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sat vocab
SAT vocabulary
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Language - English
11th Grade
04/12/2007

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circumspect
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cautios
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perspicacious
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shrewd
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potentate
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one with power/monarch
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censure
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issue official blame
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veracity
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truthfulness
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vindicate
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restore the honor of
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altruism
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generosity
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laudatory
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full of praise
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defunct
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no longer existing or functioning
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extirpate
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destroy
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supplant
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usurp the power of by underhanded methods
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stymie
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stump
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abase
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lower in rank or honor
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deride
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mock
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vindictive
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vengeful (character trait)
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ebullience
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elation
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lugubrious
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sad/mournful to an absurd extent
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opulent
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displaying great wealth
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penchant
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a strong inclination or liking
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vignette
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short story or scene
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amalgam
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a combination of diverse elements
conglomeration
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inundate
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to overwhel as if with a flood; to swamp
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multifarious
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diverse; various
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palliative
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relieving of symptoms without effecting a cure
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multiplicity
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state of being various or manifold
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felicitious
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apt; admirably suited
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belie
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to misrepresent; to prove false/ contradict
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dubious
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doubtful; questionable
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duplicitious
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deliberately deceptive
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mendacious
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untruthful
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specious
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having a ring of plausability or truth but being false
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equivocal
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open to twoor more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous
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unequivocal
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opp. of equivocal
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impetus
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an impelling force or stimulus
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flag (v)
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to decline in vigor or strength; to tire; to droop
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ingenuous
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lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness
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disinegenuous
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opp of ingenuous
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subterfuge
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excuse; artifice used to evade a rule or punishment; trick
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dearth
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scarce supply; lack
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modicum
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a small, moderate, or token amount
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paucity
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scarcity; smallness in number
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maverick
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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group.
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mercenarey
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someone who's motivated by money. a pro.
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obstinate
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stubborn (not a character trait). really attached to an opinion or course of action
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proliferate
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to grow or increase rapidly
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aural
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having to do with the ear
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dirge
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funeral hymm or lament
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incongruous
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incompatible; oppisite of harmonious
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sonorous
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producing a deep or full sound
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strident
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loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
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tumultuous
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disorderly; noisy
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redolent
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fragrant; aromatic; suggestive
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temporal
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of, relating to, or limited by time
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portent
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omen; indication of something calmitous about to occur
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prescience
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foresight of events before they happen
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insipid
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uninteresting, boring, lacking in flavor
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prosaic
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boring; opp. of poetic
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brevity
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briefness
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expedient
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to the point; speedy
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burgeon
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to flourish; to grow
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distend
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to swell out or expand from internal pressure
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prodigious
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enormous; great in extent, size
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redouble
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to make twice as great; to double
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averse
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strongly disinclined
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demur
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modest and reserved
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diffidence
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timidity or shyness
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innocuous
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benign
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quiescent
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quiet, still, at rest
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dogmatic
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stubbornly attached to ideas that can't be substantiated
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fastidious
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carefully attentive to detail
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fastidious
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carefully attentive to detail
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fastidious
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carefully attentive to detail
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intransigence
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refusal to moderate a position or to compromise
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jocular
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prone to joking
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alacrity
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promptness in response; eagerness; cheerful readiness
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amiable
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friendly; easy going; good-natured
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sanguine
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cheerfully confident; optimistic
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byzantine
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extremely complicated or devious
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contankerous
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ill-tempered
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deleterious
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having a harmful effect
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exacerbate
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to make worse
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flippant
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disrespectfully humorous or casual
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rancorous
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marked by ill-will
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repugnant
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arrousing disgust or aversion
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tawdry
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gaudy and cheap
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arboreal
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relating to trees
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stratify
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to layer or seperate in to strata
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variegated
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having streaks, marks, or patches of a different corol or colors; polychromal
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