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Sat List 14
Words 701-750
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English
10th Grade
02/22/2009

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adulation
Definition
excessive or slavish admiration
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altruistic
Definition
showing an unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others
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assuage
Definition
to lessen the intensity of. Ease
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axiomatic
Definition
taken for granted
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bowdlerize
Definition
to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content
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canard
Definition
a false or unfounded report or story
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chauvinist
Definition

one who exhibts a superior additude to the opposite sex

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con
Definition

Swindle

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Conjecture
Definition
A conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork
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cupidity
Definition
inordinate desire for wealth
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deprecate
Definition
to express disaproval of
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diffident
Definition
hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
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doggerel
Definition
loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect
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echelon
Definition
one of a series of levels or grades within a organization or field of activity
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equable
Definition
marked by a lack of variation or change
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ethnology
Definition
a science that deals with the division of human being into races and their origin, relation, distribution, and characteristics
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extraneous
Definition
existing on or coming from the outside
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felicitous
Definition
very well suited or expressed
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fleet
Definition
to fade away, a group of warships under one command
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germane
Definition
being at once relevant and appropriate
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hallow

Definition
to make holy or set apart for holy use
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immutable
Definition
not capable of or susceptible to change
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inane
Definition
lacking significance, meaning, or point
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inordinate
Definition
exceeding reasonable limits
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inveigle
Definition
to win over by wiles
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jettison

Definition
to get rid of as superfluous or encombering. Discard
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laity
Definition
the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy
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machination
Definition
a scheming or crafty action or artful desing intended to acomplish something evil
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moot
Definition
open to question
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oblivion
Definition
the fact or condition of having forgotten
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orthography
Definition
the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standerd useage
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paroxysm
Definition
a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms
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periphery
Definition
the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve
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placate

Definition

to soothe or mollify especially by concessions

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premise
Definition
a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis or argument or inference
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prosaic
Definition

characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry

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pungent
Definition
causing a sharp or irritating sensation
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raconteur
Definition
a person who excels in telling anecdotes
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refactory
Definition
resisting control or authority
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reprove
Definition
to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent
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sacrilegious
Definition
showing gross irreverence toward a hollowed person, place or thing.
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scintilla
Definition
Trace
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sinecure

Definition

an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income

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stoic
Definition
not affected by or showing passion or feeling
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synchronize
Definition
to make exactly simulataneous with the action
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tenebrous
Definition
shut off from the light
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trenchant
Definition
vigorously effective and articulate
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versatile
Definition
having many uses or applications
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vituperation
Definition
sustained and bitter railing and condemnation
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winnow
Definition
to get rid of
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