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SAT Vocab
UNIT 9
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10th Grade
03/19/2013

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Abominable

Definition

Repugnant hateful;very unpleasant;detestable;loathsome Syn: abhorrent;horrible;revolting    

Ant: likable

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Abscond

Definition

To leave secretly and hide

Syn:flee;fly

Ant:to give oneself up

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Capitulate

Definition

To surrender

Syn:defer;relent;submit;yield

Ant:to resist

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Castigate

Definition

To punish or to subdue by punishment;to criticize with drastic severity

Syn:punish;chastise

Ant:to salute

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Comatose

Definition

Lethargic;unconscious

Syn:passed out

Ant:conscious;aware

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Consolidate

Definition

To make solid,to unite,or to merge

Syn:put together

Ant:to break into parts

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Despondency

Definition

Depression;dejection

Syn:extreme sadness

Ant:carefree,happy

Term

 

Destitution

Definition

State of being extremely poor,in extreme want

Syn:indigence;penury;want

Ant:prosperity

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Enfranchise

Definition

To give or to bestow something such as the right to vote or citizenship

Syn:to enable

Ant:to remove;to take away

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Ennoble

Definition

To elevate;to raise in rank

Syn:to promote in a job

Ant:to defame

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Fecund

Definition

Capable of reproducing ;intellectual productivity

Syn:fertile;fruitful;prolific

Ant:barren

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Inopportune

Definition

Incovenient;poorly timed

Syn:at a bad time

Ant:convenient

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Inviolable

Definition

Secure from violation or from being profaned

Syn:safe

Ant:destructible, vulnerable

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Nonchalance

Definition

Indifference;a showing of little interest

Syn:bored,disinterested

Ant:intensity,interested

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Prevarication

Definition

Evasiveness;a lie

Syn:equivocation

Ant:honesty

 

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Primordial

Definition

Original;existing at the beginning

Syn:ancient;original

Ant:recent

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Punctillious

Definition

Stressing precise following of instructions,details,codes,or conduct

Syn:meticulous;scrupulous

Ant:lackadaisical

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Remonstrate

Definition

To protest;to make objections

Syn:to argue

Ant:to agree;to acquiesce

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Rudimentary

 

Definition

Consisting in first principles,of a primitive kind;relating to basic skills

Syn:basic;fundamental

Ant:fully developed

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Turgid

Definition

Swollen

Syn:full,pregnant

Ant:deflated,empty

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