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PSAT/SAT #6
Vocabulary
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English
9th Grade
03/22/2012

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adverse
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acting againsty or in a contrarty direction; hostile
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ambivalent
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simultaneous and contradictory attritudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
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assuage
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to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses); ease
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begrudge
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to give or concede reluctantly or with displeausre
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bifurcate
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to cause to divide into two branches or parts
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burnish
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to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing
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callow
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lacking adult sophistication; immature
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carp
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to find fault or complain querulously
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contingent
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likely but not certain to happen: possible; not logically necessary; espe3cially: empirical
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delve
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to dig or labor with or as if with a spade
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derogatory
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detracting from the character or standing of something-often used with to, towards, or of
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detrimental
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obviously harmful; damaging
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emulate
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to strive to equal or excel
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explicate
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to give a detailed explanation of
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gratuity
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something given voluntarily or beyond obnligation usually for some service; especially: tip
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guise
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a form or style of dress: costume
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malign
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evil in nature, influence, or effect: injurious
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myopic
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a condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects
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palatable
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agreeable to the palate or taste
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prima facie
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at first view: on the first appearance
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purport
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meaning conveyed, professed, or implied: import; also: substance, gist
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rancid
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having a rank smell or taste
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shoddy
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a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality an dlonger staple than mungo
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vagrant
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one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
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vernacular
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using a lnaguage or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
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