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NEW SAT VOCAB
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English
11th Grade
01/02/2008

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Term
exacerbate
Definition
to worsen; to aggrevate
Term

paradigm

Definition
a model; an example
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periphery
Definition
the outside boundary of something
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provincial
Definition
limited; narrow; unsophisticated
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divisive
Definition
creating disunity or dissension
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surmise
Definition
to assume (based on incomplete evidence)
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embroil
Definition

to involve in trouble

"don't drag
         me into this business"

Term

conciliate;

conciliatory

Definition

to soothe the anger of; pacify,
          lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate;

to consol

Term
prophetic
Definition

predicting;

he was a prophet

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winnow
Definition
to sort through and select the desirable part of something or to get rid of the unwanted or undesirable part.
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collude
Definition
to plot (ex: they colluded to swindle him)
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heretical
Definition
divergent or different from conventional beliefs
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