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SAT Vocabulary
SAT Vocab review 10
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Language - English
8th Grade
10/25/2011
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aesthetic
 Definition
concerning art or beauty
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bulwark
 Definition
fortification, barricade, wall
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defunct
 Definition
no longer in existence
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etymology
 Definition
study of word origins
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hyperbole
 Definition
grossly exaggerated speech
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legend
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key to a map; myth, or story
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odious
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hateful
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posterity
 Definition
future generations
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rife
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common
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torpor
 Definition
dormancy, sluggish, inactivity
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affable
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friendly, social, easy going
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bureaucracy
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officialism
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degradation
 Definition
deprivation, poverty, debasement
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eulogy
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praise
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hypochondriac
 Definition
person obsessed with health having imaginary diseases
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legion
 Definition
in large numbers
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officious
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domineering, intrusive, meddlesome
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posthumous
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after death
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rigor
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thoroughness
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totter
 Definition
to walk unsteadily
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