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PSAT/SAT #4
Vocabulary
25
English
9th Grade
02/18/2012

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abjure
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to renounce upon oath
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affable
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being pleasant and at ease in talking to others
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balm
Definition
an aromatic preparation (as a healing ointment)
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cache
Definition
a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements
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chagrin
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disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure
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deplete
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to empty of a principal substance
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enthrall
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to hold in or reduce to slavery
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extraneous
Definition
existing on or coming from the outside
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frivolous
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of little weight or ipmortance
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impetuous
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marked by impulsive vehemence or passion
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insipid
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lacking taste or saver: tasteless; lacking in qualitites that interest, stimulate, or challenge: dull, flat
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labyrinth
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a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys; something extremely complex or tortuous in structure, arrangement, or character: intricacy, perplexity
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milieu
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the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops; environment
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nefarious
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flagrantly wicked or impious; evil
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ominous
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being or exhibiting an omen: portentous; especially foreboding or foreshadowing evil: inauspicious
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petulant
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insolent or rude in speech or behavior
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primal
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original, primitive; first in importance: primary
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queasy
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suffering from nausea: nauseated; full of doubt: hazardous
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quibble
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to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
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ravenous
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very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification
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remiss
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negligent in the performance of work or duty; carless
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renege
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deny, renounce
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salient
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moving by leaps or springs; jumping
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somber
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so shaded as to be dark and gloomy
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unassuming
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not assuming; modest
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