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SAT Vocab Week 1 Friday
Aesthetic - Totter
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English
12th Grade
07/17/2010
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aesthetic
 Definition
concerning art or beauty
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bulwark
 Definition
fortification, wall, barricade
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defunct
 Definition
no longer in existence
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etymology
 Definition
the study of word origins
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hyperbole
 Definition
grossly exaggerated
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legend
 Definition
1) key to map
2) myth or story
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odious
 Definition
hateful
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posterity
 Definition
future generations
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rife
 Definition
common, widespread
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torpor
 Definition
dormancy, sluggishness, inactivity
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affable
 Definition
friendly, social, easygoing
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bureaucracy
 Definition
civil service
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degradation
 Definition
deprivation, poverty, debasement
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eulogy
 Definition
praise
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hypochondriac
 Definition
a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses
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legion
 Definition
in large numbers
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officious
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self-important, overbearing, opinionated
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posthumous
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after death
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rigor
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thoroughness, precision
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totter
 Definition
walk unsteadily
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