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SAT PREP
Hot Words for Final exam
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General Vocab
11th Grade
05/25/2009

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Aggregate

Definition

 

 

A sum total or mixture

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Audacious

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very bold

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Aviary

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an enclosed place for birds

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Baneful

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causing ruin, harmful

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Complementary

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serving to complete another

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Compliant

Definition

 

 

easily swayed

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debunk

Definition

 

 

expose, prove false or wrong

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Diffident

Definition

 

 

lacking confidence, inclined to be shy

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Dilettante

Definition

 

 

one who dabbles but is not an expert

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Discrepancy

Definition

 

 

a difference

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Eclectic

Definition

 

 

varied, taken from various sources

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Egalitarian

Definition

 

 

equal political, social and economic rights for all

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Excerpt

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Portion, or text or music

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Fawning

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flattering

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Glacial

Definition

 

 

moving very slowly, very cold

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Heretic

Definition

 

 

one who challenges societal/religious traditions

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Idiosyncratic

Definition

 

 

strange, odd behavioral habits that are peculiar to the individual

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Indolent

Definition

 

 

lazy, not wanting to do work

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Capricious

Definition

 

 

fickle, volatile

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Indolent

Definition

 

 

lazy, not wanting to do work

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Insuperable

Definition

 

 

unable to be overcome

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Insurgent

Definition

 

 

a rebel, one who revolts, a maverick

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Irrefutable

Definition

 

 

unable to be argued against

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Jocular

Definition

 

 

joking, liking to joke

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Lithe

Definition

 

 

nimble and flexible, agile, supple

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Melancholy

Definition

 

 

feeling of sadness or gloominess

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Misanthrope

Definition

 

 

a person who dislikes all people

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Palpable

Definition

 

 

tangible, capable of being touched

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Pedantic

Definition

 

 

showy in one's learning, overly instructive

 

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Pitfall

Definition

 

 

an unseen danger

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Querulous

Definition

 

 

whining, complaining

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Raze

Definition

 

 

tear down, destroy

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Recount

Definition

 

 

tell a story

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Replete

Definition

 

 

filled up, overflowing

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Respite

Definition

 

 

period of inactivity

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Rigor 

Definition

 

 

harshness, severity

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Sardonic

Definition

 

 

scornful of bitter, sarcastic

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Saturate

Definition

 

 

to soak completely, fill up

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Scrutinize

Definition

 

 

to read or look at very carefully or closely

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Sluggish

Definition

 

 

slow and lazy

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Spurious

Definition

 

 

false, counterfeit, lacking logic

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Surpass

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to be better than, excel or exceed

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Tentative

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hesitant, not definite

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Thrive

Definition

 

 

grow, flourish

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Tranquility

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calm, peace

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Uniformity

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sameness

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Vaporize

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to turn into vapor, foam, or mist

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Varietgated

Definition

 

 

having  different patterns, colors, appearances

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Viable

Definition

 

 

able to sustain life, practicality or effectiveness

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Vilify

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slander or defame someone's name or reputation

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Whimsical

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fanciful

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