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SAT STUDY GUIDE VOCAB Pg 57-61
Vocabulary for Passage Reading from official SAT Collegeboard Study Guide
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01/19/2012

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Forgery
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(n) the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected
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Reliance
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(n) dependence, confidence, or trust
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Camouflage
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The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings.
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Audacious
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Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
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Self-Effacing
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Not drawing attention to oneself; modest
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Imitation
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Not drawing attention to oneself; modest
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Mimic
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To copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression, and gesture; ape
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Arduous
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Demanding great effort or labor; difficult
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Forgo
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To abstain from; relinquish
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Reverence
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An act showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy
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Apprentice
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A beginner; a learner.
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Tenacious
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Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view.
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Infestation
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To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious: rats infesting the sewers
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Genre
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A type or class
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Literary
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Of, relating to, or dealing with literature
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Fiction
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The act of inventing such a creation or pretense.
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Critique
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A critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art or literature
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Uninitiated
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Not knowledgeable or skilled; inexperienced.
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Preemptive
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Of, relating to, or characteristic of preemption.
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Terminology
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The vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art; nomenclature.
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Inexplicable
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Difficult or impossible to explain or account for.
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Potent
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Possessing inner or physical strength; powerful.
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Receptive
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Capable of or qualified for receiving
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Regeneration
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The act or process of regenerating or the state of being regenerated
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Beholder
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To perceive by the visual faculty; see
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Insidiously
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Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner: insidious rumors; an insidious disease
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Inhabitant
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One that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident: the inhabitants of a fishing village; snakes, lizards, and other inhabitants of the desert.
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Oddity
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One that is odd.
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Complacent
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Contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned
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Titillated
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To stimulate by touching lightly; tickle.
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Mesmeric
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A strong or spellbinding appeal; fascination.
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Paradox
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A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking
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Nostalgia
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A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past
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Context
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The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning.
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Factual
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Of the nature of fact; real.
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Subtle
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So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive: a subtle smile
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Dispel
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To rid one's mind of: managed to dispel my doubts
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Misconception
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A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding
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Disparaging
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To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; belittle
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Indulgent
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Showing, characterized by, or given to indulgence; lenient.
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Disparate
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Fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar
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