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Frankenstein
SAT Prep
39
English
12th Grade
08/17/2010
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Actuate
 Definition
To put in motion
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Accede
 Definition
Yields to another's wish or opinion
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Ascribe
 Definition
Attribute or credit to
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Clemency
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Compassion or leniency shown to others
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Conflagration
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An uncontrolled burning
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Consummate
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Perfect and complete
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Contrive
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Make a plan
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Dissipate
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To scatter
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Poignant
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Emotionally moving
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Alleviate
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To relieve
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Gall
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Bitterness
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Disquisition
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A formal inquiry or discussion
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Lament
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Grieve
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Placid
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Calm
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Solemnization
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Celebration
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Gibe or Jibe
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Heckling
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Rapture
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Deep absorption
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Stigma
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Mark of disgrace or inferiority
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Benefactor
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Someone giving aid or money
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Superfluous
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Extra
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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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baren wasteland;sadness;loneliness
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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
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Entreat
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to plead
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Inexorable
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inflexible
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Ardently
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passionately
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Prudent
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careful
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Countenance
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Apperance
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Melancholy
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sad, gloomy
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Irrevocably
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Conclusively
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Indefatigable
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never tired
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Caprice
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an impulsive change of mine
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Odious
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hateful
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Taint
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to spoil or infect
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Apathy
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lack of feeling or emotion
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Bestow
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to give as gift
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Ardour or Ardor
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passion
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