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SAT vocab Ahmed Emara Unit 2
Sat vocabulary Unit 2 by Ahmed Emara
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11th Grade
01/03/2014
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Spurious
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Fake; counterfeit
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Guile
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Trickery; deceit
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Beguile
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To deceive with charm
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Strutegem
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A deceitful scheme
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Surreptitious
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Eleceptive sneaky
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Clandestine
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Secret; hidden
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Stealth
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Sneakiness; ability to avoid detection
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Duplicity
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Deceit; hypocritical deception
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Specious
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False; but plausible
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Furtive
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Secretive; sneaky
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Pseudonym
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Pen name
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Fallacious
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Deceptive; false
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Rapacious
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Greedy; ravenous
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Trasient
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Tleeting; short-lived
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Ephemeral
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Short-lived
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Sporadic
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Irregular or unpredictable; infrequent
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Capricious
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Whimsical; impulsive
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Evanescent
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Likely to vanish
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Extemporaneous
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Done with little or no practice
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Anachronism
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Something out of place in time
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Transitory
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Lasting for a short time
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Expedite
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To speed up
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Influx
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A flowing in
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Superfluous
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Beyond what is necessary or sufficient
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Contemporaneous
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Existing or occurring at about the same time
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Interminable
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Never ending
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Protracted
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Prolonged; extended in time
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Censure
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Official condemnation: harsh criticism
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Calumny
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Slander; false accusation
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Diatribe
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Malicious criticism or abuse
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Caustic
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Corrosive; sarcastic
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Repudiate
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To cast off publicly
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Derogatory
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Disparaging, belittling
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Admonish
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To reprimand mildly
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Disparage
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To belittle; to demean
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Impugn
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To attack as untrue; to refute by argument
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Malediction
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A curse
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Denigrate
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To attack the character of; to disparage
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Harangue
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A long, critical, and pompous speech
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Pejorative
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Tending to make worse
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Slander
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False comments that injure another's reputation
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Sanctimonious
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Falsely pious or self-righteous
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Sacrosanct
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Profoundly sacred
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Sanctuary
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A place of refuge; a sacred place
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Sacrilegious
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Grossly irreverent; disrespectful of something sacred
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Revere
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To regard with honor and devotion
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Pious
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Showing religious reverence
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Deferene
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Respect for the wishesof others
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Sacrament
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A formal religious act or oath
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Venerable
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Worthy of respect
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Venerate
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To regard with reverence or respect
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Consecrate
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To declare to be holy
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Talisman
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An object with magical powers
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Lionize
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To treat as a celebrity
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Formidable
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Awesome hard to overcome dreadful
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Potent
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Strong and effective
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Bulwark
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A strong defense
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Indomitable
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Unable to be concuered
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Redoubtable
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Arousing fear; formidable; awesome
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Robust
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Full of vigor
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Impervious
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Incapable of being penetrated or affected
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Efficacious
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Capable of producing a desired effect
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Stalwart
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Physically or morally strong person; strong supporter
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Impotent
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Lacking strength or power
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Predominant
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Most important
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Impregnable
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Unable to be entered by force
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Brawn
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Muscular strength
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Bastion
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Stronghold, fortress
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Coalesce
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To blend or fuse together
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Anthology
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A collection of words
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Convoke
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To call together
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Synchranize
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To arrange events to occur simultaneously
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Synthesis
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A fusion a bringing together
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eclectic
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made up of parts from many different sources
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Yoke
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to join different things
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amalgam
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a combination of different substances into one mass
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a mass
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to gather: to pile up
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invoke
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to call on for help or inspiration
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compatible
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capable of living together harmoniously
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contemporary
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living or occuring during the same time period
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predilection
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disposition in favor of something
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ruthless
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cruel; mereiless
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contempt
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scorn: disrespect
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callous
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hardened; insensitive
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sadistic
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taking pleasure in the pain of others
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supercilious
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full of haughty arrogance
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idiosyncrasy
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a peculiar trait or habit
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anomaly
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unusual event
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incongruous
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inappropriate; not in keeping with a pattern
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fetter
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to tie up: to chain
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notorious
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famous for bad things
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decry
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to speak out against
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vilify
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to slander; to defame
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heinous
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cruel and unusual
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revile
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to denounce abusively
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