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SAT Words Chapter 15
For Mrs. Brown
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English
9th Grade
10/05/2009
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adjunct
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adj. connected to, or attached in a dependent way
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macabre
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adj. horrible, grim
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farcical
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adj. absurd; ridiculously clumsy
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debonair
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adj. carefree and self-confident in manner
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penchant
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n. strong disliking
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deplete
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v. to use up gradually
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chicanery
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n. the use of tricks or clever talk to deceive or evade
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feisty
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adj. aggressive; lively; energetic
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mitigate
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v. to make less severe; to become milder
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gull
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v. to cheat to fool or hoax
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nadir
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n. lowest point
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equivocal
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adj. ambiguous, intensionally vague
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genealogy
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n. family history
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impervious
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incapable of being affected
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filial
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of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter
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