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SAT Vocab Week 1 Tuesday
Acuity - Timorous
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English
12th Grade
07/17/2010
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acuity
 Definition
sharpness (mental or visual)
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braggart
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someone who boasts
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debunking
 Definition
exposing false claims or myths
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epitomized
 Definition
typified, characterized, personified
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hidebound
 Definition
rigid in opinions, narrow-minded
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languish
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decay, fade away
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obsequious
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yielding, submissive
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polemical
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causing debate or argument
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restorative
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a tonic, medicine
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thwart
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prevent, frustrate
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adamant
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forceful, inflexible
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brawny
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muscular
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decathlon
 Definition
an athletic competition with ten events
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equivocate
 Definition
speak ambiguously, avoid telling the truth
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hieroglyphics
 Definition
picture-writing
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larceny
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theft, robbery, stealing
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obsession
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a dominating concern
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ponderous
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weighty, slow and heavy
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retention
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preservation, withholding
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timorous
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cowardly, fearful
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