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SAT vocab list Group 4 9-10 and Group 5 1-2
Sat Vocab Words
40
English
12th Grade
04/04/2011

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Analogous
Definition

(comparable)

they saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and children

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Caustic
Definition

(burning)

It was a Caustic cleaner because the chemicals were able to burn away all residue.

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Detrimental
Definition

(harmful)

releasing the documents would be detrimental to national security

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Extol
Definition

(praise)

the father extolled the morals of his daughter

Term
Incipient
Definition

(Just beginning)

He could feel incipient anger building up.

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Magnanimous
Definition

(genourous)

When we emerge from this war we will be magnanimous and help the opposition rebuild.

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Palisade
Definition

(fence made of posts)

You need to surround the building with a palisade said the archictectural engineer.

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Prescient
Definition

(having fore knowledge)

The weatherman have a prescient warning about the impending storm

Term
Scale
Definition
the mountain climber had successfully scaled mount everest
Term
undermined
Definition

(damaged / attacked)

One mistake could undermine years of hard work by the company.

Term
Anarchy
Definition
The boy had created an anarchy and every one ran rampant killing each other.
Term
calvalcade
Definition

(procession of vehicles)

The cavalcade parade consisted of many nice mustangs and some other crappy cars.

Term
devoured
Definition

(greedily eat)

The girl was so hungry that she devoured half the food in the fridge.

Term
extradite
Definition

(deport from one country back to one's home country)

The criminal was extradited back to his home in Italy.

Term
Inclination
Definition

(tendency)

John was a scientist by training and inclination, he was just a science nerd.

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magnate
Definition

(powerful business man)

He was a wealthy magnate and owned many companies.

Term
Palliative
Definition

(A remedy that improves but doesn't cure)

Aleve is palliative, it helps the pain, but it can't cure a broken bone.

Term
Presentiment
Definition

(A feeling that something might happen)

She had a presentiment of impending doom.

Term
scapegoat
Definition

(a person who is blamed for the wrongs of others)

The boy was a scapegoat, he was blamed for everything

Term
underscore
Definition

(emphasize)

The medical field underscores how far its come in finding cures.

Term
Anecdote
Definition

(a brief amusing story)

Mr. Wells loves when you start papers with anecdotes, he is amused by true experiences.

Term
celerity
Definition
She ran with great celerity, she was the fastest on the running team.
Term
dexterous
Definition

(skillful with hands)

He was a dexterous piano player and could play really hard pieces of music.

Term
Extraneous
Definition

(Irrelevant)

The internet is filled with a lot of extraneous material and it can be very annoying try to find relevant reliable material.

Term
Incoherant
Definition

(not clear)

My writing has been very incoherant lately; I cannot seem to get the right words and say things clearly.

Term
Maladroit
Definition

(clumsy)

He had huge maladroit movements and often fell down because he was so clumsy.

Term
Presumptous
Definition

(assuming too much)

I hope I won't be considered presumptuous if I offer some advice

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scrupulous
Definition

careful

the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail

Term
Pallid
Definition

Pale

She was a very pallid person, a ghost looked black compared to her.

Term
unequivocal
Definition

(clear/obvious)

he was unequivocal in condemning the violence

Term
Animosity
Definition

(hatred)

He had a great animosity to immature people.

Term
censorious
Definition

dissapproving

modest, charitable in his judgments, never censorious, Jim carried tolerance almost too far

Term
Dichotomy
Definition
there is a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism
Term
extrapolate
Definition

(predict on the basis of known data)

They tempted to extrapolate likely human cancers from labatory stories.

Term
Incongrous
Definition

(not fitting)

The conclusion was incongrous to the data collected, it didn't seem to match or make sense.

Term
malady
Definition

illness

The children had an incurable malady that made them very sick and die within two months.

Term
Palpable
Definition

easily felt

She had a palpable zit on her face that bothered her because she could feel it but couldn't pop it.

Term
pretentious
Definition

pompous

He was a pretentious man that liked to show off his bling because it made him seem extremely rich.

Term
scrutinized
Definition

examine carefully

The proffessor scrutinized the work of his researchers, he wanted everything to be 100% accurate.

Term
Unfetter
Definition

set free

The bird was undefettered from its cage.

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