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Unit 3 Vocab
34 words that appear on the SAT
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General Vocab
9th Grade
10/21/2011

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adversary
Definition
(n) an enemy, opponent
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alienate
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(v) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
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artifice
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(n) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
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coerce
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(v) to compel, force
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craven
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(adj) cowardly
(n) coward
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culinary
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(adj) of or related to cooking or the kitchen
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delete
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(v) to erase, wipe out, cut out
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demise
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(n) death, especially of a person in a lofty position
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exhilarate
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(v) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
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fallow
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(adj) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow
(n) land left unseeded
(v) to plow but not seed
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harass
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(v) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
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inclement
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(adj) stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action
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muse
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(v) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
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negligible
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(adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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perpetuate
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(v) to make permanent or long lasting
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precedent
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(n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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punitive
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(adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment
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redress
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(v) to set right, remedy
(n) relief from wrong or injury
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sojourn
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(n) a temporary stay
(v) to stay for a time
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urbane
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(adj) refined in manner or style; suave
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boorish
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(adj) unmannered, crude, insensitive
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suave
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(adj) displaying smoothness and sophistication in manner or attitude
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diplomatic
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(adj) skilled in negotiating, especially between states and people
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endorse
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(v) to approve, support, or sustain
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rectify
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(v) to correct, set right, remedy, redress
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retaliatory
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(v) to return like for like, especially evil for evil, punitive
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uncouth
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(adj) awkward, clumsy or unmannerly, boorish
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momentous
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(adj) or great or far-reaching importance or consequence
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tempestuous
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(adj) tumultuous, turbulent, inclement
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implacable
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(adj) not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified
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expunge
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(v) to strike or blot out, erase, obliterate, delete
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estrange
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(v) to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate
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reconcile
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(v) to bring into agreement or harmony; make compatible or consistent
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pusillanimous
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(adj) lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid, craven
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