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Daniel's SAT Vocab
laconic - vicissitudes
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English
11th Grade
06/23/2011

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laconic
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concise
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precarious
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dangerous
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omnipresent
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all-present; ubiquitous
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zenith
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the peak
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multiplicity
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a great number
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foible
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a weakness
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sanguine
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optimistic
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forte
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a strength
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incorrigible
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depraved
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polemical
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aggressive and antagonistic
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recalcitrant
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unruly
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expedient
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suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
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anathema
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someone or something intensely disliked
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congenial
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friendly
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vicissitudes
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fluctuations; the ups and downs
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galvanize
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animate, stimulate
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gregarious
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convivial, social
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maudlin
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mawkish, sentimental
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egregious
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flagrant, outrageous
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lethargic
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torpid, drowsy
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Machiavellian
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guileful, crafty
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