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SAT Vocab- Barron 2400
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12th Grade
08/30/2013
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aesthete
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one who appreciates and seeks beauty, art, or pleasure
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alacrity
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cheerful readiness
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anomalous
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rare, unusual, abnormal
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aphorism
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a wise saying; an adage
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appropriate (v.)
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to take another's property as one's own
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arboreal
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relating to trees
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aspersion
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misleading or false rumor; gossip
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asylum
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a safe place to practice one's religion or follow one's convictions
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auspicious
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foretelling well for the future
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austerity
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strict economy; relating to asceticism
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avant-garde
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cutting-edge; new; experimental
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behemoth
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a huge animal; something of great size or power
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bequest
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a gift upon one's death
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breadth
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a range or scope
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brook (v.)
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to endure; to put up with
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bungle
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to botch
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byzantine
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ornate, fancy
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calumny
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slander, defamation
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celerity
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cheerful speed
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cerebral
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intellectual
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chagrin
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embarrassment
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circumscribed
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defined or limited; isolated
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cloying
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oversweet; saccharine
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confound
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to confuse; to perplex; to befuddle
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conjecture
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a guess
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consummate
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complete; perfect
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convoluted
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complicated, complex
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crude
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rude; lacking refinement
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curtail
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to cut short; abridge
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debased
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morally low
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decorous
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having propriety, keeping in good taste; polite and restrained
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denuded
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made ineffective or infertile
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desultory
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aimless; lacking a plan or purpose
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diaphanous
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sheer, gauzy, see-through
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didactic
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relating to instruction, lecturing
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din
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noise
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dirge
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a funeral song
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discomfited
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embarrassed; disconcerted
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discretionary
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based on personal choice; showing prudence
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disingenuous
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dishonest; crafty
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disposed
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behaviorally inclined
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