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SAT PREP 31-60
Second 30 words for Sparknotes top 250 words
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Language - English
11th Grade
03/22/2010
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Credulity
 Definition
Readiness to believe
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Cupidity
 Definition
greed, strong desire
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Cursory
 Definition
brief to the point of being superficial
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Decry
 Definition
to criticize openly
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Defile
 Definition
to make unclean, impure
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Deleterious
 Definition
harmful
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Demure
 Definition
quiet, modest, reserved
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Deprecate
 Definition
to belittle, depreciate
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Deride
 Definition
to laugh mockingly, scorn
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Desecrate
 Definition
to violate the sacredness of a thing of place
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Desiccated
 Definition
dried up, dehydrated
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Diaphanous
 Definition
light, airy, transparent
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Diffident
 Definition
shy, quiet, modest
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Discursive
 Definition
rambling, lacking order
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Dissemble
 Definition
to conceal. fake
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Dither
 Definition
to be indecisive
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Ebullient
 Definition
extremely lively, enthusiastic
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Effrontery
 Definition
impudence, nerve, insolence
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Effulgent
 Definition
radiant, splendorous
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Egregious
 Definition
extremely bad
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Enervate
 Definition
to weaken, exhaust
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Ephemeral
 Definition
short-lived, fleeting
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Eschew
 Definition
to shun, aviod
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Evanescent
 Definition
fleeting, momentary
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evince
 Definition
to show, reveal
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Exculpate
 Definition
to free from guilt or blame, exonerate
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Execrable
 Definition
loathsome, detestable
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Exigent
 Definition
urgent, critical
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Expiate
 Definition
to make amends for, atone
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Expunge
 Definition
to obliterate, eradicate
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