3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (8)

3000 SAT Vocabulary Level 2 - 4: Group 8
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
 3000 SAT Vocabulary Level 2 - 4
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pummel  Speak Example sentences
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beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
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reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
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disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
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indefensible; not able to be maintained
pyromania  Speak Example sentences
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awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
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person with insane desire to set things on fire
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countercharge; counter or mutual accusation; accusation brought by the accused against the accuser
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be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
reactionary  Speak Example sentences
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influential in an original way; providing the basis for further development; creative
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opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
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person with insane desire to set things on fire
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put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
rebuke  Speak Example sentences
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approve formally; confirm; verify
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guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
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scold harshly; criticize severely
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sudden sharp turn or twist; strange attitude or habit; the peculiarity of behavior
renege  Speak Example sentences
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disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
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deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
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partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen
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large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
retrograde  Speak Example sentences
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go backwards;  decline to inferior state; degenerate
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occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
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act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
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determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
rile  Speak Example sentences
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determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
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act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
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length of time spent in a particular way; allotted amount; limitation or restriction
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irritate; stir to anger; stir up liquid; muddy
rout  Speak Example sentences
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dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
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put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
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somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
sear  Speak Example sentences
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fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
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one that is dishonest or troublemaker, especially an impish youngster
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make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
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deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
seep  Speak Example sentences
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playful; relating to or interested in sports
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pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings
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extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
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disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking