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SAT vocab
sat vocab, and definitions
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12th Grade
03/09/2008

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Abtruse
Definition
hard to understand
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Acclimate
Definition
to accustom or become accustom to a new clumate or environment
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Aesthetic
Definition
have a sense of the beautiful, characterized by a love of beauty
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Apathy

Definition
lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting
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assimilate
Definition
to take in and incorporate as ones own; absorb
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auspicious
Definition
promising success; propitious; opportune, favorable
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blithe
Definition
joyous, merry or gay in disposition, glad, cheerful
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brusque
Definition
abrupt in manner; blunt; rough
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cogitate
Definition
to think hard, ponder; meditate
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colloquial
Definition
characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal
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complacent
Definition
smug, unbothered, untroubled
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covet
Definition
to desire wrongfully, inordinately or without due regard for the rights of others
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decrepit
Definition
weakended by old age; feeble, infirm
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effusive
Definition
unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve
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embody
Definition
to give a concrete form to express, personify
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eschew

Definition
to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid
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indubitable
Definition

that cannot be doubted; patently

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excoridte
Definition
1.to denounce or berate severly; flay verbally

2. to strip off or remove the skin from
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exorbitant
Definition
exceeding the pound of custom, propriety or reason esp. in amount of extent highly excessive
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fabricate
Definition
1. to make by art or skill and labor, construct.
2. to make assembling parts on sections
3. devise or invent
4. to fake; forge
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fortuitous
Definition
1. happening or produced by chance; accidental
2. lucky; fortunate
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fraught
Definition
filled or laden (with)
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hail
Definition
1. to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome
2. to acclaim; approve enthusiastically
3. to call out in order, to stop, attrace attention, ask aid
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infuse
Definition
1. to introduce, as if by pouring, cause to penetrate, instill
2. to imbue or inspire
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inundate
Definition
1. to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge
2. to over whelm
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