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SAT 2
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12th Grade
10/03/2012
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winsome
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winningly charming
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capricious
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on a whim; arbitrarily
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bombast
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hot air
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bombastic
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over exuberant; stuck up
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supercilious
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stuck up
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utilitarian
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use, value/ dollar value
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romanticism
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human spirit
wordsworth/ whitman/ thoreau
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aesthetic
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artistic value
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assuage
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calm down; rein in
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sensationalism
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making things better than they really are
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anecdote
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personal story
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vitality
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how alive; strong
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vital
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life; energy
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vitiate
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lessening vitality
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enervate
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weaken
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underscore
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strengthen
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undermine
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weaken
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apparition
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ghost or spirit
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prolific
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a lot of
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precipitately
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too quickly (precipice: running off a cliff)
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analogous
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similar idea; copy
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illicit
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illegal
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ellicit
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to bring about response
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communicable
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able to be passed along
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concord
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peace
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futile hopeless
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intermittent
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every now and then
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digress
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stray off topic
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carp
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complain
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truncate
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shorten
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reticent
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hesitent
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jocularity
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joking
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muni
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people
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wry
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sarcastic; mocking
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despondent
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giving up
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shrewd
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clever
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dispatch
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quickness
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reverend
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holy
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reverence
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showing respect
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occlusion
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one blocks another
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amalgam
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mixture
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tongue in cheek
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sarcastic; humorous
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satire
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humorous mockery through a situation
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somber
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serious
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allusion
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bible reference
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vice
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crime/ sin
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debauchery
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ex. hangover
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philanthropy
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loves people (charity)
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anthropology
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study of people
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misanthropic
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hates people
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clairvoyant
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see all clearly
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