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SAT Vocab Words
11/17/06
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11th Grade
11/16/2006
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abeyance
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a temporary postponement
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addendum
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something added as a supplement
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affectation
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a phony attitude; insincerity
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amenities
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courtesies; social graces; pleasantries
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annihilate
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to totally destroy
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aperture
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an opening; a gap
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arduous
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difficult; strenuous
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atavistic
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going back to behavior found in a remote ancestor
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badinage
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playful, teasing talk
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belligerent
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warlike; quarrelsome
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bilious
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bad-tempered; cross
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bucolic
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pertaining to the countryside; rural
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carte blanche
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freedom to use one's own judgement
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cataclysm
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a violent change
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chimerical
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imaginary; fantastic; unreal
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commensurate
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proportionate
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congenial
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friendly; agreeable
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consummate
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to complete (v); perfect (adj)
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conundrum
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a riddle
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crucible
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a severe test or trial
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deciduous
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not permament; passing
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deify
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to idolize; to make god-like
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dialectic
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logical discussion
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diffident
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shy; modest
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disheveled
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untidy
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duplicity
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deceit; double-dealing; dishonesty
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ecclesiastical
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pertaining to the church
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enervate
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to weaken
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enigma
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a puzzling situation; dilemma
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eschew
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to avoid; to keep away from
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excoriate
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to scrape the skin off; to criticize sharply
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expiate
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to atone for
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fatuous
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foolish
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foment
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to stir up; to instigate
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fraternal
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brotherly
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fraught
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(with) filled
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gibbet
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gallows from which criminals are hanged
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guttural
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pertaining to the throat
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hale
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healthy
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heresy
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rejection of a religious belief
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imminent
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likely to happen; threatening
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imprecation
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a curse
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