Vocab Rock: Hot
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trushfeldt on September 17, 2009
Subjects:
english vocabulary, sat prep vocabulary
Description:
London, Keith, and Rebecca Osleeb. Vocab Rock:Musical Prep for the SAT and ACT Scholastic Edition. Princeton: Peterson's, 2006. Print.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 conflagration | (n) inferno; fire |
| decree | (n) proclamation; ruling; declaration; an official statement that something must happen |
| devoid | (adj) lacking; deficient; without |
| exhilarating | (adj) thrilling; elating |
| flucuation | (n) flux; variation; a state of varying irregularly; rise and fall |
| follicle | (n) small hole present in skin; the best known are those through which hair grows |
| frigid | (adj) freezing; cold |
| frustrating | (v) exasperating; vexing; annoying |
| fusion | (n) synthesis; the blending or joining together as a whole |
| ignite | (v) to initiate an angry or controversial situation |
| illusion | (n) delusion; chimera; false notion; figment of one's imagination |
| indefatigable | (adj) unrelenting; tireless; determined; never willing to admit defeat |
| indisputable | (adj) unquestionable; certain |
| invigorating | (adj) revitalizing; energizing |
| marquee | (n) canopy above an entrance; a shelter above a theater entrance |
| monotony | (n) repetitiveness; sameness |
| perpetuate | (v) preserve; continue; maintain; make something last |
| perusing | (v) scrutinizing; examining; to read with care |
| profusion | (n) overabundance; excess; surplus many; large amount |
| propagate | (v) reproduce; spread |
| proximity | (n) nearness; closeness in relation; immediacy |
| pursuing | (v) following; chasing; to go after something |
| raze | (v) level; burn; devastate; destroy; tear down |
| rectify | (v) repair; fix; to correct or resolve a problem |
| remedy | (n) cure; medicine |
| saturate | (v) soak; drench |
| seclusion | (n) isolation; privacy; solitude |
| sedentary | (adj) inactive |
| stimulating | (adj) inspiring; thought provoking |
| tundra | (n) rolling; treeless plain in the North American arctic and Siberia |
| ungainly | (adj) awkward; clumsy; ungraceful |
| uniformity | (n) standardization; regularity; consistency |
| union | (n) combination; amalgamation; merger |
| vacillate | (v) waver; fluctuate; |
| wavering | (v) hesitating; faltering; inability to decide or focus |
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