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Lesson 9
Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT: Book Four
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Language - English
12th Grade
01/19/2009
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provocative
 Definition
tending to excite or stimulate
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bumpkin
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an unsophisticated, awkward person
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toady
 Definition
a person who flatters for personal gain
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culpable
 Definition
deserving blame or condemnation, guilty
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hortatory
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encouraging, inciting
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penultimate
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next to last
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orotund
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full and rich in sound (in speech)
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blithe
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carefree and lighthearted
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soporific
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tending to induce sleep
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pervasive
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permeating, spreading throughout
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benign
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beneficial, favorable
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frenetic
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wildly excited
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recrimination
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counteraccusation
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indecorous
 Definition
lacking good taste, improper
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corroborate
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to strengthen by adding evidence
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