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SAT 3
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12th Grade
10/03/2012
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extolled
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to praise highly
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idiosyncratic
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weirdness
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confounded
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confused
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innocuousness
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harmless
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candor
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turth
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purporting
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to present deliberately
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proliferation
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to grow or multiply
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feasible
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can be done
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punctual
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on time
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grim
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harsh, serios
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deleterious
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bad
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censor
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to block out something
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censure
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to judge someone
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paramount
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really important
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fervent
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giving intensity
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compunction
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sorrow
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explicit
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clearly expressed, obvious, out loud
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solicit
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to sell things
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tacit
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implied, silent
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overt
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not concealed (open)
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esoteric
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understood by few
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eclectic
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random things
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contiguous
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continuous
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perspicacious
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wise
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levy
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tax
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waiver
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form to fill out
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avuncular
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related to being an uncle
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phlegmatic
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lazy, sluggish
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arduous
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difficult
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transient
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lasting a short time
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perfunctory
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performed routine
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mitigating
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to lessen
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elucidate
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make clear
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vacillating
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wavering
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galvanize
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stimulate
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adverse
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opposing interest
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fallacy
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false belief
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cosseted
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to pamper, coddle
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laconic
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using few words
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reticent
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reserved
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assiduous
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constant
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provident
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providing for future
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salient
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prominent
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abstruse
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hard to understand (abstract)
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sage
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wise
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rudimentary
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fundamental
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surmised
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to guess, infer
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lampooned
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ridiculing severely (satire)
harpooned with a joke
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altruistic
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unselfishly concerned
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ardent
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devoted
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