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SAT Vocab Words
9-21-06
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11th Grade
09/21/2006

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ablution
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a washing; cleansing
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accoutrement
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equipment; outfit
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aggregate
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to collect; to gather together
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allegro
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rapid; quick
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anthromorphic
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attributing human form to objects, gods, etc.
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apocryphal
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doubtful; not authentic
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ascribe
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to attribute; to credit as to a cause or source
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autumnal
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mature; declining
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avoirdupois
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heaviness; weight
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bestial
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savage; brutal
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bombastic
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using impressive but meaningless language
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bumptious
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conceited; arrogant
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caesura
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pause
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cerebration
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thinking; using one's brain
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clandestine
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secretive; private
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colloquial
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informal
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concomitant
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accompanying; attending
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constituents
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voters; supporters
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cosmopolitan
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worldly-wise; universal
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craven
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cowardly
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de facto
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in fact; in reality
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demure
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shy
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diabolical
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devilish; cruel
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didactic
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instructive; inclined to lecture others too much
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disparity
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inequality; difference
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doyen
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senior or eldest member
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effulgent
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shining forth brilliantly; radiant
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endemic
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confined to a particular country or area
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envisage
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to imagine; to form a mental picture
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erstwhile
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formerly; in the past
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expatiate
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to enlarge upon; to speak or write at length
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extirpate
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to destroy; to remove completely
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febrile
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feverish
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flotsam
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floating cargo or wreckage
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fracas
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a loud quarrel
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fruition
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fulfillment; realization
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glutton
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one who eats or drinks too much
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gratis
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without payment; free
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haughty
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snobbish; arrogant
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hirsute
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hairy; bearded
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