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Q9 Chung's SAT
Vocabulary 7-15-13
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Education
10th Grade
07/21/2013
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Term
arbitrary
 Definition
a. 1) random
2) dictatorial
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potenate
 Definition
n. a powerful ruler
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magnate
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n. a powerful business
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acquit
 Definition
v. to declare not guilty [by jury]
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plausible
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a. likely to be true; reasonable
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implausible
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a. not likely to be true; unreasonable
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specious
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a. seemingly right and true but not really so
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despot
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n. a dictator
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autocrat
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n. a dictator
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authoritarian
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n. a dictator
a. dictatorial
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totalitarian
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n. a dictator
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tyrant
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n. a dictator
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despotic
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a. dictatorial
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tyrannical
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a. dictatorial
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despotism
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n. dictatorship
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autocracy
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n. dictatorship
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authoritarianism
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n. dictatorship
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totalitarianism
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n. dictatorship
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tyranny
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n. dictatorship
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incriminate
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v. to accuse someone w/ crime
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inculpate
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v. to accuse someone w/ crime
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exculpate
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v. to free from charge
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culpable
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a. blame worthy
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culpa
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n. criminal
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culpit
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n. criminal
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perpetrator
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n. criminal
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trangressor
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n. criminal
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malefactor
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n. criminal
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deliverance
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n. rescue
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perpetrate
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v. to commit a crime
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perpetual
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a. eternal
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perpetuate
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v. to keep from being forgotten; to make internal
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ingress
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v. to enter
n. an entrance
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egress
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v. to exit
n. an exit
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transgress
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v. 1) to go beyond
2) to break the law
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exonerate
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v. to free from the alleged guilt
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posthumous
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a. happening after death
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facile
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a. easily done, made, or obtained
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facilitate
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v. to make easy
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