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Sat Words II-3
words 3.4-3.8
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11th Grade
12/22/2008

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palliative
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relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure
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felicitous
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admirably suited; apt
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belie
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to misrepresent or disguise
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debunk
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to expose untruths, shams, and exaggerated claims
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duplicitous
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deliberately deceptive
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fallacy
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a false notion
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mendacious
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lying; untruthful
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specious
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having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false
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ambivalent
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simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
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capricious
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impulsive and unpredictable
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equivocal
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open to several interpretations in an attempt to be misleading
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impetuous
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suddenly and forcefully energetic or emotional; impulsive and passionate
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impetus
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an impelling force or stimilus
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sporadic
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occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
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vacillate
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to sway from one side to the other; oscillate
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whimsical
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characterized by whim; unpredictable
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flag
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to decline in vigor or strength; to tire; to droop
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jaded
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worn out; waeried
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