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SAT Vocabulary Priority List
SAT vocabulary Priority List of unknown words
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11th Grade
02/25/2011

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Acquiesce
Definition
To agree; to accept; to give in
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Aesthetic
Definition
relating to beauty and art
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Ambivalence
Definition
undecided; having mixed emotions about something
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Ambulatory
Definition
able to walk
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Anecdote
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short story of an interesting or amusing event

 

 

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Authoritarian
Definition
against individual freedom; favoring absolute obedience
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Blunder
Definition
to make a stupid mistake; to move unsteadily
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Complacent
Definition
self-satisfied; unconcerned
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Condescend
Definition
to talk down to; to patronize
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Confide
Definition
to tell someone a secret
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Contemporary
Definition
living or existing at the same time
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Corroborate
Definition
to support with evidence; to confirm
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Corrugated
Definition
formed into wrinkles; folds; or grooves
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Credulous
Definition
believing; gullible
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Denounce
Definition
to speak out against; to condemn
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Disparity
Definition
inequality; difference; incongruity
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Eloquent
Definition
fluent and graceful in speech; articulate
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Emulate
Definition
to try to equal or excel, especially through imitation
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Endorse
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to approve; to sanction
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Expedite
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to hasten; to speed up; to remove impediments
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Expenditure
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Expense; that which is consumed, used up
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Extraneous
Definition
irrelevant; extra; unnecessary; unimportant; foreign
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Facilitate
Definition
to make easier
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Flagrant
Definition
conspicuously bad; outrageously noticable
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Inadvertent
Definition
accidental; unintentional; not duly attentive; heedless
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Incessant
Definition
unceasing; never ending
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Indifferent
Definition
not caring one way or another; lacking preference
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Infer
Definition
conclude from evidence; deduce; guess; surmise
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Innate
Definition
inborn; inherited; intrisic
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Innocuous
Definition
inoffensive; harmless
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Innovate
Definition
to introduce something new; to create
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Jovial
Definition
characterized by a hearty, joyous humor
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Novel
Definition
new; unusual; fresh
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Pivotal
Definition
important; crucial
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Preclude
Definition
to prevent; to make impossible; to bar
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Renounce
Definition
to give up; refuse; resign
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Repudiate
Definition
to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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Scrutinize
Definition
to examine very closely
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Solicit
Definition
to ask for; to seek; to extract; to beg; to tempt or lure
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Stanza
Definition
a section of a poem
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Tentative
Definition
not fully worked out or developed; uncertain
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Trivial
Definition
of little importance/significance; ordinary; commonplace; trite
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Viable
Definition
capable of surviving or growing; practical and workable
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Willful
Definition
governed by will without regard to reason; intentional; stubborn
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Zany
Definition
given to outrageous behavior; bizarre; absurd
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