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SAT VOCAB
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11th Grade
04/02/2006
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insurrection
 Definition
uprising rebelling
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invective
 Definition
strong verbal abuse
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jaded
 Definition
tired worn but dulled
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laggard
 Definition
a slow person, one who falls behind
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legerdemain
 Definition
slight of hand, deception
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lissome
 Definition
moving gracefully agile or active
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Machiavellian
 Definition
deceitful, trickey
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martinet
 Definition
a strict disciplinarian
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minutiae
 Definition
insignificant details, trivial
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moot
 Definition
doubtful debateable
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nebulous
 Definition
lazy vague uncertain
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obscurant
 Definition
a aperson who tries to prevent the spread of knowledge
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orifice
 Definition
mouth, opening
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panacea
 Definition
an answer to all problems
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paroxysm
 Definition
a sudden outburst, a fit
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periphery
 Definition
outside boundary, unimportant aspects of a subject
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perverse
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contrary cranky
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plenary
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full complete, absolute
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presentiment
 Definition
anticipation especially of something evil
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primogeniture
 Definition
state of being the first born
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provincial
 Definition
narrow, limited
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purge
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to cleanse; to purify
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quixotic
 Definition
extremely idealistic, romantic
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recreant
 Definition
coward, traitor
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relegate
 Definition
to banish, to assign an inferior postition
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reprisal
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retaliation revenge
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rudimentary
 Definition
elementary basis
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rue
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to regret, to be sorrowful
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secrete
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to hide or conceal
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simulacrum
 Definition
an image
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solvent
 Definition
having the ability to pay a debt, a substance which dissolves another
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splenetic
 Definition
bad tempered irritable
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supple
 Definition
flexible
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swarthy
 Definition
dark complexioned
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transgression
 Definition
violation of a rule or law
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treatice
 Definition
a book or writing some particular subject
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unctous
 Definition
excessively polite
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usurp
 Definition
to seize legally
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nostrum
 Definition
supposedly medicine which cures all
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subterfuge
 Definition
trickery or deceit
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