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SAT Vocab
SAT Voabulary Words
25
English
10th Grade
12/17/2009

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Contiguous
Definition
Sharing an edge or boundary; touching
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Conciliatory
Definition
appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile
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Credible
Definition
capable of being believed; plausible
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Exonerate
Definition
to free from blame
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Incontrovertible
Definition
indisputible; not open to question
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Indict
Definition
to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime
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Litigious
Definition
prone to engage in lawsuits
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Partisan
Definition
devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause
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Parity
Definition
equality, as in amount, status, or value
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Rectitude
Definition
moral uprightness; righteousness
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Sanctimonious
Definition
feigning piety or righteousness; taking advantage
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Scrupulous
Definition
principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting
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Solicitous
Definition
concerned
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Remiss
Definition
lax in attending to duty; negligent
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Repudiate
Definition
to reject the validity or authority of
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Sophistry
Definition
plausible but misleading or fallacious argument
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Substantiate
Definition
to support with proof or evidence; verify
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Veracity
Definition
adherence to the truth; truthfulness
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Vindicate
Definition
to free from blame
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Cajole
Definition
to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
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Chicanery
Definition
trickery
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Obsequious
Definition
fawning and servile; over done flattery
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Sycophant
Definition
insincere, obsequious flatterer
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Altruism
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unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflesness
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Eminent
Definition
distinquished; prominent
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