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SAT Vocab Set 1
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25
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10th Grade
06/25/2010

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Aural
Definition
Of or pertaining to hearing of the ear
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Boorish
Definition
Unmannered, crude, insensitive
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Capriciousness
Definition
Quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
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Consternation
Definition
Alarm: fear resulting from the awareness of danger
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Culpability
Definition
Blameworthy: a state of guilt
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Dainty
Definition
Of delicate beauty, exquisite
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Ethereal
Definition
Light, airy, tenuous
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Factitious
Definition
Created by humans, artificial
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Furlough
Definition
Dismiss, usually for economic reasons
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Garish
Definition
Excessively ornate or elaborate
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Gossamer
Definition
Gauze fabric with extremely fine texture
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Guileless
Definition
Free from guile; sincere; honest
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Imperiousness
Definition
Urgent, imperative
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Instantiate
Definition
To create an instance
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Myopic
Definition
Nearsighted: unable to see distant objects clearly
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Olfactory
Definition
Of or pertaining to the sense of smell
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Profundity
Definition
Intellectual depth, penetrating knowledge
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Protracted
Definition
To draw out or lengthen
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Rectitude
Definition
Rightness of principle or conduct, correctness
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Specious
Definition
Plausible but false
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Tediousness
Definition
Long and tiresome
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Unequivocal
Definition
Having one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
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Usurped
Definition
To seize and hold by force
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Venality
Definition
Openness to bribery or corruption
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Visceral
Definition
Pertaining to the viscera
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