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SAT Vocab 11/29/09
SAT Vocab 11/29/09
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11th Grade
11/29/2009
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sentient
 Definition
having perception
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vestigial
 Definition
something that is left behind
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moribund
 Definition
near death, extinction
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sententious
 Definition
instructive using conduct
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epigrams
 Definition
poem dealing with a specific event
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treacly
 Definition
overly sentimental
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turgid
 Definition
embellishing language
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soporific
 Definition
making to be tired
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felicitous
 Definition
happyness
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agoraphobic
 Definition
being helpless around a lot of people
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cantankerous
 Definition
bad tempered
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correlative
 Definition
related enough to where one compliments the other
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providential
 Definition
good fortuned because of God's intentions
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corporal
 Definition
of the human body
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martinet
 Definition
someone who is strict with rules
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automaton
 Definition
robot
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illimitable
 Definition
can not be limited
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embellish
 Definition
change something by decoration
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anecdote
 Definition
short or interesting event
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antecedent
 Definition
something prior to
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apposotive
 Definition
descriptive words that refer back to the subject.
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aphorism
 Definition
quick statement referring to a truth
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assertion
 Definition
positive statement or declaration
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polemic
 Definition
practice of arguing
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trope
 Definition
figurative language in a figurative sense (Hey Dog, Whats Up)
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synecdoche
 Definition
using a piece to represent the whole (20 heads = 20 people)
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metonymy
 Definition
substitution for another word (crown for royalty)
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