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SAT VOCAB LIST 5
YELLOW #5
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10/23/2005
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accede
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to agree to
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accrueto
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gather; to accumulate
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affinity
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atraction to
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ameliorate
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to improve
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anhydrous
 Definition
without water
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appease
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to calm
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ascendant
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rising
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au courant
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current
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bastion
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fort; defense
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beseech
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to beg
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biped
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2 legged animal
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broach
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to introduce a subject
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cantakerous
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bad tempered
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chameleon
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fickle; changeable
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churlish
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rude; ill breed
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cogent
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convincing
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complicity
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a partnership
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conglomerate
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group; cluster
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corporeal
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pertaining to the body
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cryptic
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mysterious; secretive
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defalcate
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to embezzle, misuse
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defoliate
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strip of the leaves
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desuetude
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extinction
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dilatory
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slow; late in doing things
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dissertion
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a written essay
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doughty
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courageous; worthy
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effrontery
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shameful; boldness
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emaciated
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abnormally thin
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ephemeral
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temporary; short-lived
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erudite
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scholarly; learned
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facetious
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joking; sarcastoc
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exult
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to rejoice
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fiat
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an official order
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firmament
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sky; heavens
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gambit
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strategy;opening one uses to advantage
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frowzy
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dirty
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gingerly
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carefully; cautiously
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gullible
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easily deceived; too trusting
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hedonist
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a pleasure-seeker
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hoi polloi
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common poeple; the masses
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illusion
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fake impression
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impervious
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not capable of being affected
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