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Shakespeare is Hip-Hop
SAT Words from the Song "Shakespeare is Hip-Hop" from Flocabulary's Hip-Hop Approach to SAT Vocabulary
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Language - English
11th Grade
09/25/2006

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quotidian
Definition
(adj.) - daily, everyday
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fey
Definition
(adj.) - magical
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gay
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(adj.) - happy, cheery, or homosexual
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pervasive
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(adj.) - inclined to spread throughout
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douse
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(v.) - to drench, saturate
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pliable
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"(adj.) - flexible, bendable"
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neologism
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"(n.) - the creation of new words, or a new word"
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commendable
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(adj.) - worthy of praise
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profuse
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"(adj.) - abundant, lavish, prolific"
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abundant
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(adj.) - in great numbers
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radiant
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"(adj.) - bright, beaming"
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fecund
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"(adj.) - fertile, fruitful"
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forestall
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"(v.) - to delay, impede"
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poach
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(v.) - to hunt or fish illegally
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fetter
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"(v.) - to restrain, chain, tie"
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figurative
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(adj.) - symbolic
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myriad
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"(adj.) - many, of great numbers"
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plethora
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"(n.) - a great number, an abundance"
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sacrosanct
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"(adj.) - sacred, holy"
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fabricate
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"(v.) - to invent, make-up, concoct"
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facile
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(adj.) - easy
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fatuous
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(adj.) - silly, foolish
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perfunctory
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(adj.) - showing little enthusiasm, done as duty
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mandatory
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(adj.) - required, not optional
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flaccid
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(adj.) - limp
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flabbergasted
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"(adj.) - astounded, stupefied"
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forage
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"(v.) - to rummage, scavenge, graze for food"
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licentious
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"(adj.) - immoral, lewd"
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lewd
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"(adj.) - vulgar, offensive, rude"
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profane
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"(adj.) - indecent, blasphemous"
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fortuitous
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"(adj.) - lucky, occurring by chance"
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serendipity
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"(n.) - the act of finding things not sought, luck"
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abrogate
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"(v.) - to abolish, often by authority"
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algid
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"(adj.) - frigid, cold"
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brumal
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"(adj.) - wintry, relating to winter"
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hiemal
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"(adj.) - wintry, relating to winter"
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impecunious
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(adj.) - excessively poor
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hapless
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(adj.) - unlucky
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hiatus
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"(n.) - an interruption in continuity, a break"
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gregarious
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"(adj.) - sociable, outgoing"
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inquisitor
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(n.) - someone who asks questions or makes an inquiry
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iniquity
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"(n.) - a wicked act, a sin"
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goad
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"(v.) - to urge, provoke"
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ingenious
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(adj.) - marked by special intelligence
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subsist
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"(v.) - to live, exist"
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notoriety
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"(n.) - infamy, known in bad regard"
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blandish
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(v.) - to coax through flattery
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flattery
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"(n.) - compliments, sycophancy"
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innocuous
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(adj.) - harmless
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neonate
Definition
(n.) - a newborn baby
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incessant
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(adj.) - without interruption
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narrate
Definition
(v.) - to tell a story
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flout
Definition
"(v.) - to scorn, ignore, show contempt for"
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pedagogue
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(n.) - a schoolteacher
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buffet
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(v.) - to hit or strike
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