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SAT Vocabulary 2
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English
11th Grade
09/17/2012

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Antithesis
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A direct opposite; a contrast
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Ascend
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To move upward; to rise from a lower station
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Austere
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Strict; stern; unadorned; ascetic
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Autonomous
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Independent; self-contained
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Banal
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Common; ordinary; lacking freshness; hackneyed
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Benign
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Not causing harm; of gentle disposition' beneficial
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Capricious
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Changing suddenly; fickle
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Dawdle
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To waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner
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Defamation
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Act of harming or ruining another's reputation
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Esoteric
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Understood only by a small group or a select few
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Exacerbate
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To aggravate, to irritate, to vex
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Extol
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To praise; to glorify
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Fastidious
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Reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude; critical to an extreme
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Furitive
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Secret in an underhanded way; stealfy
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Gregarious
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Sociable and outgoing
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Hypocrite
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One who is insincere or deceitful
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Innate
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Existing from birth; inborn
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Lethargic
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Sluggish; languid
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Melancholy
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Depression of spirits
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Opaque
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Not allowing the passage of light; not transparent; hard to understand
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Prolific
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Abundantly fruitful; marked by great productivity
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Reprove
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To scold or to rebuke for a misdeed usually with kindly intent
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Symmetry
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Balanced proportions
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Tranquil
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Peaceful; calm
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Venerate
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To honor; to revere
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