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PSAT Vocab
for grades 9-12
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English
9th Grade
09/26/2012
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lament
 Definition
to mourn for or over
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repudiate
 Definition
to repudiate a charge as untrue
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novel
 Definition
new
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belligerence
 Definition
a warlike or aggressively hostile nature, condition, or attitude
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munificence
 Definition
showing unusual generosity
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laconic
 Definition
using few words
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estrangement
 Definition
make unfriendly or hostile
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malicious
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malevolent; spiteful
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doting
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weak-minded; senile
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monolithic
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solid or unbroken
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homogeneous
 Definition
essentially alike
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derivative
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derived
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dubious
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doubtful
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obscure
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not clear or plain
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elude
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evade
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glutted
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sate
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lachrymose
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tearful
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emaciated
 Definition
abnormally thin caused by lack of nutrition or by disease
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superfluous
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excessive, unnecessary
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satiated
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satisfied as one's appetite or desire, to the point of boredom
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enmity
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a feeling or condition of hostility
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arbitrary
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subject to individual will or judgment without restriction
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ephemeral
 Definition
short-lived, temporary
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equivocal
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questionable
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arid
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dry
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temperate
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moderate or self-restrained
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surpass
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be greater than
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coherent
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logically connected
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gargantuan
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gigantic
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prodigious
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wonderful
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extant
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still existing
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