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SAT Quiz #4
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10th Grade
10/08/2012
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Injunction
 Definition
A court order requiring someone to do something
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Censure
 Definition
An official reprimand
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Germane
 Definition
Relevant, pertinent
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Substantiate
 Definition
To prove, verify
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Ransack
 Definition
To completely overturn
As to ransack a house during a search
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Embezzlement
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The unlawful taking of money entrusted to one's care
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Embezzlement
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Stipulate
 Definition
To specify, set forth
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Plausible
 Definition
Believable, credible
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Larceny
 Definition
The unlawful taking of personal property
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Collusion
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Secret Agreement
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Obstruct
 Definition
To get in the way, block
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Incorrigible
 Definition
Can't be reformed, changed
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Defamation
 Definition
To libel or slander
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Edict
 Definition
An official proclamation, a decree
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Allegation
 Definition
An assertion unsupported by facts
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Reprieve
 Definition
A delay in a punishment
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Accomplice
 Definition
A partner in crime
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Adjudicate
 Definition
To settle a dispute in court
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Adjudicate
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Pardon
 Definition
To excuse from a penalty
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Spurious
 Definition
A FALSEHOOD
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Expurgate
 Definition
To delete or remove from the record
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Discrepancy
 Definition
An inconsistency
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Corroborate
 Definition
To support with evidence
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Fabricate
 Definition
A made up or invented story, falsehood
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Repudiate
 Definition
To take back or disavow
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Dissolution
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To dissolve, break apart
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Anarchist
 Definition
Opposes government and laws
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Arid
 Definition
Very dry
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Anachronism
 Definition
A chronological misplacing of events, persons, or objects
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Duty
 Definition
A tax on imports
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Enumerate
 Definition
To count
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Buttress
 Definition
To support
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Desiccated
 Definition
To become very dry
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Sovereign
 Definition
The supreme ruler of a kingdom
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Nullify
 Definition
To make void
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Enlighten
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To inform, instruct
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Appeasement
 Definition
To give in to someone's demands.
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Elite
 Definition
A select group
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Ethics
 Definition
A code of conduct
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Epistolary
 Definition
A series of letters
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Matriarchal
 Definition
Ruled by women
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Proliferation
 Definition
To multiply
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Dogma
 Definition
Set of beliefs
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Belligerent
 Definition
Nation at war
Remember two l's
BeLLigerent
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Impasse
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Deadlock
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Abdicate
 Definition
To renounce, resign
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Watershed, Landmark, Milestone
 Definition
Important turning events
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Autonomy
 Definition
Self-Rule
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Autocrat
 Definition
An absolute ruler.
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