Vocab Sat Week 3

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Slander

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to spread harmful lies that hurt someone's reputation

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Slothful

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lazy, indolent

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Spartan

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very disciplined, simple, austere, and frugal

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Spectrum

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the range of color in the rainbow and beyond

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Statute

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a law

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Steadfast

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firm in purpose, unwavering

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Stem

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the main stalk or a plant or flower

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Stupefy

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to stun, to amaze; to put into a numbed state or a stupor

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Sublimate

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to change something low into something high; especially in psychology, to change sexual energy into something more refined

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Subsequent

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coming later, coming next

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Sullen

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angry but silent, gloomy

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Tactic

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a plan or procedure to accompany something

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Tactless

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lacking tact, politeness or diplomacy; being too blunt or straightforward about a delicate matter

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Tenant

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a person who rents or occupies a house, apartment, office, etc.

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Terminology

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terms or words which are specialy to a certain discipline or subject

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Timorous

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fearful

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Treatise

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a long detailed and formal writing about the principles of a subject

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Trepidation

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fear or alarm

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Untenable

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indefensible, incapable of being defended, especially of an argument or thesis

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Uproar

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a state of violent and noisy disturbance; turmoil

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Venom

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1. the poison or toxin produced by an animal
2. ill-will, bitter anger

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Vent

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1. an opening to allow air to flow into or out of a room
2. to release anger or emotion suddenly

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Veto

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to rejec or cancel a proposed law (done by a governor or a president)

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Wane

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to decrease or decline

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Warrant

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1. to justify to give good reason for

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Warranty

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a guarantee

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Acquit

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to declare not guilty of a crime

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Adroit

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skillful, clever; dextrous

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Aggregate

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a sum, mass, or assemblage, of parts

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Amorphous

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shapeless, without a specific form

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Ample

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plentiful large

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Anachronism

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involving an error in chronology, in which something from one period of time is put into a different one

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Antipathy

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dislike, or natural aversion

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Antiseptic

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either free of germs or killing germs

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Assent

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agreement

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Asset

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1. a useful and desirable thing
2. the total wealth of a person

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Axis

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the ling about which a rotating body turns; the central line of symmetry in a figure

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Babble

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to talk excessively without meaning

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Banish

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to expel, kick out, exile

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Bibliography

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a list of books or written materials which have been referred to in a text

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Boisterous

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rough and noisy, clamorous

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Bombard

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to attack by throwing things, especially bombs

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Breadth

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width, freedom from narrowness

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Bungle

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to do something clumsily, to mess something up, to botch

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Bustle

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energetic and noisy activity

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Buttress

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something which props or supports a strucutre especially the wall of a churhc

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Bygone

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past, earlier, former

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Cardiologist

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a doctor who studies and treats the heart

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Catalyst

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a substance causing a chemical reaction without being affected itself; a person who causes such change in a social situation

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Centrifugal

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directed outward from the center

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Chimerical

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unreal, imaginary, wildly fanciful

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Choreography

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the art of composing dances

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Chronic

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continuing over a long period of time; habitual

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Chronicle

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a chronological record of events, a history

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Clergy

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the officials in the religion, such as priest, nuns, etc

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Climax

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the high point of a sequence of events, especially of the action of a play, movie or piece of music

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Combustion

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the process of burning

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Compress

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to squeeze together, so as to take up less room

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Confide

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to tell secrets to someone you trust

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Configuration

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the arrangement of the parts of something

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Confound

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to confuse, perplex, or bewilder; to miss or associate by mistake

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Console

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to comfort or soothe someone who is feeling loss or sorrow

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Contrive

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to plan cleverly, invent

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Copious

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plentiful, abundant, large in number

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Corpulent

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fat, chubby, large of body

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Cosmic

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pertaining to the cosmos, the universe; vast

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Counterbalance

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to oppose with an equal weight or influence

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Crass

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gross, without refinement, crude

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Crave

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to long for, to desire strongly

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Crescendo

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a gradual increase in loudness or intensity

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Cue

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something done in a play which is signal for the next action

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Curriculum

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the courses offered in a school, college, etc

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Decipher

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to decode, to make sense of

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Demoralize

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to hurt someone's morale or to damage his spirit, courage, hope, etc

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Demote

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to lower in rank or grade

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Designate

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to mark or point out, to label or signify