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PSAT Vocab. 1
PSAT Vocab. 1
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English
11th Grade
10/04/2009
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Trite
 Definition
(adj) overused / lacking effectiveness
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Jovial
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(adj) good humored
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Dissipate
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(v) to scatter / to spend wastefully
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Inept
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(adj) incompetent, unable to do
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Innuendo
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(adj) indirect comment, often negative
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Feign
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(v) to pretend
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Havoc
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(n) destruction
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Copious
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(adj) many
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Heresy
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(n) challenge authority
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Devoid
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(adj) entirely lacking
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Ascertain
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(v) to determine
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Solidarity
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(n) unity with purpose
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Provincial
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(adj) rural / rustic / unsophisticated
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Incorrigible
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(adj) not easily changed or reformed
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Abhor
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(v) to hate
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Aesthetic
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(adj) relating to beauty
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Diverge
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(v) to go in different directions
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Mundane
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(adj) common / ordinary
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Peculiar
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(adj) odd / unusual
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Circumscribe
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(v) to enclose within boundaries
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Parochial
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(adj) narrow in outlook
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Pragmatic
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(adj) practical
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Wistful
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(adj) full of longing
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Concordance
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(n) agreement
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Remiss
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(v) to neglect
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Slipshod
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(adj) careless
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Dilettante
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(n) lover of art or science
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Itinerant
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(adj) traveling from place to place
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Didactic
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(adj) instructive / teaching moral lessons
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Archipelago
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(n) group of islands
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Dogma
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(n) a system of principles
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Emphatic
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(adj) strongly expressive / forceful
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Interloper
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(n) encroach / interfere
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Talisman
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(n) object thought to act as a charm
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Hubris
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(n) excessive pride
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Purveyor
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(n) a person who provides or supplies
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Potentate
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(n) a powerful ruler
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Emissary
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(n) agent
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Abstemious
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(adj) having little food or drink
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