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SAT vocab 1-5
SAT vocab
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English
10th Grade
12/13/2011

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meticulous
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adj; very careful, fussy
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mitigate
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verb; to make or become milder or less sever; to moderate
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morose
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adj; gloomy; bad tempered
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nomenclature
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noun; a systematic naming in an art or science
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nonchalance
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noun; carelessness or lack or concern
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obliteration
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verb; to blot out, leaving no traces; to destroy
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obscure
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adj; not clear, hidden; remote, not well known
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obsolete
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adj; out of date
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officious
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adj; meddling; giving unwanted advice or service
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opportunist
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noun; one who takes advantage of any opportunity without regard for moral principles
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opulent
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adj; wealthy, abundant
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overt
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adj; not hidden, open
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painstaking
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adj; very careful; diligent
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pariah
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adj; outcast
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parsimonious
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adj; too thrifty, stingy
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partisan
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adj; showing a strong support for a party or cause
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paucity
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noun; scarcity, smallness in number
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peerless
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adj; having no equal; better than the rest
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perceptive
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adj; discerning; observant
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perfidy
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noun; treachery; betrayal of trust
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peripheral
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adj; external, incidental; tangential
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peruse
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verb; to study, to read
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philistine
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adj; narrow-minded, smugly conventional/noun; a dull often priggish person guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values
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piety
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noun; a devotion and reverence esp to God and family
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pique
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verb; to hurt the feelings of or make resentful; to arouse or excite/noun; a temporary feeling of wounded vanity; a fit of resentment
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placate
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verb; to calm; to soothe
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placid
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outwardly cam or composed; self satisfied; peaceful
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plagiarize
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verb; to take the ideas of others and use them as one's own
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platitude
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noun; a thought or remark that is dull, flat, or weak; overused; not important
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pompous
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adj; self-important; stately; magnificent; excessively ornate
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ponderous
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adj; very heavy, bulky, labored, dull or tiresome
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pragmatic
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adj; practical; opinionated; concerned with actual practice rather than theory or speculation
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preclude
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verb; to make impossible; to shut out; to prevent
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precocious
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adj; having or showing much more ability or knowledge that is usual at such a young age; early or premature
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prestigious
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adj; honored; having an illustrious name or reputation
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pretentious
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adj; claiming or demanding a position or merit; showy or self-important
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procrastinate
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verb; to put off doing something until a later time; to delay
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prodigious
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adj; enormous, extraordinary, marvelous
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profane
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adj; secular, not holy, not connected with religion, irreverent
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profusion
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noun; abundance, a great or generous amount, extravagance
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prolific
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adj; producing many offspring; producing much; abundant
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propensity
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noun; natural learning or tendency; bent
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provincial
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adj; unsophisticated; thinking in arrow ways
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prudent
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adj; careful or cautious in a sensible way; fugal
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pugnacious
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adj; eager and ready to fight; quarrelsome
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quandary
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noun; condition of being doubtful or confused
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querulous
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adj; peevish; fault-finding; expressing or suggestive of complaint
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quixotic
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adj; idealistic and utterly impractical
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raconteur
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noun; a person skilled at telling stories or anecdotes
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rancor
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noun; deep spite or malice; strong hate or bitter feeling
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