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SET 5: Au Courant-Bedlam
Pg. 364 of Gruber's SAT; Attrition-Bedlam
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11th Grade
06/07/2011
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Au courant
 Definition
up-to-date; fully informed; fashionable
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Audit
 Definition
to examine accounts
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Augur
 Definition
to predict; soothsayer; prophet
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august (NOT CAPITALIZED)
 Definition
majestic; worthy of respect; impressive
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Aural
 Definition
pertaining to the sense of hearing
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Auroral
 Definition
rosy; pertaining to the dawn
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Auspices
 Definition
approval; support
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Auspicious
 Definition
favorable
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Austere
 Definition
severe; stern; self-disciplined
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Authenticate
 Definition
to confirm; to make acceptable
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Autocratic
 Definition
despotic; unlimited in authority
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Autumnal
 Definition
mature; declining
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Avarice
 Definition
greed
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Aver
 Definition
to declare; to state firmly
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Averse
 Definition
reluctant; not willing
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Aversion
 Definition
intense dislike
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Avert
 Definition
to prevent; to run away
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Aviary
 Definition
place where birds are kept
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Avid
 Definition
enthusiastic SYNONYM Ardent
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Avocation
 Definition
a hobby; not one's regular work
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Avoirdupois
 Definition
heaviness; weight
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Avow
 Definition
to declare openly
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Avuncular
 Definition
like an uncle
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Awry
 Definition
twisted to one side; in the wrong direction
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Axiom
 Definition
true statement; established principle
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Azure
 Definition
blue
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Bacchanalian
 Definition
wild with drunkenness
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Badger
 Definition
to nag; to annoy
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Badinage
 Definition
playful, teasing talk
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Bagatelle
 Definition
thing of little value; trifle
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Baleful
 Definition
harmful; menacing; pernicious
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Balk
 Definition
to stop short
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Balm
 Definition
something that calms or soothes; think of lip balm
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Balmy
 Definition
(two meanings) mild and refreshing; mentally unstable
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Banal
 Definition
common; ordinary; trite
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Bandy
 Definition
to exchange; back and forth (as words)
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Bane
 Definition
cause of ruin, harm, or distress
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Banter
 Definition
teasing; good-natured joking
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Barbarous
 Definition
uncultured; crude SEE ALSO: Barbaric
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Bark
 Definition
(multiple meanings): woof; treeskin; boat or sailing vessel
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Baroque
 Definition
over-decorated; showy
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Barrister
 Definition
(British) a lawyer
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Bastion
 Definition
a strong defense; a fort
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Bauble
 Definition
showy but useless thing; trinket
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Bawdy
 Definition
indecent; humorously obscene
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Bayou
 Definition
marshy body of water
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Beatitude
 Definition
state of bliss
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Bedlam
 Definition
(two meanings) a madhouse; a noisy uproar
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