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SAT Vocab.
Words for the SAT
42
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01/22/2007
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aberrant:
 Definition
Markedly different from an accepted norm.
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aberration:
 Definition
Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
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abet:
 Definition
To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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abeyance:
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A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
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abjure:
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To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
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ablution:
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A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
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abrogate:
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To abolish, repeal.
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abscond:
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To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
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abstemious:
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Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
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abstruse:
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Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
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abut:
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To touch at the end or boundary line.
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accede:
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To agree.
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acquiesce:
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To comply; submit.
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acrid:
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Harshly pungent or bitter.
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acumen:
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Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
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adage:
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An old saying.
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adamant:
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Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.
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admonition:
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Gentle reproof.
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adumbrate:
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To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
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affable:
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Easy to approach.
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aggrandize:
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To cause to appear greatly.
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aggravate:
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To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
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agile:
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Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.
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agog:
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In eager desire.
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alacrity:
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Cheerful willingness.
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alcove:
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A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
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alleviate:
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To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.
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aloof:
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Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
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amalgamate:
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To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
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ambidextrous:
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Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
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ambiguous:
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Having a double meaning.
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ameliorate:
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To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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anathema:
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Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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animadversion:
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The utterance of criticism or censure.
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animosity:
 Definition
Hatred.
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antediluvian:
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Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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antidote:
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Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
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aplomb:
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Confidence; coolness.
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apocryphal :
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Of doubtful authority or authenticity.
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apogee:
 Definition
The climax.
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apostate:
 Definition
False.
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apotheosis:
 Definition
Deification.
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