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AP Word List III
SAT Words
20
English
10th Grade
02/08/2006

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conjugal
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ADJ pertaining to marriage; marriage relationship CONNUBIAL
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consanguinity
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N relationship by descent from the same ancestor COGNATION; PROPINQUINITY
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contravene
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VI go against; oppose; disagree with NEGATION INFRINGE
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contrive
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VT plan cleverly; plot; manage as by a plan SCHEME CHICANE
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conversant
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ADJ familiar with because of study or experience ACCUSTOMED
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cosmic
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N having to do with the entire universe, the cosmos GRANDIOSE
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cosmopolitan
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ADJ sophisticated N a person of wide experience urbane
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coterie
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N a circle of friends CLIQUE
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couplet
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N two successive lines of poetry that thyme and are of the same length
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covet
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VT want something that belongs to another; want excessively ENVY
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credible
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ADJ believable; reliable INDUBITABLE INCONTROVERTIBLE
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cryptic
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ADJ mysterious; having a hidden meaning RECONDITE ARCANE
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decorum
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N propriety of action, speech, dress PROTOCOL
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deduction
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N a conclusion based on reasoning; a subtraction EXCISION TRUNCATION
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defect
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N a deficiency, imperfection VI to desert one’s country BLEMISH RENOUNCE
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demure
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ADJ assuming an air of modesty or shyness; reserved STAID DIFIIDENT
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denizen
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N an inhabitant, as one native to a particular region INCUMBENT
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derive
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VI to get or receive; trace to a source ATTRIBUTE
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derogatory
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ADJ disparaging; belittling DISPARAGING
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credulous
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ADJ easily deceived; gullible DUPED DELUDED (participles)
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