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SAT Vocabulary Lesson 3
SAT Vocabulary Words
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English
10th Grade
01/27/2014

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abstruse
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1. hidden, concealed; 2. difficult, to be comprehended
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affable
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friendly and easy to talk to
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audacity
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a confident and daring quality that is often seen as shocking or rude; an audacious quality
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contrite
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regretful; sorrowful
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credulous
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too ready to believe things; easily fooled or cheated
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depravity
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moral corruption; badness
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deprecate
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to criticize or express disapproval of someone of something
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didactic
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designed or intended to teach people something; used to describe someone or something that tries to teach something such as proper or moral behavior in a way that is annoying or unwanted
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dormant
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not doing anything at this time; not active but able to become active
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enigmatic
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full mystery and difficult to understand
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erudite
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having or showing knowledge that is learned by studying
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exotic
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very different, strange, or unusual; not living or growing naturally in a particular area; from another part of the world
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fuse
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1. to reduce to a liquid or plastic state by heat; 2. to blend thoroughly by or as if by melting together, combine; 3. to stitch by applying heat and pressure with or without the use of an adhesive
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immutable
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unable to be changed
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incorrigible
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not able to be corrected or changed
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loathe
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to hate something or someone very much
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mitigate
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to make something less severe, harmful, or painful
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nullify
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to make something legally null; to cause something to lose its value or to have no effect
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pacifistic
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1. the belief that disputes between nations should and can be settled peacefully; 2a. opposition to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes; 2b. such opposition demonstrated by refusal to participate in military action
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pretentious
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1. claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified; 2. marking or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious
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prologue
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1. an introduction preface, especially a poem recited to introduce a play; 2. an introduction or introductory chapter, as to a novel; 3. an introductory act, event or period
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recant
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1. to make a formal retraction or disavowal of a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself
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servile
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1. abjectly submissive; slavish; 2a. of or suitable to a slave or servant; 2b. of or relating to servitude or forced labor
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trepidation
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1. a state of alarm or dread; apprehension; 2. an involuntary trembling or quivering
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vilify
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to make vicious and defamatory statements about
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