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TestMasters Vocab 129-160
Numbers 129-160 off the SAT & PSAT Vocabulary LIst
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11th Grade
08/10/2010

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lurid
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causing chock or horror; gruesome
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malaise
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a general sense of depression or unease
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malleable
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easily changed and controlled by other forces
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marginalize
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to relegate to a lower position
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mediate
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to resolve or settle (differences) by working with all the conflicting parties
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meticulous
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extremely careful and precise; excessively concerned with details
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minimize
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to represent as having the least degree of importance, value, or size
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mitigate
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to lessen
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mollify
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to calm in temper or feeling; soothe
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momentous
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of utmost importance; of outstanding significance or consequence
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monotony
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tedious sameness or repetitiousness
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monumental
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impressively large
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moratorium
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a suspension of an ongoing or planned activity
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mosaic
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a picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces of glass into a surface
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muddle
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to confuse
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myriad
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constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable
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naiveté
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the state or quality of being artless, credulous, or uncritical; gullible
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notorious
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known widely and usually favorably; infamous
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noxious
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harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting
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nuance
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a subtle or slight degree of difference
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obdurate
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stubborn
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oblique
Definition
devious, misleading, or dishonest
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obsequious
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full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning; kissing up
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opacity
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obscurity; impenetrability
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oracular
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resembling or characteristic of an oracle; solemnly prophetic
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orthodox
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adhering to what is traditional
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palpitation
Definition
beating or pulsation
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pandemic
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widespread
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partisan
Definition
biased in support of a part, group, or cause
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pathos
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a quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow
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paucity
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smallness of number,; fewness
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pedantic
Definition
concern for book learning and formal rules
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