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SAT Word List 4
mrs. busch
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10th Grade
05/26/2010
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canvass
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v. to survey public opinion
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capricious
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adj. impulsive
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cartographer
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n. map maker
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castigate
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v. to criticize, scold harshly
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celerity
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n. swiftness
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censure
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v. to express official blame
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chicanery
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n. trickery
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circumscribe
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v. to draw a circle around; limit or restrict
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circumspect
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adj. careful, discreet
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cliche
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n. an overused expression
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coalesce
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v. to unite, grow together, combine
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complement
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n. something that completes or brings to perfection
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conciliatory
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adj. soothing, appeasing
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concord
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n. agreement, harmony, accord
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concur
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v. to agree
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conjecture
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n. inference, guesswork
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conspicuous
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adj. easy to notice, obvious
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contentious
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adj. quarrelsome, argumentative
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contiguous
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adj. sharing an edge or boundary
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convoluted
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adj. intricate, complicated
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