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SAT Vocabulary Words List 24
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10th Grade
04/05/2012

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Term
contortionist
Definition
person who can twist his or her body into odd positions
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distort
Definition
1. twist out of shape; contort
2. twist of the true meaning; misinterpret; pervert; falsify
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extort
Definition
wrest (money, promises, etc.) from a person by force
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retort
Definition
reply quickly or sharply
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retort
Definition
quick, witty, or cutting reply
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torsion
Definition
act of twisting; twisting of a body by two opposing forces
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tortuous
Definition
1. full of twists or curves; winding
2. tricky; crooked
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torture
Definition
1. wrench; twist
2. inflict severe pain upon
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torture
Definition
anguish of body or mind; agony
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convict
Definition
prove guilty; show conclusively to be guilty
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convict
Definition
person serving a prison sentence
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conviction
Definition
1. state of having been judged guilty of an offense
2. strong belief
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convince
Definition
persuade or show conclusively by argument or proof
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evict
Definition
1. expel by legal process
2. oust
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evince
Definition
show clearly; disclose
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invincible
Definition
incapable of being conquered
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vanquish
Definition
overcome in battle; conquer
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victor
Definition
winner; conqueror
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fraction
Definition
one or more of the equal parts of a whole; fragment
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fractious
Definition
apt to break out into a passion; cross; irritable
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fracture
Definition
1. break or crack
2. breaking of a bone
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fragile
Definition
easily broken; frail; delicate
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fragment
Definition
part broken off
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infraction
Definition
act of breaking; breach; violation
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refract
Definition
bend a ray of light, a heat, or sound wave, etc., from a straight course
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refractory
Definition
resisting; intractable; hard to manage
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omnibus
Definition
covering many things at once
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omnibus
Definition
1. bus
2. books containing a variety of works by one author
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omnifarious
Definition
of all varieties, forms, or kinds
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omnific
Definition
all-creating
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omnipotent
Definition
unlimited in power; almighty
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omnipresent
Definition
present everywhere at the same time; ubiquitous
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omniscient
Definition
knowing everything
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omnivorous
Definition
1. eating everything, both plant and animal substances
2. avidly taking in everything
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deflect
Definition
turn (bend) aside
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flex
Definition
bend
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flexible
Definition
pliable (capable of being bent); not rigid; tractable
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flexor
Definition
muscle that serves to bend a limb
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genuflect
Definition
bend the knee; touch the right knee to the ground, as in worship
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inflection
Definition
change (bend) in the pitch or tone of a person's voice
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inflexibility
Definition
rigidity; firmness
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reflect
Definition
1. throw (bend) back light, as from a prism
2. think
Term
reflex
Definition
involuntary response (bending back) to a stimulus
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