English II SAT wk 4
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PStone043 on February 10, 2010
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SAT Vocabulary List for Ms. Medley's week four test.
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English | Latin |
|---|---|
 abate | v. - to subside; to reduce |
| bane | n. - poison; torment; cause of harm |
| cadence | n. - rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds |
| dearth | n. - lack; scarcity |
| eccentric | adj. - not conventional; a little kooky; irregular |
| facetious | adj. - humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous |
| genre | n. - type or category, esp. of art or writing |
| hapless | adj. - unlucky |
| ideology | n. - a system of social or political ideas |
| juxtapose | v. - to place side-to-side |
| laconic | adj. - using few words, esp. to the point of seeming rude |
| magnanimous | adj. - forgiving; unresentful; noble in spirit; generous |
| nebulous | adj. - vague; hazy; indistinct |
| obfuscate | v. - to darken; to confuse; to make confusing |
| painstaking | adj. - extremely careful; taking pains |
| qualitative | adj. - having to do with the quality or qualities of something (as opposed to quantity) |
| ubiquitous | adj. - being everywhere at the same time |
| vacillate | v. - to be indecisive; to waver |
| wanton | adj. - malicious; unjustifiable; unprovoked; egregious |
| zealous | adj. - enthusiastically devoted to something; fervant |
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