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Frankenstien
SAT prep
43
English
12th Grade
08/17/2010

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Acuteness
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Intense
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Besiege
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To crowd around
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Conciliating
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Win over
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Declamatory
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Empty and bombastic
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Elixir
Definition
a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water containing, or used as a vehicle for, medicinal substances.
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Forbear
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To keep back; withhold
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Haughty
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Disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant
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Immuaculate
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Free from spot or stain
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Lexicon
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Inventory or record
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Malice
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Desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness
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Pallid
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pale
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Pittance
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a small amount or share
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Recapitulation
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A brief review or summary, as of a speech
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Sanguinary
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Ready or eager to shed blood
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Torpor
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Sluggish inactivity or inertia
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Unremitted
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Unpardoned, as a sin
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Vacillating
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Not resolute
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Vestige
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A mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence
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Wantonness
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Done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack
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Zeal
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Fervor for a person, cause, or object
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Abhor
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To regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
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Ameliorate
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To make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate.
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Blight
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The rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues.
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Foreboding
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an omen, prediction, or presentiment of upcoming evil
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Desolation
Definition
barren 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, pleasant, likable
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Entreat
Definition
to plead, beg
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Inexorable
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inflexible, unyielding
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Ardently
Definition
passionately, enthusiastically, fervently
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Prudent
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careful, cautious
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Countenance
Definition
appearance, facial expression
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Melancholy
Definition
sad, gloomy
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Poignant
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emotionally moving
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Irrevocably
Definition
conclusively, irreversibly
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Indefatigable
Definition
never tired
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Caprice
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an impulsive change of mind, fickleness
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Odious
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hateful, contemptible
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Taint
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to spoil or infect; to stain honor
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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 a gift
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Ardour or Ardor
Definition
passion, enthusiasm
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