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SAT Vocabulary List 4-6
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11th Grade
09/18/2011
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profound
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deep; non superficial
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ascetic
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practicing self denial
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hedonistic
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pleasure seeking; self indulgent

 
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provocative
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stimulating; tending to provoke

 
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felicity
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take of happiness; euphoria

 
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ambiguous
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unclear; more then one meaning

 
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philanthropy
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charity; generosity

 
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ephemermal
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breif
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listless
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lacking energy
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nemesis
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enemy
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benevolent
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kind
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heresy
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beliefs opposed to an established doctrine
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aesthetic
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related to art of beauty
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dogmatic
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1. related to a specific doctrine

2. opinionated
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lucid
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clear; unclouded
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revere
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honor
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objective
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2. unbiased opinion

1. goal
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torpid
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lethargic; laxy
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tangible
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touchable

 
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frivolous
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silly; inane
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vagrant
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a wanderer; one without a home
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appease
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to make peace with; lessen; to satisfy
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futile
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useless; hopeless
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partisan
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1. an adherent to a party

2. biased to one side
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complacent
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pleased with ones self

 
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prodigious
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extrodinary in size
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cantankerous
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argumentative
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exhort
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to urge; to persuade; to admonish
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virtuoso
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one with exceptional talent

 
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aberrant
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deviating from expectations; irregular
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unanimous
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in total agreement
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sycophant
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insincere flattery
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surreptitious
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sneaky; sinister
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strut
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walk boastly
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assauge
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to sooth; to calm
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efface
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erase
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didactic
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teacherly; instructive
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peripheral
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located to the side or outside; not central
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prodigy
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child genious

 
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refute
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to prove incorrect
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reprehensible
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shameful
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rescind
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to repeal; to cancel; to take back
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respite
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a rest; a break in the action

 
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revive
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to bring back to life
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augment
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to increase
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charlatan
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a fraud; one who fakes a ccertain skill
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chicanery
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trickery; deceit
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caustic
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biting; insulting

 
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hinder
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to damage; to get in the way of
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lament
 Definition
to express sorrow
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indolence
 Definition
laziness
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