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SAT 2
SAT Vocab Words
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10/06/2005
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Abrogate
 Definition
to abolish, to repeal
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Accoutrement
 Definition
equipment, outfit
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Agoraphobia
 Definition
fear of open places
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Amalgamate
 Definition
to combine, to unite, to blend
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Ancillary
 Definition
helping, subordinate
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Arcane
 Definition
mysterious
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Assiduity
 Definition
diligence, care
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Attenuated
 Definition
decreased, weakened
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Beatitude
 Definition
state of bliss
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Benefactor
 Definition
one who helps or supports another
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Blatant
 Definition
annoyingly conspicuous, offensively noisy and loud
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Bruit
 Definition
to spread the news
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Careen
 Definition
to swerve, to dip to one side
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Caustic
 Definition
sarcastic, severely critical, corrosive
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Choleric
 Definition
easily angered
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Commemorative
 Definition
honoring, remembering
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Confidant
 Definition
a close, trusted friend
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Connoisseur
 Definition
an expert
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Corrugated
 Definition
wrinkled, ridged, furrowed
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Criterion
 Definition
measure of value, standard of judging
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Decadence
 Definition
moral deterioration
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Demise
 Definition
death, ending
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Desiccate
 Definition
to dry up, to whither
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Dirge
 Definition
a funeral song or hymn
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Disseminate
 Definition
to scatter, to spread
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Dudgeon
 Definition
anger, resentment
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Edify
 Definition
to improve someone morally, to instruct
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Emissary
 Definition
one sent on special mission
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Epicure
 Definition
one who seeks pleasure in fine foods
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Errant
 Definition
wandering (in search of adventure), straying from what is right
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Exorbitant
 Definition
excessive, unreasonable
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Fallow
 Definition
inactive, unproductive
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Fervent
 Definition
eager, earnest
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Fleece
 Definition
wool of lamb, or to swindle
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Gamut
 Definition
the whole range or extent
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Garish
 Definition
tastelessly gaudy
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Gnarled
 Definition
knotty, twisted, roughened
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Gregarious
 Definition
sociable, friendly
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Hegemony
 Definition
leadership or strong influence
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Hone
 Definition
to sharpen
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Hypercritical
 Definition
overcritical, fault-finding
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Iconoclast
 Definition
rebel, one who breaks with tradition
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