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Vocabulary List #9
SAT Vocabulary #9
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English
10th Grade
05/04/2015
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behemoth (n.)
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something of tremendous power or size
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catalyze (v.)
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to charge, inspire
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commodious (adj.)
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roomy
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distend (v.)
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to swell out
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emend (v.)
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to correct or revise a written text
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ephemeral (adj.)
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short-lived, fleeting
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espouse (v.)
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to take up as a cause, support
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feral (adj.)
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wild, savage
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flout (v.)
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to disregard or disobey openly
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harrowing (adj.)
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greatly distressing, vexing
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hegemony (n.)
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domination over others
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ignominious (adj.)
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humiliating, disgracing
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invective (adj.)
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an angry verbal attack
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lacerations (n.)
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a cut, tear
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legerdemain (n.)
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deception, slight-of-hand
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maudlin (adj.)
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weakly sentimental
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mawkish (adj.)
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characterized by sick sentimentality
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morass (n.)
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a wet swampy bog; figuratively, something that traps and confuses
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pacific (adj.)
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soothing
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puerile (adj.)
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juvenile, immature
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recalcitrant (adj.)
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defiant, unapologetic
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semaphore (n.)
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a visual singal
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sinuous (adj.)
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lithe, serpentine
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vacuous (adj.)
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lack of content or ideas, stupid
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vituperate (v.)
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to berate
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vociferous (adj.)
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loud, boisterous
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zephyrs (n.)
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a gentle breeze
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