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
abstemious     Speak
 
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providing general overview; summary
fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar
capable of being caused or made to take place
spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient
sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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astringent     Speak
 
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causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
open or liable to objection or debate; liable to cause disapproval
striking one object against another sharply
marked by precise accordance with details
speaking, writing, written in or composed of several languages
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bristly     Speak
 
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powerful; mighty; strong; vigorous; forcible
not capable of being swayed; unyielding; implacable
be similar or bear a likeness to horse; relating to horse
pertaining to cultivation of gardens or orchards
having or covered with protective barbs or others; very irritable
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cloying     Speak
 
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foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way
speaking or walking affectedly or with caution; affectedly elegant and nice
inconspicuous; not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable
astonished; appalled, amazed, or stunned
distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet, or sentimental
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defame     Speak
 
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v.  
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harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous
occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by
settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in a secure place
signify; indicate; be a visible sign of; give evidence of
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despoil     Speak
 
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v.  
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shrink; reduce in size; become less
broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn
deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils
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epidermis     Speak
 
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n.  
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period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity
fertility; fruitfulness; productive or creative power
washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite
an outer, protective layer of skin of vertebrates
group of men joined in political intrigue; a group of military officers ruling a country
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fractious     Speak
 
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having an odor of musk, a secretion produced by certain animals, such as otter or civet
inclined to make trouble; disobedient; irritable
no longer usable or practical; obsolete;  not in fashion
varied; greatly diversified; made up of many differing parts
relating to religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited
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germinate     Speak
 
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cause to sprout or grow; come into existence
exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
become engaged to marry; promise to marry
cut the top off; make something shorter as if by cutting off
be lazy or idle; move, stand, or recline in a relaxed manner
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inducible     Speak
 
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capable of being caused or made to take place
formless; lacking shape or definition
external; not essential; extraneous
relating to the highest point; ascending or leading to climax
thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink
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jubilation     Speak
 
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n.  
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one who argues in support of something; advocate; backer
characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others
rejoicing; feeling of extreme joy
communication using gesture and facial expression
reasoning; the act of concluding from premises
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malapropism     Speak
 
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comic misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound
a person without home or job; bird found outside its species' usual range
passage or segment that is taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition
curse; evil-speaking; the utterance of curse or execration
fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
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nonchalance     Speak
 
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thrift; prudent economy; sparing use
the fact of light or sound being caused to change direction or to separate when it travels through water, glass
one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
the green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
indifference; lack of concern; composure
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pertinacious     Speak
 
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having human form or characteristics
stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate
strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial
like a glacier; lacking warmth and friendliness; extremely cold or slow
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postulate     Speak
 
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a layer of earth's surface; a layer of society
essential premise; the underlying assumption
state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy
strong dislike, contempt, or aversion; hatefulness; disrepute
musical composition for voices and orchestra based on religious text
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prostrate     Speak
 
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v.  
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be next to; be contiguous to; border on
split into opposite extremes or camps
put or throw flat with face down;  cause to lie flat
loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter
capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
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salvo     Speak
 
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n.  
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the letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with the previous rise
a large number or quantity
release or discharge of bombs or firearms; forceful verbal or written assault
branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes
collector and student of money, in particular of coins
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snobbish     Speak
 
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being an artificial and inferior substitute or imitation
characteristic of acting or stage performance
tied in knots; covered with knots or knobs; difficult to understand or solve
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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strident     Speak
 
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of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants
belong to noble origin; having high birth
infallibly; without error, mistake, or failure
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utensil     Speak
 
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n.  
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retort; comeback; answer to a reply
upward slope, as of hill
small brook or stream; streamlet
sleepwalker; person who walks in his sleep
instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
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