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vocabulary 1
sat prep vocab
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English
9th Grade
09/21/2009

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Apathy
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n.lack of emotion or feeling adj. apathetic
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Austere
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igorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic noun austerity
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Catalyst
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one that precipitates a process or event, especially without being involved in or changed by the consequences
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Debonair
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Suave; urbane(adj.)
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Digress
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(verb) To deviate or wander away from the main subject in writing or speaking noun digression
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Embellish
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verb) To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate noun embellishment
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Facilitate
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-(verb) To make easy or easier (as in an action or process) noun facilitation
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Fanciful
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(adjective) Showing invention or whimsy in design; imaginative
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Fervor-
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(noun) great warmth and intensity of emotion, passion adj. fervent adv. fervently
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Humility
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(noun) The quality or condition of being humble
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Mayhem
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noun) a state of violent disorder or riotous confusion; havoc.
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Mundane
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(adj.) ordinary, common, unimaginative
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Nonchalant
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adj.) Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent adv. nonchalantly
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Philanthropy
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noun) The effort or inclination to increase the well-being of humankind, as by charitable aid or donations adj. philanthropic noun philanthropist
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Prodigy
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(noun) A person with exceptional talents or powers
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Rejuvenate
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(verb) To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again
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Sagacious
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(adj.) Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness
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Sporadic-
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(adj.) Occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
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Tact
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(noun) the ability to speak or act without offending adj. tactful adv. tactfully
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Wither
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(verb) To dry up or shrivel
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