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Unit 8 Vocab
SAT Words
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Literature
10th Grade
03/18/2014

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animosity
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a feeling of strong dislike or hatred
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apathy
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lacko of emotion; unconcern; indifference
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apprehensive
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quick to understand; anxious or fearful about the future
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commend
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entrust; praise
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compatible
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that can work or get along well together
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condolence
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expression of sympathy with another in grief
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consecrate
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to set apart as holy; to devote entirely
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decrepit
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broken down or worn out due to old age
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deride
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to laugh at in contempt or scorn; ridicule
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ingenuous
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frank or candid; simple or naive
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multifarious
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many fold; having many parts
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obsolete
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no longer in use or practice; out-of-date
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omnivorous
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eating any sort of food; taking in everything indiscriminately
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parsimonious
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having a tendency to be over-careful in spending or stingy
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quandary
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a state of uncertainty; dilemma
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly defiant; hard to deal with; contumacious
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reprisal
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the act or practice of using force against someone or something as retaliation
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revel
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to take much pleasure; delight
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stultify
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to render futile or useless; make absurd or ridiculous
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suave
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smoothly gracious or polite; urbane
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