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SAT LIST 11
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11th Grade
01/12/2006
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abdicate
 Definition
to give up
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acclimate
 Definition
to adapt or get used to
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adjunct
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assistant
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amourous
 Definition
loving
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antipodes
 Definition
opposite sides of the earth
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apotheosis
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state of moving a person to a godlike figure
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aspersion
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damaging remark or comment
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audacity
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boldness or daring behavior
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balmy
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describing pleasant weather or mentally unstable
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besiege
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overwhelm
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bluster
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bragging
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bourgeoisie
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common masses
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carnage
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massacre
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cartographer
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map maker
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clarion
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sharp clear sound
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cloven
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a hoof
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conception
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beginning of something
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connivance
 Definition
to be sneaky
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contenance
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face; tolerate or approve
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curtail
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to stop short
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delivity
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downward slope
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delirium
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state of mental disturbance
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detonate
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to explode
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dilettante
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likes to dabble but not an expert
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disdain
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scorn
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donnybrook
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rough roughty fight
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ecstatic
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extremely happy
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eminent
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famous
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entrepreneur
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promoter
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evanescent
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not permanent
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expatriate
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one who thrown out of a country
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expedient
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anything advantageous
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fester
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rot or decay
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flay
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to strip the skin off of or criticize sharply
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formidable
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dreadful discourage
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genesis
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origin or beginning
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gloaming
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twilight or dusk
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grapple
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to grip or hold
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havoc
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destruction
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hierarchy
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ranking
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ichthyology
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study of fish
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imperturbable
 Definition
calm steady
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