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SAT Practice 1
Words Common to the SAT - Set 1
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Undergraduate 4
04/23/2008
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Meticulous
 Definition
most careful when doing something
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Salient
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Conspicious
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Solemn
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Earnest
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Buoyed
 Definition
to keep a high level
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Decried
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Disparaging
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Prominent
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Standing Out
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Prolific
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of fast production
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Detractor
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Distractor
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Leniency
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Not too harsh or strict
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Decorously
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Properly
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Nonchalance
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lack of concern
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Acrimony
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Bitterness/ Sharpness
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Assiduously
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Constantly effortful
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Temeerity
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reckless boldness
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Serendipity
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Ability to make lucky discoveries by accident
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Arbritrary
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Not carefully selected
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Regal
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elegant in a royal manner
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Eclectic
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mixed together with many elements
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Rudimentary
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Basic
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Strenuous
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Requires alot of effort
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Hampered
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Limited
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Belied
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controverted
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Bostered
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Support/ Upholded
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temperate
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moderate or restrainful
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laconic
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Concise
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Duplicitous
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deceitful
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Aesthetic
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artistic or tasteful
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Voluble
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Talkative
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Avarice
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Greedy
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Mendacity
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Falsehood
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Disseminating
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Spreading
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Exacerbate
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aggravate
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Defunct
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Not operating
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Dearth
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lack
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Retrograde
 Definition
move backwards
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Remnant
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Remaining
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Gibe
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Laugh
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Gaffe
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Mistake
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Tryst
 Definition
pact between lovers
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