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SAT Vocab 6-10
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11th Grade
02/26/2012

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Garner
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To gather or collect, accumulate, earn
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Mar
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To spoil or damage, to injure or blemish
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Heed
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To listen to, pay attention to, consider, to mind
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Meander
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To wander casually with no set plan, to ramble
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Nullify
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To render unimportant or without worth, to negate or invalidate, to anull legally
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Obliterate
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To erase completely, wiping out all traces
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Immutable
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Changeless and unchanging, unalterable, eternal
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Mutation
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Significant genetic change, the one changed
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Mitigate
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To ease, making less severe, to alleviate or relieve
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Obscure
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To make dim or unclear, to conceal, to hide

Vague, mysterious, remote, dark
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Peruse
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To study or examine carefully
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Posit
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To suppose, propose, suggest, to assume or affirm
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Proponent
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One who talks in favor of something, an advocate
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Raze
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To tear down completely, to demolish
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Placate
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To calm, soothe, or appease, especially by offering to be nice or do someone a favor
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Rebuff
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To ctiticize harshly or to reject someone, often by ignoring them
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Virtuoso
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A highly skilled performer
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Temerity
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Unwise boldness, rash or reckless behavior
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Volition
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Use of your own will, by your choice
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Torpor
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Sluggishness, Lethargy, Inability to think or act quickly
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Quandry
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A feeling of puzzlement or doubt
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Trepidation
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Fear, worry, apprehension
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Hierarchy
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A series arranged by rank or grade
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Anarchy
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Lack of government, often resulting in lawlessness
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Zenith
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The highest point or acme, point of culmination
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Reticense
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Quietness or restraint in personality

(Adj-Reticent) Silent, restrained, reserved
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Respite
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Time of relief from activity, rest, pause, lull
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Lucid
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Clear and distinct, sensible, intelligible
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Elucidate
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To explain fully and clearly
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Parsimony
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Extreme stinginess, thrift, penny-pinching
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Nostalgia
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A sentimental longing for a past time or state
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Predecessor
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An ancestor, prior person in a position
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Astute
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Wise, shrewd, perceptive
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Discerning
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Showing wisdom and wise judgement; discriminating wisely among choices
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Formidable
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Fostering respect and awe; arousing fear
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Indefatigable
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Unitiring, tireless
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Sage
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Wise as a result of experience and thought; shrewd and discerning of judgement, prudent, wise elder
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Leverage
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A form of control, power, or effectiveness; referring to the use of a lever
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Alleviate
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To lessen or relieve the severity of a condition
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Profound
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Intellectually deep; deeply important; complete or all-encompassing
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Judicious
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Showing good judgement, wise, discreet
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Meticulous
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Particular down to the tiniest detail
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Tenet
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A major belief, principle, or doctrine of a group
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Untenable
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Indefensible, Unable to be occupied (by a tenant)
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Painstaking
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Revealing much care and effort
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Resilient
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Elastic, able to "snap back" after change or misfortune
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Tenacious
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Persistent in holding on; retentive
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Benevolent
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Showing good will
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Abstract
Definition
indefinite, vague, theoretical, intagible
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Concrete
Definition
definite or specific, real, tangible
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Lax
Definition
loose, unstructured, not firm, negligent, slack
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Stringent
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tight or constricted, rigid, adhering firmly to accepted standards
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Atrophy
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to wither, degenerate, to waste away
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Burgeon
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to flourish, to grow and quickly expand, bloom
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Affluent
Definition
wealthy in a material sense
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Indigent
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very poor, lacking necessary material goods
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Phonics
Definition
A system of sounds for letters, groups of letters, and syllables; acoustics, the science of sound
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Symphony
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harmonious musical composition; symphony orchestra
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Cacophony
Definition
displeasing, harsh sounds; horrible noise
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Euphony
Definition
pleasing or sweet sound; harmony
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Optimism
Definition
a positive, upbeat, favorable outlook on life
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Pessimism
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a negative, discouraging outlook on life
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Sacrilege
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the desecration (profaning)of something holy
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Sanctity
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holiness, sacredness
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Gravity
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weighty importance; seriousness
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Levity
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lightness of approach or treatment; humour
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Desecrate
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To defile or profane something sacred or very special
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Consecrate
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To make sacred or holy or worthy of respect; to hallow
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Resolute
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firmly determined; steady; faithful
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Irresolute
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uncertain about behavior; vacillating
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Objective
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lacking personal feeling or involvement; in a detached, unbiased, fair manner
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Subjective
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Colored by personal feelings or opinion
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Refutable
Definition
Shaky in foundation, therefore able to be refuted (proved wrong or false)
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Irrefutable
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Impossible to refute (prove wrong or false)
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Irascible
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Easily angered; testy, choleric, touchy
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Writhe
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to twist; twist sideways in pain or suffering
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Taciturn
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Naturally silent, untalkative; laconic
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Tawdry
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cheap-looking; showy, gaudy
(n) showy, cheap finery
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Servile
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Subservient, abject, annoyingly submissive
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Surreptitious
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Secretive, deceptive; clandestine
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Admonish
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To warn strongly, reprove; show disapproval
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Premonition
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forewarning or foreboding; presentiment
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Rancor
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deep-seeded bitterness; old emnity
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Sullen
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quietly resentful; lowering; gloomy, dismal
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Remorse
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self-reproach, regret; a guilty uneasiness
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Rue
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to regret exceedingly; feel remorse or sorrow
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Mediate
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to reconcile by acting as an intermediary or go-between in a dispute
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Mediocre
Definition
of only ordinary quality or low quality
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Malice
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the desire to see another suffer; extreme ill will or spite
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Malign
Definition
To slander, defame; speak of in an ill-willed manner
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