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SAT vocab 7
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12th Grade
12/16/2010

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Encomium
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A formal expression of praise; a lavish tribute.
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Coherent
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Holding or sticking together making a logical whole; comprehensible; meaningful.
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Belabor
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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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Eschew
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to avoid, shun, keep away from.
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Acquisitive
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Able to get and to retain ideas or information concerned with acquiring wealth or property.
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Emulate
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To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model.
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Arrogate
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To claim or take without right.
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Banal
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Hackneyed, trite, commonplace.
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Excoriation
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A strong denunciation, the act or state of stripping down or wearing off the skin.
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Congeal
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To change from a liquid to a solid; thicken.
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Carping
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Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way, nagging criticism.
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Substantiate
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To establish by evidence, to prove,
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Temporize
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To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid confrontation.
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Largesse
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Generosity in giving, lavish or bountiful contributions
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Tenable
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Capable of being held or defended.
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Insatiable
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So great or demanding that it can't be satisfied.
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Recconaissance
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A survey made for military purposes, any kind of preliminary inspection or examination.
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Germane
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Relevant, appropriate
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Ramify
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To divide and spread out like branches to separate into divisions.
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Intransigent
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Refusing to compromise
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Taciturn
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Habitually silent or quiet.
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Invidious
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Offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment.
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