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SAT Vocabulary Words
Words i've come across on practice SAT's etc that i don't know!!
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12th Grade
04/21/2007
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fallible
 Definition
liable to be mistaken
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apprehension
 Definition
anxiety
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venerate
 Definition
revere
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vendetta
 Definition
long, bitter feud
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aver
 Definition
to declare to be true
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incur
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2 come into, aquire
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ruminate
 Definition
-to meditate
-to chew cud?
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engender
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to cause
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infirm
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weak
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allocate
 Definition
set apart 4 specific purpose
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collquial
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appropriate to casual speech or writing
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paltry
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worthless
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terse
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concise
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lucid
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clear
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curt
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rudely abrupt
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verbose
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wordy
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effusion
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unrestrained expression
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taciturn
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silent
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pliant
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pliable
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taciturn
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silent
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presumptuous
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behaving with unwarranted boldness
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depravity
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moral corruption
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ire
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anger
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spurious
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not genuine
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superfluous
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being more than necessary
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transitory
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lasting a short time
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wayward
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stubbornly willful
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precarious
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uncertain, dangerous
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frugal
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thrifty
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arcane
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mysterious
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erudite
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learned
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esoteric
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understood by only a few
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obviate
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2 make unnecessary
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equivocate
 Definition
to express onesself ambigiously
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