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SAT Words for 10th graders
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10th Grade
02/27/2008

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Amalgamation

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the process or result of combining or mixing two or more things
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Aspersion
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an insulting or derogatory remark
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Behoove
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to be incumbent upon, suited to or proper for
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Canvass
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to solicit votes, sales, opinions etc.
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Cozen
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to cheat, swindle, decieve or defraud
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Cynosure
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the center of attention or interest
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Espouse
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to advocate, support, promote
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Foppish
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excessively vain about one's dress, manner, or general appearance
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Iconoclast
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one who attacks cherished beliefs or traditions
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Impecunious
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lacking money, penniless
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Juxtapose
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To put side by side in order to compare and contrast
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Lurid
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Sensastional or shocking, revolting
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Rhapsodic
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exxagerated or exalted enthusiasm
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Schism
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a split or division
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Wangle
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to obtain or accomplish something by trickery
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