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Unit 21 SAT VOC
SAT Vocabulary Words
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English
8th Grade
03/21/2011

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Term

embellish

 

                                                                                                            

                                                                                                            (belly)

Definition
to beautify by adding ornaments; to  add fanciful or fictitious details to
Term

petulant

 

                                                                                                      (pet hunt)

Definition
ill humor, irritable, cranky
Term

assuage

 

                                                                                                     (message)

Definition
to soothe; to make less severe; to satisfy, ease, lessen
Term

castigate

 

                                                                                           (passed the gate)

Definition

to criticize harshly, usually with the intention of correcting wrongdoing

 

 

Term

wrest

 

                                                                                                           (wrist)

Definition
pull away, take by violence
Term

preverse

  

                                                                                                       (reverse)

Definition
stubborn; contrary; intractable
Term

serpentine

 

                                                                                                (serpent teen)

Definition
snakelike in shape or movement; winding as a snake
Term

abut

 

                                                                                                            (butt)

Definition
border upon; to adjoin
Term

segregate

  

                                                                                              (separate gate)

Definition
to separate or keep apart from others
Term

wither

   

                                                                                                       (weather)

Definition
shriveled, shrunken, dried up
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