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SAT Vocabulary- found in Exams
SAT vocab found in Blue Book, Online Exams (from CollegeBoard), and Other sources
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Language - English
12th Grade
09/11/2008
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Preclude
 Definition
Prevent presence, make impossible
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Ascertain
 Definition
make certain, clear
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Enact
 Definition
to make into an act
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Consolidate

 Definition
bring together into whole; unite
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Motley
 Definition
great diversity of elements
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Callous
 Definition
made hard, hardened; insensitive; obtuse
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Languid
 Definition

lacking vigor, spirit; sluggish
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Meager
 Definition
deficient in quantity, quality
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Accumulate
 Definition
to gather, collect
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Copious
 Definition

plentifully furnished

 

* Latin root copia= plenty
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Excise
 Definition
impose a tax on
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Dubious
 Definition
doubtful
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Sporadic
 Definition
scattered, isolated
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Conflagration
 Definition
big fire
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Distillation
 Definition
evaporation, purification of a liquid
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Concordance
 Definition
agreement; harmony
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aberration
 Definition
departing from right, normal, usual
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Amalgamation
 Definition
act of mixing, merging, uniting
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Debacle
 Definition
general breakup; collaps; failure
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Dearth
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scarcity; lack
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Affluence
 Definition
abundance of money, prosperity
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equanimity
 Definition
mental and emotional stability; composure
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resilience
 Definition
power to return back to normal; recover
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truculence

 Definition
firece; cruel; savagely brutal
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arcane
 Definition
knwon by few; mysterious; secret
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esoteric
 Definition
understood by or meant to be understood be few; private; confidential
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unequivocal
 Definition
unambiguous; clear; having one possible meaning
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impenetrable
 Definition
incapable of being understood
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lucid
 Definition
easily understood
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Decorum

Decorous

 Definition
good taste in manners
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Deference
 Definition
courteous regard to one's requests
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Degradation
 Definition

humiliation; debasement
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Delineate
 Definition
to portray
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Denounce
 Definition
condemn
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Deplore
 Definition
regret; disapprove of
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Depravity
 Definition
extreme corruption; wickedness
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Deprecate
 Definition
protest against
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deride
 Definition
mock
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derivative
 Definition
unoriginal
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Despondant
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depressed, gloomy
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Deterrent
 Definition
discourages
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