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SAT PREP 31-60
Second 30 words for Sparknotes top 250 words
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Language - English
11th Grade
03/22/2010

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Credulity
Definition
Readiness to believe
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Cupidity
Definition
greed, strong desire
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Cursory
Definition
brief to the point of being superficial
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Decry
Definition
to criticize openly
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Defile
Definition
to make unclean, impure
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Deleterious
Definition
harmful
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Demure
Definition
quiet, modest, reserved
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Deprecate
Definition
to belittle, depreciate
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Deride
Definition
to laugh mockingly, scorn
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Desecrate
Definition
to violate the sacredness of a thing of place
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Desiccated
Definition
dried up, dehydrated
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Diaphanous
Definition
light, airy, transparent
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Diffident
Definition
shy, quiet, modest
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Discursive
Definition
rambling, lacking order
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Dissemble
Definition
to conceal. fake
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Dither
Definition
to be indecisive
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Ebullient
Definition
extremely lively, enthusiastic
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Effrontery
Definition
impudence, nerve, insolence
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Effulgent
Definition
radiant, splendorous
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Egregious
Definition
extremely bad
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Enervate
Definition
to weaken, exhaust
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Ephemeral
Definition
short-lived, fleeting
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Eschew
Definition
to shun, aviod
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Evanescent
Definition
fleeting, momentary
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evince
Definition
to show, reveal
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Exculpate
Definition
to free from guilt or blame, exonerate
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Execrable
Definition
loathsome, detestable
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Exigent
Definition
urgent, critical
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Expiate
Definition
to make amends for, atone
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Expunge
Definition
to obliterate, eradicate
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