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SAT Vocabulary IV
Barrons CRW HF List
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12th Grade
08/29/2007

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Narcissism
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Admiration or worship of oneself
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Occult
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Secret, hidden, concealed
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Quixotic
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Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; without regard to practicality
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Sublime
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Awe-inspiring, noble and majestic
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Empathy
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Identification or understanding
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Superficial
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Apparent rather than real, shallow rather than depth, concerned with only the obvious
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Epitome
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Perfect representation
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Mercurial
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Volatile, unstable in nature (personality)
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Sedulous
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Diligent, assiduous
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Clemency
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A disposition to show mercy or kindness
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Abate
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To subside of settle down
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Acrimony
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Sharpness, harshness, bitterness of speech
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Adulation
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Flattery
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Affinity
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Natural liking or kinship
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Adverse
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Unfavorable, hostile
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Animosity
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Active enmity
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Apocryphal
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Untrue, made up
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Arid
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Dry, barren
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Ascendancy
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Controlling influence, leader-like
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Assuage
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To ease or lessen (pain)
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Atrophy
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To waste away
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Flabbergasted
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Astonished, dumbstruck
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Nondescript
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Unrecognizable or uninteresting
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Callous
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Insensitive
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Myopic
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Lacking tolerance or understanding, narrow-minded, short-sighted
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Admonish
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To scold in a good manner
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