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SAT Vocabulary
SAT Vocab
132
Language - English
11th Grade
11/01/2009

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Term
abase
Definition
v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
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abdicate
Definition
v. To give up (royal power or the like).
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aberration
Definition
n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
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abet
Definition
v. To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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abeyance
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n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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abject
Definition
adj. Sunk to a low condition.
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abjure
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v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
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ablution
Definition
n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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abnegate
Definition
v. To renounce (a right or privilege).
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abrogate
Definition
v. To abolish, repeal.
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abstemious
Definition
adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
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abstruse
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adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
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accede
Definition
v. To agree.
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accouter
Definition
v. To dress.
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acerbity
Definition
n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
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acetic
Definition
adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
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acrid
Definition
adj. Harshly pungent or bitter.
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acrimonious
Definition
adj. Full of bitterness.
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acumen
Definition
n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
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adjunct
Definition
n. Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.
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adroit
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adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
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adulterate
Definition
v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
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affable
Definition
adj. Easy to approach.
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agrarian
Definition
adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.
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alabaster
Definition
n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
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alacrity
Definition
n. Cheerful willingness.
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albeit
Definition
conj. Even though.
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allay
Definition
v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
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alluvion
Definition
n. Flood.
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altruism
Definition
n. Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
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ameliorate
Definition
v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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amenable
Definition
adj. Willing and ready to submit.
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anathema
Definition
n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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antediluvian
Definition
adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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apathy
Definition
n. Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
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apogee
Definition
n. The climax.
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apostate
Definition
adj. False.
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assiduous
Definition
adj. Diligent.
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assimilate
Definition
v. To adapt.
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assuage
Definition
v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or
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augment
Definition
v. To make bigger.
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augur
Definition
v. To predict.
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austere
Definition
adj. Severely simple; unadorned.
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baleful
Definition
adj. Malignant.
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banal
Definition
adj. Commonplace.
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bellicose
Definition
adj. Warlike.
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beneficent
Definition
adj. Characterized by charity and kindness.
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bibulous
Definition
adj. Fond of drinking.
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bier
Definition
n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
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bombard
Definition
v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
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bombast
Definition
n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
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boorish
Definition
adj. Rude.
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brae
Definition
n. Hillside.
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brazier
Definition
n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
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brusque
Definition
adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
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buttress
Definition
n. Any support or prop.
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cabal
Definition
n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
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cacophony
Definition
n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
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cadence
Definition
n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.
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calumny
Definition
n. Slander.
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capacious
Definition
adj. Roomy.
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carrion
Definition
n. Dead and putrefying flesh.
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caste
Definition
n. The division of society on artificial grounds.
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castigate
Definition
v. To punish.
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cede
Definition
v. To pass title to.
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charlatan
Definition
n. A quack.
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circumlocution
Definition
n. Indirect or roundabout expression.
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circumnavigate
Definition
v. To sail quite around.
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clamorous
Definition
adj. Urgent in complaint or demand.
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clandestine
Definition
adj. Surreptitious.
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clemency
Definition
n. Mercy.
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cogent
Definition
adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
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complacent
Definition
adj. Pleased or satisfied with oneself.
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concord
Definition
n. Harmony.
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conducive
Definition
adj. Contributing to an end.
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conduit
Definition
n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
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conflagration
Definition
n. A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.
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confluence
Definition
n. The place where streams meet.
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contrite
Definition
adj. Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
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contrite
Definition
adj. Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
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contrive
Definition
v. To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.
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copious
Definition
adj. Plenteous.
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coquette
Definition
n. A flirt.
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crag
Definition
n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.
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culvert
Definition
n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
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dearth
Definition
n. Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
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deify
Definition
v. To regard or worship as a god.
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deign
Definition
v. To deem worthy of notice or account.
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deleterious
Definition
adj. Hurtful, morally or physically.
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dendroid
Definition
adj. Like a tree.
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denizen
Definition
n. Inhabitant.
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desiccant
Definition
n. Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
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diaphanous
Definition
adj. Transparent.
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diatribe
Definition
n. A bitter or malicious criticism.
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dilettante
Definition
n. A superficial amateur.
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discernible
Definition
adj. Perceivable.
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disenfranchise
Definition
v. To deprive of any right privilege or power
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dishabille
Definition
n. Undress or negligent attire.
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diurnal
Definition
adj. Daily.
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divination
Definition
n. The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.
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docile
Definition
adj. Easy to manage.
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dolorous
Definition
adj. Expressing or causing sorrow or pain.
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dubious
Definition
adj. Doubtful.
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ebullient
Definition
adj. Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
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edify
Definition
v. To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion.
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efficacious
Definition
adj. Effective.
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effrontery
Definition
n. Unblushing impudence.
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elucidate
Definition
v. To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
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emaciate
Definition
v. To waste away in flesh.
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emanate
Definition
v. To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.
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emigrant
Definition
n. One who moves from one place to settle in another.
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emulate
Definition
v. To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
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endue
Definition
v. To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual.
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enervate
Definition
v. To render ineffective or inoperative.
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enigma
Definition
n. A riddle.
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enmity
Definition
n. Hatred.
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equanimity
Definition
n. Evenness of mind or temper.
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erudite
Definition
adj. Very-learned.
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estuary
Definition
n. A wide lower part of a tidal river.
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eugenic
Definition
adj. Relating to the development and improvement of race.
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evoke
Definition
v. To call or summon forth.
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exacerbate
Definition
v. To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.
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exigent
Definition
adj. Urgent.
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expostulate
Definition
v. To discuss.
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extant
Definition
adj. Still existing and known.
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extemporaneous
Definition
adj. Done or made without much or any preparation.
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extol
Definition
v. To praise in the highest terms.
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extricate
Definition
v. Disentangle.
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extrude
Definition
v. To drive out or away.
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facile
Definition
adj. Not difficult to do.
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faction
Definition
n. A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
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fallacy
Definition
n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.
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