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SAT Vocabulary
Vocabulary words commonly used on the SAT
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Language - English
10th Grade
02/15/2014
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Augmented
 Definition
Enlarged
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Terseness
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Brief; short
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Paleontology
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Study of fossils
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Stolid
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Calm, dependable, showing little emotion
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Cavalier
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Showing a lack of proper concern
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Obtuse
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Difficult to understand
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Intermittent
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Occurring at irregular intervals
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Tangential
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Away from the center
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Irascibility
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Showing a tendency to be easily angered
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Mendacity
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Untruthfulness
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Panache
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Flamboyant confidence or style
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Belligerent
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Hostile and aggressive
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Germinate
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Come into existence & develop
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Lauded
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Praised highly
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Aggrandized
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Increase the power, status, or wealth of
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Conciliatory
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Appeasing, soothing, showing willingness to reconcile
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Exonerate
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To free from blame
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Incontrovertible
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Indisputable; not open to question
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Indict
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To officially charge with a wrongdoing or a crime
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Litigious
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Prone to engage in lawsuits
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Partisan (adj)
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Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause
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Parity
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Equality, as in amount, status, or value
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Rectitude
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Moral uprightness; righteousness
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Repudiate
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Reject the validity or authority of
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Scrupulous
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Having a strong sense of right or wrong
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Solicitous
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Concerned
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Veracity
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Truthfulness
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Vindicate
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To free from blame
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Cajole
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To urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
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Chicanery
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Trickery
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Sycophant
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Insincere
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Altruism
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Selflessness
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Eminent
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Distinguished, prominent
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Extol
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To praise highly
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Defunct
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No longer existing or functioning
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Scrupulous
 Definition
Having a strong sense of right or wrong
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Solicitous
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Concerned
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Veracity
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Truthfulness
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Vindicate
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To free from blame
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Cajole
 Definition
To urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
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Chicanery
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Trickery
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Sycophant
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Insincere
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Altruism
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Selflessness
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Eminent
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Distinguished, prominent
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Extol
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To praise highly
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Defunct
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No longer existing or functioning
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Quell
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To put down forcibly; to suppress
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Raze
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To level to the ground; demolish
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Squelch
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To crush as if by trampling
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