding; having a keen intellect
impossible to recover or regain; irreparable
tied in knots; covered with knots or knobs; difficult to understand or solve
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miserly     Speak
 
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burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing
having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial
unwholesome; not healthful; not promoting health
stiff and artificially formal; inflated
indicative of lack of generosity; cautious with money
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obtrude     Speak
 
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v.  
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push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
fall from clouds; hurl or throw violently; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
put or throw flat with face down;  cause to lie flat
loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter
vary; go in different directions from the same point
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parsimonious     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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offensively self-assured; dictatorial; not allowing contradiction or refusal
transparent; limpid; easy to understand
serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
tending toward center; moving or directed toward center or axis
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portentous     Speak
 
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full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; wonderful
marked by precise accordance with details
pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
dazzling; glorious; shining with brilliant luster; very bright
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ravel     Speak
 
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v.  
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separate the fibers or threads of; clarify by separating the aspects of
cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
give off  liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully
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revelry     Speak
 
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n.  
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the temporary halting of usual operations of government or control; the time between two reigns
overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
merrymaking, especially, festivity or jollity
a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
something that bulges out; swelling or tumor on the body
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sophistry     Speak
 
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n.  
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branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
one who differs in opinion, or one who declares his disagreement
crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems
the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
the sense that something is about to occur; anticipatory fear; premonition
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supplicate     Speak
 
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v.  
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ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying; make humble, earnest petition; beg
swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum-like; waver
act evasively in order to gain time, avoid an argument, or postpone a decision
associate with others in a brotherly or  friendly  way
charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to an enemy
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variegated     Speak
 
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a. or ad.  
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compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable
streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful
having a harmful effect; injurious; having the quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous
absorbed; deeply moved or delighted
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