Final Sat Vocab Words

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usury

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n.the practice lending money at an unlawful rate

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arrears

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n. a debt

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primogenture

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n. firstborn

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travail

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n. hard work,

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stint

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n. an allotted portion of work or a share of a task.

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respite

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n. a postponement, delay, or interval of rest.

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arduous

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adj. difficult, hard to achieve, or strenuous.

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interminable

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adj. lasting, endless

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inveterate

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adj. deep rooted or firmly established by long habit.

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extant

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adj. still in existence.

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repast

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n. a meal or food.

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tankard

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n. a tall, one-handed drinking vessel

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credence

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n. belief or acceptance; or trustworthiness or reliability.

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attest

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v. to declare as true

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palaver

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n. a conference, discussion, or conversation.

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despondent

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adj. utterly discouraged

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rue

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v. to feel regret.

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disconcert

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v. to confuse, disturb, frustrate, upset, or embarrass.

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agrarian

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adj. relating to agriculture or farmland.

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husbandry

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n. farming

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arable

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adj. suitable for plowing.

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grist

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n. grain that has been or is to be ground.

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repudiate

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v. to disown, renounce, or reject.

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chasten

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v. to punish in order to correct; or to subdue or restrain from excess.

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malediction

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n. a curse or a calling down of evil upon someone; or evil talk or slander.

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imprecation

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n. a curse or a plea, or a prayer for evil or misfortune.

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derogatory

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adj. belittling, disdainful, or tending to lessen in value.

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contrive

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v. to scheme or plan, to invent or design, to manage or do, or to bring about.

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ingratiate

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v. to bring oneself to another’s favor or good graces.

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assuage

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v. to pacify, calm or satisfy, or to make less severe.

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palliative

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. tending or serving to relieve or soothe.

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immure

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v. to imprison or confine, or to seclude or isolate oneself.

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adulterate

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v. to make impure or inferior by the addition of a substance of less value or by the removal of a valuable ingredient.

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upbraid

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v. to scold vehemently or criticize severely.

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recrimination

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– n. a countercharge or counteraccusation.

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gibe

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v. to taunt, mock, or tease sarcastically.

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raillery

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n. light and good natured teasing, ridicule, or satire.

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foible

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n. a minor weakness or harmless failing in character or behavior.

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parsimony

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n. excessive stinginess.

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effrontery

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n. shameless boldness, impudence, or forward behavior.

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temerity

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n. rashness or reckless boldness.

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avarice

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. excessive greed for wealth or possessions.

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rapacity

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n. excessive greed; or a disposition to seize and carry off.

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pander

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v. to supply material or opportunity for vices, or to act as a go-between in love intrigues.

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desecrate

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v. to profane, to treat irreverently, or to violate the sanctity of.

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unregenerate

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adj. wicked, sinful, or unrepentant.

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fetid

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adj. having a foul, offensive smell.

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invidious

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adj. giving offense or causing ill will or hatred.

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heinious

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. hateful, atrocious, or very wicked.

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pernicious

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adj. highly injurious, destructive, fatal, or deadly.

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smut

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n. dirt, matter that blackens or soils things, or obscenity

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dross

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n. any waste matter or refuge, or the scum coming to the top of liquid metal.

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offal

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n. garbage; or the inedible, discarded parts of a butchered