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Sat words 4. 209-256
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11th Grade
06/01/2015
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ample
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abundant; plentiful
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copious
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plentiful
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lavish
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in excess; abundant
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myriad
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countless; a very large number
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plethora
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excess; abundance
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profuse
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abundant; more than enough
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prolific
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abundant; producing a great deal
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superfluous
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more than needed
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surfeit
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an oversupply
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abstemious
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holding back from eating or drinking too much
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alimentary
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relating to food/nourishment
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culinary
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having to do with cooking
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emaclated
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very, very thin due to malnutrition
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epicurean
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having to do with relishing the pleasure of eating and drinking
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palatable
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tastes good
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voracious
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greedy; ravenous
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chary
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cautious; wary
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circumspect
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careful and cautious before acting
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conscientious
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doing what one knows is right
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gingerly
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very carefully
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heedful
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paying careful attention to
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meticulous
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very careful; fussy
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scrupulous
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showing great care and honesty based on what is right
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vigilant
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carefully alert and watchful
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ephermal
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lasting a short time; fleeting
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evanescent
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vanishing
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itinerant
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wandering about; tending to move
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peripatetic
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moving or walking about
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transient
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temporary
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transitory
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fleeting
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volatile
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explosive or changing very quickly
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antiquated
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very old and no longer in use
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antiquity
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ancient times
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archaic
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old
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contemporary
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modern, new
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inception
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the start of something
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innovation
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something new
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novel
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new
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unprecedented
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new, never before seen
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antediluvian
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very old
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clandestine
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hidden, secret
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covert
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secret, hidden
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furtive
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sneaky
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inconspicuous
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hardly noticable
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surreptitious
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done in a secret way
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unobtrusice
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not easily noticed
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