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SAT Vocab 7
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08/12/2009
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Secede
 Definition
to withdraw from an organization
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Refrain
 Definition
to not do
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Extol
 Definition
to praise highly
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Eulogize
 Definition
to praise for the dead
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Opprobrium
 Definition
public shame or disgrace
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Opprobrious
 Definition
disgraceful, deserving opprobrium
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Officious
 Definition
overly helpful to an annoying/ intervening degree
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Credulous
 Definition
easily cheated, easily believing, gullible
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Fallacious
 Definition
misleading
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Credible
 Definition
believable
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Exalt
 Definition
to praise
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Laud
 Definition
to praise
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Commend
 Definition
to praise
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Acclaim
 Definition
to praise
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Panegyrize
 Definition
to praise
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Accolade
 Definition
to praise;
praising words or statements
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Panegyric
 Definition
praising words or statements
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Eulogy
 Definition
praising words or statements
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Encomium
 Definition
praising words or statements
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Inevitable
 Definition
unavoidable
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Ineluctable
 Definition
unavoidable
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Dubious
 Definition
doubtful
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Skeptical
 Definition
doubtful
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Dubiety
 Definition
doubtfulness
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Indubitable
 Definition
that cannot be doubted
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Trepidation
 Definition
fear
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Consternation
 Definition
fear with surprise
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Constellation
 Definition
group of stars
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Intrepid
 Definition
fearless
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Dauntless
 Definition
fearless
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Unflinching
 Definition
fearless
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Redoubtable
 Definition
fearful; causing fear
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Formidable
 Definition
fearful; causing fear
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Versatile
 Definition
having many talents, functions, applications; easily adaptable
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Protean
 Definition
easily adapting; quickly changing; versatile
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Parity
 Definition
evenness
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Disparity
 Definition
unevenness
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Disparate
 Definition
uneven
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Foible
 Definition
weak point
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Frailty
 Definition
weakness
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Brittle
 Definition
hard but easily broken
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Fragile
 Definition
weak
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Frail
 Definition
weak
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Feeble
 Definition
weak
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Tenuous
 Definition
weak
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Enfeeble
 Definition
to weaken
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Attenuate
 Definition
to weaken
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Undermine
 Definition
to weaken
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Languish
 Definition
to weaken
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Static
 Definition
without change or progress
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Consensus
 Definition
the general opinion or agreement among people
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Ennui
 Definition
boredom
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Treadmill
 Definition
boredom
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Tedium
 Definition
boredom
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Superficial
 Definition
of or on the surface; shallow in knowledge
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Dabble
 Definition
to do things superficially; to study or engage in as a hobby, not professional
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Dilettante
 Definition
one who dabbles with superficial knowledge
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Dilettantism
 Definition
superficial knowledge
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Petty
 Definition
small, unimportant, insignificant; narrow-minded
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Puny
 Definition
small; unimportant; insignificant
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Paltry
 Definition
small; unimportant; insignificant
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Picayune
 Definition
small; unimportant; insignificant
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Minute
 Definition
small; unimportant; insignificant
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Miniscule
 Definition
small; unimportant; insignificant
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Diminutive
 Definition
small; unimportant; insignificant
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Infinitesimal
 Definition
small; unimportant; insignificant
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Lilliputian
 Definition
small; unimportant; insignificant
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Colossal
 Definition
huge
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Gargantuan
 Definition
huge
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Gigantic
 Definition
huge
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Titanic
 Definition
huge
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Prodigious
 Definition
huge
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Mammoth
 Definition
huge
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Provincial
 Definition
narrow-minded; limited in view
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Insular
 Definition
of island; narrow-minded; limited in view
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Parochial
 Definition
of parish;
narrow-minded; limited in view;
administered by church
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Sectarian
 Definition
narrow-minded; limited in view
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Hidebound
 Definition
Inflexible; ultra-conservative;
narrow-minded; limited in view
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Doctrinaire
 Definition
narrow-minded; limited in view
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Parish
 Definition
Catholic church district
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Disposition
 Definition
personality, character
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Stoic
 Definition
willing to endure pain, discomfort, etc.; refraining from having pleasure; abstemious, abstinent; extremely self-denying; moral
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Ascetic
 Definition
willing to endure pain, discomfort, etc.; refraining from having pleasure; abstemious, abstinent; extremely self-denying; moral
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Abstemious
 Definition
sparing in eating or drinking
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Epicure
 Definition
one who understands and enjoys the pleasure of delicate eating/ drinking
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Hedonist
 Definition
pleasure seeker
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Hedonism
 Definition
idea that pleasure is best
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Neologism
 Definition
a newly coined word or expression; coining of a new word/ expression
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Volatile
 Definition
quickly changing; unpredictable; easily evaporating; flammable
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Callous
 Definition
insensitive, not caring; hard [skin]
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Regent
 Definition
one who is appointed to perform the duties of a ruler
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Dearth
 Definition
scarcity; lack
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Sycophant
 Definition
a flatterer, a flattering follow
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Wheedle
 Definition
to flatter
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Coax
 Definition
to flatter
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Fawn
 Definition
to flatter
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Cajole
 Definition
to ask someone to do something by flattering
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Toady
 Definition
to flatter; a flatterer
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Blandish
 Definition
to flatter
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Ingratiate
 Definition
to flatter
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Adulate
 Definition
to flatter
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Subservient
 Definition
flattering
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Servile
 Definition
of/ like a slave; flattering
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Obsequious
 Definition
flattering
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Sycophantic
 Definition
flattering
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Adulatory
 Definition
flattering
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Softsoap
 Definition
flattery
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Subservience
 Definition
flattery
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Servility
 Definition
flattery
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Obsequiousness
 Definition
flattery
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Cajolery
 Definition
flattery
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Toadyism
 Definition
flattery
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Blandishment
 Definition
flattery
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Ingratiation
 Definition
flattery
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Adulation
 Definition
flattery
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Sycophancy
 Definition
flattery
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Grateful
 Definition
thankful
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Ungrateful
 Definition
not thankful
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Ingrate
 Definition
an ungrateful person
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Gratitude
 Definition
thankfulness
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Ingratitude
 Definition
no thankfulness
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Gratify
 Definition
to give satisfaction to
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Gratification
 Definition
satisfaction
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Balm
 Definition
consolation
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Tribute
 Definition
words of admiration
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Tribulation
 Definition
trouble
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Inter
 Definition
to bury
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Innune
 Definition
to bury
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Disinter
 Definition
to dig out
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Exhune
 Definition
to dig out
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Excavate
 Definition
to dig out
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Delve
 Definition
to study/ research thoroughly; to dig
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Unearth
 Definition
to dig out
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