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SAT Vocabulary
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11th Grade
10/18/2009

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Aberrant

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Markedly different from an accepted norm
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aberration
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Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course
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abet
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To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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abeyance
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A state of suspension or temporary inaction
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abjure
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To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath
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ablution
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A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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abrogate
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To abolish
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abscond
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To depart suddenly and secretly (to escape arrest)
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abstemious
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Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food
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abstruse
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Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
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abut
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To touch at the end or boundary line.
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accede
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To agree
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acquiesce
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To submit/comply
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Acrid
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Bitter/pugnant
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acumen
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quickness of intellectual insight
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adamant
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Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability
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admonition
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Gentle reproof.
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adumbrate
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To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
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affable
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Easy to approach
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aggrandize
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To cause to appear greatly.
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agog
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in eager desire
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alacrity
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Cheerful willingness
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alcove
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A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room
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amalgamate
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To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
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ambiguous
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having a double meaning
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ameliorate
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To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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anathema
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Anything forbidden, as by social usage
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animadversion
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The utterance of criticism or censure
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animosity
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hatred
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antediluvian
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Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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aplomb
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Confidence; coolness
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apocryphal
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Of doubtful authority or authenticity
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apogee
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climax
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apostate
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false
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apotheosis
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Deification.
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apposite
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Appropriate
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apprise
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To give notice to; to inform
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approbation
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Sanction
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arboreal
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 Of or pertaining to a tree or trees
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ardor
Definition
Intensity of passion or affection
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