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A compact, vocabulary-building aid for students preparing for the SAT exam features one thousand words that frequently appear on the SAT, along with helpful definitions, sample sentences, mnemonic devices, and illustrations.
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Kaplan's SAT Score-Raising Dictionary includes 1,000 frequently tested SAT vocabulary words, with sample sentences for each word that tell the story of ten high school characters you will probably recognize from your own classes!Meet some of the gang:Compute \kom PYOOT\ (v.) to determine by mathematicsIt's odd how Chantalle is failing math, yet she can compute 30 percent off a sale item without a calculator.Alleviate \ah LEE vee ayt\ (v.) to relieve, improve partiallyTimmy could do nothing to alleviate his embarrassment when he realized his pants zipper had been open all day.Enervate \EN er vayt\ (v.) to weaken, drain strength fromGeorge told his mom that he was too tired to take out the garbage because playing video games for three hours had enervated him.
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