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SAT Vocabulary
SAT Vocab review 10
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Language - English
8th Grade
10/25/2011

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aesthetic
Definition
concerning art or beauty
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bulwark
Definition
fortification, barricade, wall
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defunct
Definition
no longer in existence
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etymology
Definition
study of word origins
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hyperbole
Definition
grossly exaggerated speech
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legend
Definition
key to a map; myth, or story
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odious
Definition
hateful
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posterity
Definition
future generations
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rife
Definition
common
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torpor
Definition
dormancy, sluggish, inactivity
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affable
Definition
friendly, social, easy going
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bureaucracy
Definition
officialism
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degradation
Definition
deprivation, poverty, debasement
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eulogy
Definition
praise
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hypochondriac
Definition
person obsessed with health having imaginary diseases
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legion
Definition
in large numbers
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officious
Definition
domineering, intrusive, meddlesome
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posthumous
Definition
after death
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rigor
Definition
thoroughness
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totter
Definition
to walk unsteadily
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