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RHHS SAT Prep - 2
SAT Vocabulary
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11th Grade
02/04/2010

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Genial
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warmly and pleasantly cheerful
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Serene
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calm, peaceful, or tranquil
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Foreign
Definition
located outside a specific district
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Camouflaged
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a device or stratagem used for concealment
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Doled
Definition
portion or allotment of money, food, etc
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Indignation
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strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger
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Perfunctory
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performed merely as a routine duty
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Deferential
Definition
showing deference; deferent
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Altarpieces
Definition
a painted or carved screen behind or above the altar or communion table in Christian churches; reredos
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Dissuade
Definition
to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something
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Grave
Definition
any place that becomes the receptacle of what is dead, lost, or past
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Bureau
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a division of a government department or an independent administrative unit
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Magnitude
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size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle
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Perennials
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lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty
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Vital
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of or pertaining to life: vital processes
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Idiosyncratic
Definition
a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual
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Idiosyncratic
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a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual
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Depletion
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to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds
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Aspirin
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an aspirin tablet: I took two aspirin and went right to bed.
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Statisticians
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an expert in or compiler of statistics.
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Methodology
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a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
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Perceptive
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having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved
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Insincere
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not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical
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Alarmist
Definition
a person who tends to raise alarms, esp. without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities
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Perennials
Definition
lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
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Chronicle
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a chronological record of events; a history
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Scope
Definition
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope
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Deceptiveness
Definition
perceptually misleading: It looks like a curved line, but it's deceptive.
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Unexpectedness
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not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development
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Coarse
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lacking in fineness or delicacy of texture, structure, etc.: The stiff, coarse fabric irritated her skin
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Boorish
Definition
of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
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Imprecise
Definition
not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
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