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vocab words for critical reading section of SAT
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12th Grade
10/09/2009
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abstemious
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adj. sparing in eating or drinking
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acrimonious
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adj. bitter in words or manner
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adroit
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adj. skillful
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affable
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adj. easily approachable
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aloof
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adj. apart, reserved
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altruistic
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adj. unselfishly generous
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ambivalence
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adj. the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes
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ameliorate
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v. improve
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amorphous
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adj. formless
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antiquated
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adj. old-fashioned; obsolete
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antithesis
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n. contrast; direct opposite
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apocryphal
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adj. untrue
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arable
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adj. fit for growing crops
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archaic
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adj. old fahsioned; obsolete
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ardor
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n. heat; passion
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ascendancy
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n. controlling influence (maintain ascendancy over)
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ascetic
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adj. practicing self-denial
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assuage
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v. ease or lessen (pain, hunger anger)
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atrophy
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v. wasste away
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austerity
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n. sternness
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banal
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adj. commonplace; trite
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belie
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v. contradict
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buttress
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v. support prop up
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cacophonous
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adj. discordant, inharmonious
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capricious
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adj. unpredictable
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censorious
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adj. critical
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censure
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v. blame
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charlatan
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n. quack (pretender to knowledge)
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clemency
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n. disposition to be lenient
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contagion
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n. infection
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cursory
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adj. casual; hastily done
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deference
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n. courteous regard for another's wish
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didactic
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adj. teaching
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diminution
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n. lessening reduction in size
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discordant
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adj. not harmonious
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discursive
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adj. digressing; rambling
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disseminate
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v. distribute; spread
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dissipate
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v. squander waste
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effervescent
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adj. exuberant; bubbly
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enervate
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v. weaken
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ephemeral
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adj. short-lived
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epicure
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n. connoisseur of food and drink
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equanimity
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n. calmness of temperament
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equivocal
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adj. ambiguous; intentionally misleading
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erudite
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adj. learned; scholarly
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esoteric
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adj. hard to understand
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ethereal
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adj. light
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fanaticism
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n. excessive passion or devotion
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fastidious
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adj. difficult to please
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flagrant
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adj. conspicuously wicked
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flagrant
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adj. conspicuously wicked
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fortuitous
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adj. accidental; by chance
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galvanize
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v. stimulate by shock
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garrulous
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adj. loquacious; wordy
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germane
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adj. pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand
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glib
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adj. fluent
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gregarious
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adj. sociable
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guile
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n. deceit
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hackneyed
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adj. commonplace; trite
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hedonist
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n. one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
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hiatus
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n. gap
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iconoclast
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n. one who attacks cherished traditions
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idiosyncrasy
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n. individual trait that is odd in nature
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ignominy
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n. deep disgrace (the ignominy of defeat)
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immaculate
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adj. spotless
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impecunious
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adj. without money
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impetuous
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adj. violent, hasty, rash
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impudence
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n. impertinence
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indigent
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adj. poor; destitute
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indolent
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adj. lazy
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inexorable
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adj. relentless
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inimical
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adj. unfriendly
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innocuous
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adj. harmless
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insularity
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n. narrow-mindedness
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insuperable
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adj. insurmountable
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intransigence
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n. refusal of any compermise
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intrinsic
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adj. essential
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inundate
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v. overwhelm
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laconic
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adj. breif
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lassitude
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n. weariness
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laud
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v. praise
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loquacious
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adj. talkative
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magnanimous
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adj. generous
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magnate
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n. person of prominence
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maladroit
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adj. clumsy
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malign
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v. to badmouth
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mercurial
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adj. capricious; changing; fickle
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misanthrope
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n. one who hates mankind
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munificent
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adj. very generous
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nefarious
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adj. very wicked
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obdurate
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adj. stubborn
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obsequious
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adj. slavishly attentive; servile
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officious
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adj. meddlesome
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paltry
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adj. insignifcant
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paradigm
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n. model; example
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paradox
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n. something contradictory in nature
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paragon
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n. model of perfection
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parochial
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adj. narrow in outlook
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parsimony
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n. stinginess
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paucity
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n. scarcity
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pedantic
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adj. showing off learning
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penchant
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n. strong inclination; liking
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perfunctory
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adj. superficial
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pernicious
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adj. very destructive
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petulant
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adj. touchy
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platitude
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n. commonplace statement
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polemical
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adj. aggressive in verbal attacks
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precipitate
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adj. rash
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preclude
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v. make impossible
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predilection
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n. partiality; preference
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profligate
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adj. dissipated; wasteful
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prosaic
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adj. dull and unimaginative
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quiescent
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adj. at rest, dormant
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recalcitrant
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adj. stubborn
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reprove
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v. censure; rebuke
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repudiate
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v. disown; disavow
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rescind
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v. cancel
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reticent
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adj. reserved
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sagacious
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adj. perceptive
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sectarian
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adj. relating to a religious faction, limited, narrow minded
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sedentary
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adj. requiring sitting
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sequester
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v. isolate; retire from public life
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spurious
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adj. false; counterfeit
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stoic
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adj. impassive
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strident
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adj. loud and harsh
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substantive
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v. established by evidence
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supercilious
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adj. arrogant
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surreptitious
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adj. secret
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torpor
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n. sluggishness; lethargy
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tractable
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adj. docile, easily managed
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transcendent
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adj. surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits
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transient
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adj. momentary
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vacillate
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v.waver
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virtuoso
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n. highly skilled artist
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virulent
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adj. extremely poisonous
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voluble
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adj. fluent; glib; talkative
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