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Vocabulary Study 6
Words for the SAT Prep class
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English
11th Grade
02/27/2014

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Arable
Definition
Fit for plowing, tillable
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Ascendancy
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Domination; growing power
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Blasphemous
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Irreverent, profane
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Ephemeral
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Lasting a short period of time, fleeting
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Extraneous
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Not essential or vital
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Fallow
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Inactive, plowed but not sowed
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Harangue
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A scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe
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Impervious
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Incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged
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Implausible
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Not believable
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Incongruity
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Nonconformity, disagreement,incompatibility
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Incontrovertible
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Indisputable, accurate, established
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Indolence
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Laziness
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Levity
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Excessive frivolity, flippancy
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Magnanimity
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Having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit
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Perjury
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False testimony under oath
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Pretentious
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Making an extravagant show, self-important, ostentatious, pompous
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Provincial
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Lacking sophistication, narrow-minded
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Spontaneous
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Having no external cause, acting on impulse
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Zeal
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Enthusiasm, fervor
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Ethereal
Definition
Heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance
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