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Frankenstein SAT
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12th Grade
08/17/2010

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Abhor
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to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
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abhorrent
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loathsome, disgusting
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accede
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to express approval
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acme
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highest point
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actuate
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to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives
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acuteness
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sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow
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adduce
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to bring forward in argument or as evidence; cite as pertinent or conclusive
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adjacent
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lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway
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adjacent
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lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
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adversity
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adverse fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress
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adverse
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unfavorable or antagonistic in purpose or effect: adverse criticism.
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aerial
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of, in, or produced by the air: aerial currents.
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affability
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pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman
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affect
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to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.
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affability
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pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite
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affect
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to act on; produce an effect or change in:
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affectation
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an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession
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affecting
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moving or exciting the feelings or emotions.
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affirm
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to state or assert positively; maintain as true
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affirmative
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affirming or assenting; asserting the truth, validity, or fact of something.
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Foreboding
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an omen prediction, or presentiment of upcoming evil.
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Desolation
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barren wastedland; sadness,loneiness.
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Agitation
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commotion, excitement; uneasiness.
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Dejection
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a state of depression or melancholy.
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Amiable
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friendly , pleasant, likeble.
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Entreat
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to plead, beg.
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Inexorable
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inflexible, unyielding.
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Ardently
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passionately , enthusiastically, fervently.
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Prudent
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careful, cautious.
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Countenance
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appearance, facial expression.
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Melancholy
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sad, gloomy
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