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Q5 Chung's SAT
Vocabulary 7-9-13
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Education
10th Grade
07/10/2013
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Term
Culinarious
 Definition
a. Of or related to kitchen
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Culinary
 Definition
a. Of or related to kitchen, food, etc.
Term
Eminent
 Definition
a. distinguished
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reputed
 Definition
a. distinguished; famous
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illustrious
 Definition
a. distinguished; famous
Term
renowned
 Definition
a. distinguished; famous
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extravagant
 Definition
a. wasteful
Term
lavish
 Definition
a. wasteful
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sumptuous
 Definition

a. 1) Costly looking

2) wasteful
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profligate
 Definition
a. wasteful
Term
prodigal
 Definition
a. wasteful
n. a wasteful person
Term
spendthrift
 Definition
a. wasteful
n. a wasteful person
Term
improvident
 Definition
a. wasteful
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dissipating
 Definition
a. wasteful
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thrifty
 Definition
a. careful in spending
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frugal
 Definition
a. careful in spending
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miserly
 Definition
a. stingy
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niggardly
 Definition
a. stingy
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tightfisted
 Definition
a. stingy
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closefisted
 Definition
a. stingy
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penurious
 Definition
a. stingy
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parsimonious
 Definition
a. stingy
Term
miser
 Definition
n. a stingy person
Term
niggard
 Definition
n. a stingy person
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tightwad
 Definition
n. a stingy person
Term
skinflint
 Definition
n. a stingy person
Term
red herring
 Definition
n. something that misleads
Term
improvident
 Definition
a. 1) wasteful w/o considering future
needs
2)having no foresight
Term
dissipate
 Definition
v. to waste away
Term
spare
 Definition
v. to save
a. skinny; thin
Term
sparing
 Definition

a. careful in spending ; frugal

 
Term
husband
 Definition
v. 1) to use or spend sparingly or
frugally
2) to save
3) to turn
4) to manage a household
Term
husbandry
 Definition
n. frugality
Term
husbandman
 Definition
n. a farmer
Term
penurious
 Definition
a. poor
Term
impecunious
 Definition
a. poor
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indigent
 Definition
a. poor
Term
impoverished
 Definition
a. poor
Term
eleemosynary
 Definition
a. 1) depending on alms; poor
2) given as charity; charitable
Term
penury
 Definition
n. poverty
Term
impecuniousness
 Definition
n. poverty
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indigence
 Definition
n. poverty
Term
impoverished
 Definition
n. poverty
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destitution
 Definition
n. poverty
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privation
 Definition
n. poverty
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alms
 Definition
n. money or things given to the poor;
charity
Term
pauper
 Definition
n. a poor person who depends on welfare
Term
impecunious
 Definition
a. without money; poor
Term
destitute
 Definition
a. lacking in necessities of life; poor
Term
pecuniary
 Definition
a. of or related to money; monetary.
Term
destitue
 Definition
a. lacking in necessities of life; poor
Term
privation
 Definition
n. lacking of necessities of life; destitution
Term
escapade
 Definition
n. a reckless adventure
Term
mercenary
 Definition
a. of or for money;money-oriented n. a hired soldier who fights for money
Term
conventional
 Definition
a. traditional orthodox(correct)
Term
infallible
 Definition
a. always certain w/o error
Term
certitude
 Definition
n. certainty
Term
err
 Definition
v. to make an error
Term
blunder
 Definition

n. foolish mistakes

 v. to make foolish mistakes
Term
lapse
 Definition
n. 1) a slight error
2) passing of time
Term
inept
 Definition
n. not skilled
Term
ineptitude
 Definition
n. unskillfulness
Term
tragicomedy
 Definition
n. a literary or event composed of the combination of both tragedy and comedy
Term
inerrancy
 Definition
a. being certain w/o error; certainty
Term
adept
 Definition

a. skillful

n. skillful person; expert
Term
adroit
 Definition
a. skillful
Term
dextrous
 Definition
a. skillful
Term
maladroit
 Definition
a. not skillful
Term
tyro
 Definition
n. a beginner
Term
neophyte
 Definition
n. a beginner
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newcomer
 Definition
n. a beginner
Term
inductee
 Definition
n. a beginner
Term
greenhorn
 Definition
n. a beginner
Term
novice
 Definition
n. a beginner
Term
fledgling
 Definition
n. a beginner
Term
A.B.C Darian
 Definition
n. a beginner
Term
callow
 Definition
a. young and inexperienced
Term
fallow
 Definition
n. [land] not cultivated; idle
Term
verdant
 Definition
a. 1) inexperienced
2) fresh & green
Term
verdancy
 Definition
n. being inexperienced
Term
fledge
 Definition
v. 1) [bird] to cover the vody w/ feather
2) to begin
Term
fledgling
 Definition
n. 1) a young bird just about to fly
2) a begineer
Term
virtuoso
 Definition
n. a great expert in art, music, etc.
Term
guru
 Definition
n. 1) an expert 2) a religious leader or teacher in Hinduism
Term
maestro
 Definition
n. an expert
Term
sage
 Definition
n. an expert
Term
virtuosity
 Definition
n. great skill
Term
finesse
 Definition
n. great skill
Term
gauche
 Definition
a. clumsy; awkward
Term
ungainly
 Definition
a. clumsy; awkward
Term
wooden
 Definition
a. clumsy; awkward;stiff
Term
gavene
 Definition
n. socially awkward behavior
Term
dexterous
 Definition
a. skillful
Term
sinister
 Definition
a. evil
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