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Vocab Quiz #4
sat vocabulary words
30
English
10th Grade
10/25/2006

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Feral
Definition
wild; untamed; uncultivated
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Flagrant
Definition
outrageous, shameless
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Florid
Definition
Gaudy, extremely ornate; ruddy, flushed
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Fractious
Definition
unruly, rebellious
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frank
Definition
free in expressing one's real thoughts, opinions,and feelings; not hiding what is in one's mind; not afraid to say what one think; open
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Frenetic
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wildly frantic, frenzied, hectic
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Futile
Definition
not successful; useless; vain
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Genre
Definition
type, class, category
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Gratuitous
Definition
free, voluntary; unnecessary and unjustified
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Hackneyed
Definition
worn out by overuse
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Harbinger
Definition
precursor, sign of something to come
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Haughty
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arrogant and condescending
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heinous
Definition
shocking, wicked, terrible
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Hierarchy
Definition
government by priests or church officials
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Hypocrisy
Definition
claiming beliefs or virtues that one does not really possess
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Impartial
Definition
showing no more favor to one side than to the other; fair; just
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Impede
Definition
to stand in the way of; hinder; obstruct
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Imperious
Definition
arrogantly self-assured, domineering, overbearing
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Impinge
Definition
to hit; strike; dash
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Implication
Definition
something implied; indirect suggestion; hint
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Inconsequential
Definition
not important; trifling
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Incontrovertible
Definition
unquestionable, beyond dispute
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Incorrigible
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incapable of being corrected
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Incumbent
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binding, obligatory
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Indifferent
Definition
not caring one way or the other; having or showing no interest
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Indolent
Definition
habitually lazy, idle
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Inevitable
Definition
certain, unavoidable
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Ingrate
Definition
ungrateful person
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Inherent
Definition
belonging to a person or thing as a quality or attribute; essential
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Innate
Definition
natural, inborn
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