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SAT #3
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English
11th Grade
10/18/2009
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abjure
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v. to reject, renounce
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abrogate
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v. to abolish usually by authority
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cajole
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v. to urge, coax
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clemency
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n. mercy
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conflagration
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n. great fire
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decry
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v. to criticize openly
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deride
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v. to laugh at mockingly, scorn
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extol
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v. to praise, revere
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feral
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adj. wild, savage
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grandiloquence
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n. lofty, pompous language
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ineffable
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adj. unspeakable, incapable of being expressed through words
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largess
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n. the generous giving of lavish gifts
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latent
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adj. hidden, but capable of being exposed
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magnanimous
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adj. noble, generous
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paucity
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adj. small in quantity
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rebuke
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v. to scold, criticize
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stupefy
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v. to astonish, make insensible
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truculent
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adj. ready to fight, cruel
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vacillate
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v. to fluctuate, hesitate
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vex
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v. to confuse or annoy
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