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Vocabulary List #5
SAT Vocabulary #5
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English
10th Grade
12/09/2014
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abjure (v.)
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to reject or renounce
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affront (n.)
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an insult
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audible (adj.)
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able to be heard
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bequeath (v.)
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to pass on or give
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burnish (v.)
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to polish or shine
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carp (v.)
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to annoy or pester
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cupidity (n.)
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greed or strong desire
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duress (n.)
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hardship or threat
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elegy (n.)
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a speech given in honor of a dead person
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execrable (adj.)
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loathsome or detestable
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foster (v.)
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to stimulate, promote, or encourage
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injunction (n.)
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an order of official warning
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linchpin (n.)
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something that holds separate parts together
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maxims (n.)
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a common saying expressing a principle of conduct
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morose (adj.)
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gloomy or sullen
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noxious (adj.)
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harmful or unwholesome
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pertinacious (adj.)
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stubbornly persistent
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reprove (v.)
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to scold or rebuke
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revoke (v.)
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to take back
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scintillating (adj.)
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sparkling
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surreptitious (adj.)
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stealthy
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torpid (adj.)
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lethargic, dormant, or lacking motion
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vapid (adj.)
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lacking liveliness or dull
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whimsical (adj.)
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fanciful or full of whims
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wizened (adj.)
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dry, shrunken, or wrinkled
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