Ptps Sat Vocab---Week 3

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Abolish

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(verb) to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void

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Adamant

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(adjective) utterly unyielding in attitude or optinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, stubborn

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Alternative

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(adjective) a choice limited to one or two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility.

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Aphorism

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(noun) a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation

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Attain

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(verb) to reach, achiee, or accomplish; gain; obtain

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Auxiliary

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(adjective) additional; supplementary; reserve

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Avid

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(adjective) enthusiastic; ardent; dedicated; keen

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Candidate

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(noun) a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.; a contestant

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Civil

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(adjective) of, pertaining to, or consisting of citizens

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Clog

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(verb) to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up

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Coalition

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(noun) a union into one body or mass; fusion

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Component

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(noun) a constituent part; element; ingredient

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Conform

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(verb) to correspond in form or character; be similar

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Confront

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(verb) to face in hostility or defiance; oppose

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Contemporary

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(adjective) existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time

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Dictation

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(noun) the act or manner of transcribing words uttered by another

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Denunciation

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(noun) expression of strong disapproval made openly or publicly

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Emancipate

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(verb) to free (a slave) from bondage

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Enclave

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(noun) any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one

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Egregious

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(adjective) extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant

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Epic

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(adjective) heroic; majestic; impressively great

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Homogenize

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(verb) to make uniform or similar, as in composition or function

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Hostile

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(adjective) opposed in feeling, action, or character; antagonistic

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Idiomatic

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(adjective) peculiar to one or characteristic of a particular language or dialect

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Inclusive

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(adjective) including a great deal, or including everything concerned; comprehensive

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Ingest

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(verb) to take, as food, into the body

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Ironic

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(adjective) pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery

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Lure

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(verb) to attract, entice, or tempt; allure

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Nausea

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(noun) extreme disgust; loathing; repugnance

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Offensive

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(adjective) causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying

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Oppose

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(verb) to acct against or provide resistance to; combat

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Pioneer

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(noun) a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others

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Poverty

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(noun) the state or conditino of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence

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Propose

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(verb) to offer or suggest ( a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action

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Raid

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(verb) to steal from; loot

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Redundant

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(adjective) characterized by verbosity or unneccessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix

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Reluctant

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(adjective) unwilling; disinclined

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Reprimand

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(verb) to reprove or rebuke severely, esp. in a formal way

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Revolutionary

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(adjective) radically new or innovative; outside or beyond established procedure, principles, etc.

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Serf

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(noun) a person in a conditino of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another

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Soporific

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(adjective) causing sleep; drowsy

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Strait

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(noun) a position of difficulty, distress, or need

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Suffice

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(verb) to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.

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Sympathetic

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(adjective) characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate

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Traverse

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(verb) to pass or move over, along, or through

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Unrest

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(noun) lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet

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Vague

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(adjective) not clear or distinct to the sight or any other sense; perceptible or recognizable only in an indefinite way

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Vendetta

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(noun) any prolonged or bitter feud, rivalry, contention, or the like

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Verbiage

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(noun) overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity