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SWW Vocabulary for SAT
SAT Vocabulary for Sang Woon
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11th Grade
03/29/2010

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abysmal
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so terrible that can't even realize it
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atrophy
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make body parts weaker
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chagrin
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disappointed
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adulation
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servile flattrery
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aiculate
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express or state cleary
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benevolent
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intending or showing kindness
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contentious
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having or showing a ready disposition to fight
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digress
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wander from a direct or straight course
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discordant
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not in agreement or harmony
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divergent
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diverging from another or from a standard
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ephemeral
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enduring a very shory time
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initiate
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bring into being
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misery
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used of persons or behavior
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premise
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take something as preexisting
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proximity
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the property of being close together
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Refinement
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the process of removing impurities
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Singular
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beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
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Unctuous
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unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
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Adversary
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someone who offers opposition
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Astute
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marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
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Capricious
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changeable, determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity or reason
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Decorum
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propriety in manner and conduct
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Disdain
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lack of respect
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Dogmatic
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characterized by arrogant assertion of unprovable principles
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Eclectic
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selecting what seems best of various styles
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Exploit
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1. a notable achievement, 2. Use or manipulate to one’s advantage
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Gravity
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the force by which a planet or other body tends to draw objects toward its center
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Innate
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Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
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Mortify
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hold within limits and control, cause to fee shame
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Presumption
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an assumption that is taken for granted
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Reprove
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take to task
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Supercilious
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thinking others of little importance
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Urbane
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characterized by tact and propriety
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Advocate
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A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
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Autonomous
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Existing as an independent entity
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Concise
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Expressing much in few words
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Denounce
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Speak out against
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Dismissive
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Showing indifference or disregard
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Duplicity
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Acting in bad faith, a fraudulent or duplicitous of another
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embellish
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add details to
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imminent
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close in time; about to occur
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innocuous
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unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
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insolvent
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someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
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notion
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a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
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profligate
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a dissolute man in fasionable society
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revival
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bringing agin into activity and prominence
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tacit
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indicated by necessary connotation though not directly
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