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SAT Vocabulary-Unit01
Collection of most frequent words on the SAT
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English
9th Grade
06/04/2010

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admonish
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(v.) caution; scold; remind
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breach
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(n.) gap; violation; (v.) to break through
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brigand
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(n.) a bandit
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circumspect
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(v.) cautious, careful
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commandeer
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(v.) seize, takeover
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cumbersome
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(adj.) clumsy, hard to handle
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deadlock
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(n.) a standstill; (v.) to bring to a standstill
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debris
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(n.) wreckage
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diffuse
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(v.) to spread widely; (adj.) long-winded, scattered
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dilemma
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(n.) perplexing situation
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efface
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(v.) to wipe out, erase
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muddle
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(v.) to mess up; (n.) a complete mess
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opinionated
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(adj.) firm or stubborn in one's ideas and convictions
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perennial
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(adj.) long-lasting; constant; (n.) long-lasting plant
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predisposed
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(v.) to incline to beforehand
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relinquish
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(v.) to let go, give up
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salvage
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(v.) to rescue, to retrieve; (n.) property or other goods that have been rescued
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spasmodic
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(adj.) by occasion, violent but brief
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spurious
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(adj.) not genuine, true, or valid
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unbridled
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(adj.) uncontrolled, lack in constraint
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