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SAT Vocab #1
89 words to know to pass the SAT's
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11th Grade
10/26/2012

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candid
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completely honest, straightforward
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conjecture
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inference; guesswork
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didactic
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instructive
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effusive
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showing excessive emotion; overflowing
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euphemism
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a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt or offensive term
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extrapolate
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to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information
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incoherent
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lacking cohension or connection
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insinuate
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to imply or communicate stealthily
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loquacius
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very talkative
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lucid
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easliy understood; clear
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rhetoric
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the art of using language effectively and persuasively
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acumen
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quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight
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adroit
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dexterous; deft
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ascertain
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to find out, as through investigation or experimentation
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astute
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shrewd; clever
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circumspect
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careful; prudent; discreet
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disseminate
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to scatter widely, as in sowing seed
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erudition
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deep, extensive learning
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pedantic
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excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules
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perspicaciuos
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shrewd; clear-sighted
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pragmatic
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practical
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precocious
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exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity
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prolific
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very productive; producing great qualities
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prospectus
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formal proposal
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rudimentary
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basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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callous
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emotionally hardend; unfeeling
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convoluted
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intricate; complex
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disaffected
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having lost faith or loyalty; discontent
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enigma
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a puzzle, mysery, or riddle
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instrcutable
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difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable
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reticent
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inclined to keep silent; reeserved
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staid
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unemotional; serious
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arcane
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known or understood by only a few
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assimilate
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to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar
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autonomy
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independence; self determination
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cosmopolitan
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worldly; widely sophisticated
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derivative
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something that comes from another source
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by only a small group
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gaffe
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a clumsy social error; a faux pas
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idiosyncrasy
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characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
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insular
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isolated; narrow or provincial
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orthodox
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adhearing to the traditional and established, especially in religion
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potenate
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one who has the power and position to rule over the others; monarch
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castigate
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to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize
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censure
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to issue official blame
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denounce
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to condemn openly
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reclusive
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seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation
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relinquish
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to retire from; give up or abandon
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renounce
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to give up (a title, for example), epescially by formal announcement
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vituperative
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marked by harshly abusive condemnation
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circumscribe
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to draw a circle around; to restrict
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contiguous
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sharing an edge or boundary; touching
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conciliatory
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appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile
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credible
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capable of believed; plausible
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exonerate
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to free from blame
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incontrovertible
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indisputable; not open to question
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indict
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to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime
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litigious
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prone to engage in lawsuits
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partisan
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devoted to or biased in support f a party, group, or cause
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parity
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equality as in amount, status, or value (antonym: disparity)
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rectitude
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moral uprightness; righteousness
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remiss
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lax in attending to duty; negligent
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repudiate
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to reject the validity or authority of
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sanctimonius
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feigning piety or righteousness
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scrupulous
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principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting
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solicitous
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concerned
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substaniate
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to support with proof or evidence; verify
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veracity
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adherence to the truth; truthfulness
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vindicate
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to free from blame
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cajole
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to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
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chicanery
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trickery
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obsequious
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fawning and servile
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sycophant
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insincere, obsequious flatterer
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altruism
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unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness
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eminent
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distinguished; prominent
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empathy
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identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives
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extol
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to praise highly
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laudatory
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full of praise
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magnanimous
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courageously or generously noble in mind and heart
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philanthropic
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humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity
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reciprocate
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to mutually take or give; to respond in kind
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defunct
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no longer existing or functioning
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eradicate
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to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish
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quell
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to put down forcibly; supress
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raze
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to level ground; demolish
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squelch
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to crush as if by trampling; squash
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supplant
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to usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics
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stymie
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to thwart or stump
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