3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (9)

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n. source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain

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n. strong feeling of aversion; dislike

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a. completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy

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a. suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled

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n. attack with missiles; continuous attack with shot and shell upon a town, fort, or other position

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v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering

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a. critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure

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a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual

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v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof

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n. mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry