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SAT 1
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27
Writing
11th Grade
08/04/2011
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Term

berate

 

lose confidence from what?

 Definition
to scold severly
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cantankerous

 

oscar in tank and...

 Definition
grouchy; irritable
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censure
 Definition
to critisize severely
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collusion
 Definition
a secret agreement for a wrongful purpose
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contrite

 

people with trite things may be sad

 Definition
remorseful
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deride

 

big word for embaressed

 Definition
to riddicule
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diatribe

 

trash talk critism

 Definition
bitter or malacious critisizm
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disconsolate
 Definition
hopelessly sad
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draconian
 Definition
severe
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dubious
 Definition
doubtful
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eludicate

 

opposite of elude

 Definition
to clarify
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embezzle
 Definition
to misappropriate secretly
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encumbrance
 Definition
a burden
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enervate

 

less energy=

 Definition
to weaken
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equivocate
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to be deliberately vague or misleading
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eschew

 

chew to avoid pain

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to avoid
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exculpate

 

exclude from bait

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to free from blame
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expropriate
 Definition
to deprive of possession
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exteruate

 

exterminate at least lessen

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to make less severe
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extol

 

vorta think of odo

 Definition
to praise in highest terms
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flout
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to treat with contempt
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frivolity
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silly and trivial behavior or activities
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guile
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duplicity
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heinous
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odiously sinful
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fallacious
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illogical
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hypocrisy
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extreme insincerity
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ignoble
 Definition
low in character or purpose
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