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PSAT Vocab
Vocab words that my PSAT prep course teacher gave me.
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English
11th Grade
06/23/2008

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Acumen (n)
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keen insight
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Adamant (adj)
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unyielding, absolutely firm
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Anomaly (n) anomalous (adj)
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A deviation form the usual, out of the ordinary
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Antipathy (n) antipathetic (adj)
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dislike of, hatred for, aversion to
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Apathy (n) apathetic (adj)
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lack of feeling, absence of emotion
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Assiduous (adj) assiduity (n)
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Constant, persistant
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Autonomous (adj) autonomy (n)
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self-governing, independent of outside control
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Banal (adj) banality (n)
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Trite, commonplace, uninspired
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Candor (n) candid (adj)
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frankness, outspokenness
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Caprice (n) capricious (adj)
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a whim, an unmotivated decision
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Castigate (v)
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severely criticize
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Chicanery (n)
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trickery, subterfuge
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Depraved (adj) depravity (n)
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incorrigibly evil
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Discursive (adj) discursiveness (n)
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rambling, digressive
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Dissonance (n) dissonant (adj)
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discord, unharmonious effects
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Dour (adj)
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sour, sullen, gloomy
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Ebullient (adj) ebullience (n)
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full of enthusiasm, bubbling with energy
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Ecstatic(adj) ecstasy (n)
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overpowered by delight
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Enervate (v) enervation (n)
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deprive of nervous energy, weaken
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Engender (v)
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cause, produce
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