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SAT VOCAB
SAT Vocabulary
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07/30/2005

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Brandish
Definition
Brandish= Threat
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Cache
Definition
Cache=Hide money in safe place
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Choleric
Definition
Choleric=Quick Anger
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Eclectic
Definition
Eclectic=Dacorative

Ex: The teacher eclected a couple of poems from each author.
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Equivocate
Definition
Equivocate=To Speak on Both Side

Ex: She Sopke equally on Equovicate topic.
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Ignoble
Definition
Ignoble=Evil
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Imminent
Definition
Imminent=Happend anytime
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Placid
Definition
Placid=Peaceful
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Savory
Definition
Savory=delicious,tasty food
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Sinister
Definition
Sinister=Evil,malevolent
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Steadfast
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Steadfast=Loyal
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Surreptitious
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Surreptitious=sneaky
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Torpor
Definition
Torpor=Tired & Hot
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Divers
Definition
Divers=some kind of writing like essay
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Usurp
Definition
Usurp=Taking W/O Permission
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Cacophony
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Cacophony=Loud Sound
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Censor
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Censor=A person authorized to examine book
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Copious
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Copious=Abundantly
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Decadence
Definition
Decadence=Decay
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Diatribe
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Diatribe=Verbally Attack
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Equanimity
Definition
Equanimity=Calmness
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Expunge
Definition
Expunge=To clear or remove

Ex. We Have Expunged your records.
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Impecunious
Definition
Impecunious=Broke or Poor
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Meandering
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Meandering=Wander

Ex: Meandering is my favorite pastime for me and Dering.
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Non-partisan
Definition
Non-partisan= free from party affiliation, bias, or designation
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Pariah
Definition
Pariah=Outcast,misfit
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Profilic
Definition
Profilic=Fruitful,Abundantly
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Querulous
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Querulous=Difficult,dissagreeable
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Raconteur
Definition
Raconteur=Storyteller
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Supercilious
Definition
Supercilious=Nasty
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Abstract
Definition
Abstract=Theoretical,not concrete

Ex.To him, hunger was an ABSTRACT concept; he had never missed a meal.
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Adversary
Definition
Adversary=Opponent
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Anarchist
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Anarchist=Seeks to overturn establish rulers
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Ascendancy
Definition
Ascendancy=controlling influence;Domination
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austere
Definition
Austere=Forbiddingly
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blighted
Definition
suffering from disease; destroy
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callow
Definition
immature,sophomoric,beginning
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conciliatory
Definition
reconciling, soothing,
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cursory
Definition
casual, hastily done,
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deprecate
Definition
express disapproval; protest; be little
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disdain
Definition
scorn, sarcasm; hatred
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divergent
Definition
diverge(to go off sideways) from each other; separated
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eloquence
Definition
the power of speech; the quality of forceful or persuasive expressiveness
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enigma
Definition
puzzle; mystery
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exculpate
Definition
to free from blame
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extricate
Definition
to free
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fortuitous
Definition
happenning by chance or lucky
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heresy
Definition
against standard document; blasphemy
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impolitic
Definition
unwise, not smart
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incorrigible
Definition
unable to be reformed
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innate
Definition
instictive, inherent, born in
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intarctable
Definition
unruly, stubborn, unyeilding
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lampoon
Definition
make fun of, ridicle
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meticulous
Definition
excessivly careful, nearly perfect
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neophyte
Definition
neophaty=Beginner, novice, fledgling
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Opaque
Definition
Not transparent,blocks light
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Percipitous
Definition
rapid, expeditioys, impulsive
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Percipitous
Definition
rapid, expeditioys, impulsive
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Profusion
Definition
Abunfdance, Riches
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Rapple
Definition
descend a cliff or rock with harness
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redolent
Definition
having a pleasant smell, aromatic
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Salubrious
Definition
healthful, conducive to good health
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Sinuous
Definition
rising and falling like a sine curve
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subtlety
Definition
nuance,shade, under the surface
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torpor
Definition
laziness, sleepines and tired & hot
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Undulate
Definition
fluctuate, oscillate, rise and fall
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Viable
Definition
alive, workable, practical
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Acerbic
Definition
Acerbic=Biting,caustic;critical
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