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SAT Vocab 5
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07/30/2009
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Piety
 Definition
devotion
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Filial
 Definition
of a son or daughter
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Impious
 Definition
lacking in devotion; not devoted
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Impiety
 Definition
lack of devotion
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Deplore
 Definition
to have or show a deep sorrow or regret for
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Entreat
 Definition
to request earnestly
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Entreaty
 Definition
earnest request
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Invoke
 Definition
to ask earnestly for help, blessing, etc.; to pray for
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Cadge
 Definition
to beg
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Tout
 Definition
to publicize loudly; to beg to buy one's product, use one's service, etc.
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Abet
 Definition
to help or urge in crime, etc
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Devout
 Definition
devoted
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Pious
 Definition
devoted
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Solicit
 Definition
to ask earnestly
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Implore
 Definition
to ask earnestly
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Supplicate
 Definition
to ask earnestly
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Beseech
 Definition
to ask earnestly
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Importune
 Definition
to ask earnestly
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Exacerbate
 Definition
to make worse
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Exasperate
 Definition
to frustrate; to irritate
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Aggregate
 Definition
total; to total, to sum
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Pitfall
 Definition
an unanticipated danger or disadvantage
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Protract
 Definition
to prolong; to extend; to delay
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Ameliorate
 Definition
to make better
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Better
 Definition
to make better
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Deteriorate
 Definition
to make worse
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Aggravate
 Definition
to make worse
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Indigenous
 Definition
original; native
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Indigent
 Definition
poor
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Indignant
 Definition
angry
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Enigma
 Definition
mystery
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Enigmatic
 Definition
mysterious
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Enigmatize
 Definition
to mystify; to confuse
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Fluster
 Definition
to be nervous and confused
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Obfuscate
 Definition
to darken; to confuse
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Quandary
 Definition
perplexity
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Baffle
 Definition
to confuse
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Bewilder
 Definition
to confuse
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Befuddle
 Definition
to confuse
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Bedazzle
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to confuse
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Bemuse
 Definition
to confuse
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Becloud
 Definition
to confuse
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Muddle
 Definition
to confuse
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Confound
 Definition
to confuse
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Disorient
 Definition
to confuse
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Disconcert
 Definition
to confuse
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Perplex
 Definition
to confuse
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Mystify
 Definition
to confuse
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Puzzle
 Definition
to confuse
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Faze
 Definition
to confuse
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Bespeak
 Definition
to order in advance; to foretell
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Portend
 Definition
to be a sign or warning of
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Portent
 Definition
sign; warning; omen
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Portentious
 Definition
ominous; threatening
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Ominous
 Definition
of a bad omen
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Augur
 Definition
to foretell; one who foreSoothtells
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Soothsayer
 Definition
a fortuneteller
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Misnomer
 Definition
wrong use of a name
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Augury
 Definition
sign; warning
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Malapropism
 Definition
wrong use of a word
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Obliterate
 Definition
to remove by rubbing out; to eliminate, to destroy
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Subvert
 Definition
to destroy or overthrow a government
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Decimate
 Definition
to kill or destroy the large part of
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Desiccate
 Definition
to dry out
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Desiccant
 Definition
a substance that absorbs the moisture and dries out
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Mortal
 Definition
subject to die
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Immortal
 Definition
never dying
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Morbid
 Definition
diseased; unhealthy
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Moribund
 Definition
at the point of death; dying
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Moratorium
 Definition
suspension of activity
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Foreshadow
 Definition
to foretell; to be a sign/ warning of
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Forebode
 Definition
to foretell; to be a sign/ warning of
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Presage
 Definition
to foretell; to be a sign/ warning of
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Harbinger
 Definition
to foretell; to be a sign/ warning of
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Dilapidate
 Definition
to destroy
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Demolish
 Definition
to destroy
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Annihilate
 Definition
to destroy
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Raze
 Definition
to destroy
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Mortgage
 Definition
interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed
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Mortuary
 Definition
of or pertaining to the burial of the dead
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Indulge [in]
 Definition
to overlook the fault of
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Reticent
 Definition
saying little; reserved
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Tacit
 Definition
without words; silent
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Pith
 Definition
core; essence
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Pithy
 Definition
essential; concise
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Sententious
 Definition
saying, by using a proverb, in such a way that is moralizing; pithy
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Loquacious
 Definition
talkative
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Garrulous
 Definition
talkative
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Querulous
 Definition
complaining; fretful
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Fretful
 Definition
very much worried and nervous
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Extrapolate
 Definition
to guess
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Surmise
 Definition
to guess
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Conjecture
 Definition
to guess
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Speculate
 Definition
to guess
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Sanguinary
 Definition
bloody
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Sanguine
 Definition
optimistic; red
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Taciturn
 Definition
expressed in few words; saying little
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Laconic
 Definition
expressed in few words; saying little
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Concise
 Definition
expressed in few words; saying little
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Succinct
 Definition
expressed in few words; saying little
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Epigrammatic
 Definition
short
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Terse
 Definition
expressed in few words; saying little
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Verbose
 Definition
expressed in many words; saying much
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Voluble
 Definition
expressed in many words; saying much
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Prolix
 Definition
expressed in many words; saying much
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Circumlocutory
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expressed in many words; saying much
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Axiom
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a short, wise saying; something that we accept as true without questioning
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Axiomatic
 Definition
clear and evident
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Epitaph
 Definition
a short writing inscribed in a tombstone
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Epithet
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(Ex: Alexander the GREAT)
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Epidermis
 Definition
a thin, outer layer of a skin
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Epilogue
 Definition
a short conclusion of a play, drama, etc.
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Epistle
 Definition
a short message; a letter
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Epigram
 Definition
a short, wise saying
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Adage
 Definition
a short, wise saying
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Aphorism
 Definition
a short, wise saying
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Saw
 Definition
a short, wise saying
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Maxim
 Definition
a short, wise saying
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Recruit
 Definition
to hire; to employ; to bring in
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Oust
 Definition
to fire; to kick out; to eliminate
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Ouster
 Definition
elimination
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Demurral
 Definition
hesitation from objection
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Demur
 Definition
modest
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Vacillate
 Definition
to be uncertain; to hesitate
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Dither
 Definition
to hesitate
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Waver
 Definition
to hesitate
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Boggle
 Definition
to hesitate
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Transcendent
 Definition
surpassing; super
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Surpass
 Definition
to exceed
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Transcendental
 Definition
that cannot be explained by real world experience, practice, happenings, etc
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Preclude
 Definition
to make impossible; to prevent
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Forestall
 Definition
to do something first in order to prevent
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Proclaim
 Definition
to announce officially and publicly
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Declaim
 Definition
to say pompously
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Acclaim
 Definition
to praise
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Reclaim
 Definition
to put into use again; to recycle
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Denounce
 Definition
to speak publicly against
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Avow
 Definition
to admit
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Disavow
 Definition
to deny; to disown
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Condone
 Definition
to overlook; to forgive
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Vindicate
 Definition
to justify; to prove the truth; to defend against
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Vindictive
 Definition
uncondoning; unforgiving; revengeful
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Dictum
 Definition
a formal, dogmatic, authoritative expression of opinion
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Disclaim
 Definition
to disown; to deny
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Renounce
 Definition
to disown; to deny
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Repudiate
 Definition
to disown; to deny
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Abnegate
 Definition
to disown; to deny
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Veracious
 Definition
truthful; honest
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Veracity
 Definition
truthfulness; honesty
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Verity
 Definition
truth
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Veritable
 Definition
real; true; rightly named
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Aver
 Definition
to say positively that something is true
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Verdict
 Definition
jury's decision
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