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SAT Vocab-Set 1
Vocab 1-100
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English
12th Grade
09/22/2012

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conjecture
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guesswork
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candid
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completely honest, straightfoward
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didactic
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instructive
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effusive
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showing excessive emotion; overflowing
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euphemism
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a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt or offensive term. Pass away
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extrapolate
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to infer by extending or projecting known info
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incoherent
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lacking connection
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insinuate
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to introduce or communicate stealthily.
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loquacious
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very talkative
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lucid
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easily understood; clear
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rhetoric
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the art of using language effectively and persuasively
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acumen
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quickness, accuracy and keenness of judgement
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adroit
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dexterous
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ascertain
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to find out though investigation
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astute
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clever
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circumspect
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careful
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disseminate
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to scatter widely
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erudition
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deep, extensive learning
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pedantic
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excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules
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perspicacious
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clever. clear-sighted
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precocious
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exhibiting unususally early intellectual aptitude or maturity
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prolific
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very productive; producing great quantities
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prospectus
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formal proposal.

Before writing my thesis,, I had to submit a detailed prospectus to the department for approval.
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rudimentary
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basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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callous
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emotionally hardened
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convoluted
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having lost faith or loyalty; discontent
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enigma
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a puzzle or riddle
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inscrutable
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difficult to fathom or understand
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reticent
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inclined to keep silent; reserved
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staid
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unemotional; serious
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arcane
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kown or understood by only a few
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assimilate
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to absorb or become absorbed. Keisha assimiated so quickly into her new school.
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autonomy
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independence; self-determination
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cosmpolitian
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worldly, widely spolhistictated
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derivative
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something that comes from another source
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by a few
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gaffe
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a social error

the person told his date taht he went on a date with her sister
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idiosyncrasy
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characteristic pecliar to an individual group
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insular
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isolated; narrow or provincial
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orthodox
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adhering to the traditional and established especially in religion
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potentate
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one who has the power and position to rule over other monarch
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castigate
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to scold rebuke or harshly criticize
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censure
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to issue official blame
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denounce
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to condemn openly
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reclusive
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seeking or perfering seclusion or isolation
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relinquish
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to retire from give up or abandon
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renounce
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to give up(a title, for example), especially by formal announcement
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vituperative
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marked by harshly abusive condemnation
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circumscribe
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to draw a circle around; to restrict
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contiguous
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sharing an edge or boundary touching.
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