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Vocab Words Week 1
SAT Vocabulary Words
20
English
11th Grade
02/22/2006

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Term
aberration
Definition
Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
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bellicose
Definition
Warlike.
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beseech
Definition
To implore.
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cacophony
Definition
A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
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cataclysm
Definition
Any overwhelming flood of water.
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decapod
Definition
Ten-footed or ten-armed.
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descendent
Definition
Proceeding downward.
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diphthong
Definition
The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.
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effervescent
Definition
Giving off bubbles of gas.
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epitome
Definition
A simplified representation.
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flagrant
Definition
Openly scandalous.
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forbearance
Definition
Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
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abase
Definition
to lower in position
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abet
Definition
to help or support especially on illegal stuff; aid in offense
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bauble
Definition
trinket
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beget
Definition
to produce; to be the cause of something
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cantata
Definition
a coral composition
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caret
Definition
a sign to insert a letter (^)
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elicit
Definition
to strike gradually without violence
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ensnare
Definition
to lure someone into a bad situation
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