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SAT 1 Vocab
Sat 1 Vocab
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10th Grade
06/11/2013
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Antediluvian
 Definition
relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
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Boorish
 Definition
rude,clumsy in behavior
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Celerity
 Definition
swiftness of action or speed
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Dercorum
 Definition
Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
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Evade
 Definition
to escape using cleverness
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Harass
 Definition
to disturb continually
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Incite
 Definition
To provoke and urge on
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Ostracize
 Definition
to exclude
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Rebuttal
 Definition
the act of rebutting
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Revere
 Definition
regard as worthy
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Aesth
 Definition
feeling;perception
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eth
 Definition
habit;moral
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neur
 Definition
nerve
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pneum,pneumat
 Definition
breath;wind
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opt,ops,op
 Definition
sight;view;eye
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ophthalm
 Definition
eye
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them,the,thet,thec
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put;place
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thanat,thanas
 Definition
death
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necro
 Definition
dead
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taph
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tomb
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mnem,mne,mnes
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memory
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soph
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wise
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dys-
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difficult;bad
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-orama
 Definition
view
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-oramist
 Definition
one who views
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-oramic
 Definition
pertaining to viewing
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anesthetic
 Definition
a substance that dulls pain
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ophthalmoscope
 Definition
instrument used to examine interior of eye or retina.
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philosophical
 Definition
relating to study of philosophy: concerned with the study of the nature of life.
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ethical
 Definition
of ethics: relating to or involving ethics
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hypothesis
 Definition
an educated guess
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dyschromatopsia
 Definition
incomplete color blindness
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neuralgia
 Definition
is an intense burning or stabbing pain caused by irritation of or damage to a nerve.
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necropolis
 Definition
a large cemetery
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cyclorama
 Definition
a pictorial representation, in perspective, of a landscape, battle, etc.
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pneumatic
 Definition
using gas (as air or wind)
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epitaph
 Definition
speech or writing commemorating a dead person
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euthanasia
 Definition
painless killing to relieve suffering
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thanatopsis
 Definition
A meditation upon death
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amnesia
 Definition
When people lose their ability to memorize data
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synopsis
 Definition
a summary or text
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