Jackie's Sat Vocabulary Words

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Undervalue

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Verb: To underestimate

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Constituent

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Noun: One who has the right to vote at an election.

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Diaphanous

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Adjective: Transparent

Transparent: To permit light to pass through.

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Inflammation

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Noun: A morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling, and pain.

Morbid: Suggesting and unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc: a morbid interest in death.

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Taxation

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Noun: A levy, by the government, of a fixed contribution.

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Invasion

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Noun: Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass.

Encroachment: to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads: A dictatorship of the majority is encroaching on the rights of the individual.

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Palpable

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Noun: Perceptible by feeling or touch.

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Enigma

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Noun: A riddle

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Vale

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Noun: level or low land between hills.

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Territorial

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Adjective: Pertaining to the domain by which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction.

Sovereign: a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.

Jurisdiction: the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.

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Pediatrics

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Noun: The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of children.

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Advert

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Verb: To refer incidentally.

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Antonym

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Noun: A word directly opposed to another in meaning.

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Squatter

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Noun: One who settles on land without permission or right.

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Numeration

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Noun: The act or art of reading or naming numbers.

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Financier

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Noun: One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.

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Enormous

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Adjective: Gigantic

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Efficient

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Adjective: Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.

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Effervesce

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Verb: To bubble up.

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Surrogate

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Noun: One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another.

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Inherent

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Adjective: Intrinsic

Intrinsic: belonging to a thing by its very nature: the intrinsic value of a gold ring.

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Obdurate

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Adjective: Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity.

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Lithotype

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Noun: In engraving, an etched stone surface or printing.

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Preengage

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Verb: To preoccupy.

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Alluvion

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Noun: flood.

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Finale

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Noun: Concluding performance.

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Exemplar

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Noun: A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated.

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Cynical

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Adjective: Exhibiting moral skepticism.

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Beau

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Noun: An escort or lover.

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Anthropomorphous

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Adjective: Having or resembling human form.

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Meticulous

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Adjective: Over-cautious

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Deform

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Verb: To disfigure

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Tortious

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Adjective: Wrongful

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Despicable

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Adjective: Contemptible

Contempt: the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

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Prelude

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Noun: An introductory or opening performance.

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Undecieve

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Verb: To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs.

Apprising:to give notice to; inform; advise (often fol. by of): to be apprised of the death of an old friend.

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Repository

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Noun: A place in which goods are stored.

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Indefensible

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Adjective: Untenable

Untenable: incapable of being defended, as an argument, thesis, etc.; indefensible.

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Legislator

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Noun: A lawgiver

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Admissible

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Adjective: Having the right or privelege of entry.