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SAT vacob words first semester sophmore year
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English
10th Grade
12/15/2010
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truncate
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to shorten by chopping off the end
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baneful
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causing woe; destructive, harmful, deadly
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circumspect
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prudent; cautious
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admonish
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to want; to caution in counsel
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tantamount
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of equal value or significance
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neologism
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a new word of phrase; a new usage of a word
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respite
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a period of rest or relief
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capitulate
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to surrender; to give up or give on
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aphorism
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concise statment or truth of principle
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confute
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to prove worng
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dexterous
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skillful in the use of hands or body
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entice
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to lure; to attract to tempt in a pleasing fashion
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indolent
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lazy
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perfunctory
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unenthusiastic; careless
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vapid
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without livliness; dull; spiritless
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slovenly
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messy; characteristic of a slob
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stolid
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showing ittle emotion or pain; emotionally solid
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taciturn
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untalkative by nature
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egregious
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extremely bad; flagrant
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delineate
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to describe accuratly
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nefarious
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extreme wickedness
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vernacular
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everyday speech
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brawn
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muscular strength
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tout
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to publicly brag
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enhance
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to intensify
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hinder
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to slow or impede progress of
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efface
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to erase; to rub out
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glutton
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someone who consumes too much food or drink
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hiatus
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a break or vacation
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visage
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a face or facial expression
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