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Week 4
SAT Vocabulary
50
English
11th Grade
10/14/2011

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clandestine
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done secretively, especially to decieve; surreptitious
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ingenuous
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lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness
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subterfuge
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a deceptive strategem or device
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surreptitious
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secretive; sneaky
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dearth
Definition
scarce supply; lack
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modicum
Definition
a small or moderate amount
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paucity
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smallness in number; scarcity
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squander
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to spend wastefully
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temperate
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moderate; restrained
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tenuous
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hhaving little substance or strength; shaky
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diligent
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hardworking
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maverick
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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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mercenary
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a professional soldier
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obstiate
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stubbornly attached to an opinion or a course of action
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proliferate
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to grow or increase rapidly
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tenacity
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persistance
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vigilant
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on the alert; watchful
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extraneous
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irrelevant; inessential
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juxtapost
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to place side by side
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novel (adj)
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fresh; original; new
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superfluous
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extra; unnecessary
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synergy
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combined action or operation
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tangential
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merely touching or slightly connected; only superficially relevant
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aesthetic
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having to do with teh appreciation of beauty
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aural
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of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
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cacophony
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discordant, unpleasant noice
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dirge
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a funeral hymn or lament
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ecelectic
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made up of a veiety of sources or styles
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incongruous
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lacking in harmoney; incompatible
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sonorous
Definition
producing a deep or full sound
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strident
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loud, harsh grating, or shrill
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debacle
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a debacle
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debilitate
Definition
impair the strength of; weaken
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tumultuous
Definition
noisy and disorderly
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anachronistic
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the representation of something as existing or happening in the wrong time period
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archaic
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characteristic of an earlier time; antiquated; old
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dilatory
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habitually late
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ephemeral
Definition
lasting for only a brief time
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redolent
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fragrant; aromatic; suggestive
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temporal
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of, relating to, or limited by time
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onerous
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troublesome or oppressive; burdensome
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portent
Definition
indication of something importatn or calamitous about to occur; omen
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prescience
Definition
knowledge of actions or event before tehy occur; foreknowledge; foresight
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austere
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without decoration; strict
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banal
Definition
drearily commonplace; predictable; trite
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hackneyed
Definition
worn out through overuse; trite
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insipid
Definition
uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor
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prosaic
Definition
unimaginative; dull
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soporific
Definition
inducing or tending to induce sleep
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vapid
Definition
lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull
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