SAT Vocabulary Unit 8

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SAT Vocabulary Unit 8

• From Jerome Shostaks Vocabulary Workshop

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acrimonious
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acrimonious

• Adjective Stinging bitter in temper or tone
• Biting
• Caustic
• Rancorous
• Hostile

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bovine
http//www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/09/11/
Angry-Cow
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bovine

• Adjective resembling a cow or ox
• Sluggish
• Unresponsive
• Stolid
• Dull
• Slow

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consternation
http//www.freeze.com/Content/Item.aspx?pid3659
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consternation

• Noun Dismay
• Confusion
• Shock
• Amazement
• Bewilderment
• Dismay

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corpulent
http//caveviews.blogs.com/cave_news/health/index.
html
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corpulent

• Adjective Fat
• Having a large, bulky body
• Overweight
• Heavy
• Obese
• Stout
• Portly

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disavow
http//www.rickmaybury.com/bootpages/other/sixties
4.htm
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disavow

• Verb To deny responsibility for or connection
  with
• Disown
• Disclaim
• Retract
• Abjure

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dispassionate
http//www.flickr.com/photos/lesec/346510276/
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dispassionate

• Adjective Impartial
• Calm
• Free from emotion
• Unbiased
• Disinterested
• Cool
• Detached

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dissension
http//www.vertex.umea.com/nr3-97/insant.html
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dissension

• Noun Disagreement
• Sharp difference of opinion
• Strife
• Discord
• Contention

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dissipate
http//qd.typepad.com/5/2005/12/disappearing_ac.ht
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dissipate

• Verb to cause to disappear
• To scatter, dispel
• To spend foolishly
• Squander
• To be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure
• Disperse
• Strew
• Diffuse
• Waste

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usiness_concepts/money/2529353_flying_money.php?id
2529353
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expurgate
http//www.outlar.com/flyer.php?flyerBleep_at_Carlin
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expurgate

• Verb To remove objectionable passages or words
  from a written text
• To cleanse, purify
• Purge
• Censor
• Bowdlerize

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gauntlet
http//www.answers.com/topic/running-the-gauntlet
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gauntlet

• Noun An armored or protective glove
• A challenge
• Two lines of men armed with weapons with which to
  beat a person forced to run between them
• An ordeal, trial
• Punishment
• Provocation

www.googleimages.com/gauntlet
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hypothetical
http//footlightnotes.tripod.com/20040221home.html
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hypothetical

• Adjective Based on a assumption or guess
• Used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide
  or direct investigation
• Assumed
• Supposed
• Conjectural
• Conditional

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ignoble
http//www.answers.com/topic/villain
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ignoble

• Adjective Mean, low, base
• Inferior
• Unworthy
• Dishonorable
• Sordid

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impugn
http//www.mysanantonio.com/sports/basketball/nba/
spurs/stories/MYSA110806.BKNspurs.photo4.1bc390b3.
html
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impugn

• Verb To call into question
• To attack as false
• Challenge
• Deny
• Dispute
• Query
• Question

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intemperate
http//graphics.stanford.edu/erang/Album/Other_Al
bum/tn/monkey_makeup.jpg.html
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intemperate

• Adjective Excessive
• Immoderate
• Lacking in self-control
• Inclement
• Extreme
• Unrestrained
• Inordinate

http//www.nebraskastorms.com/light.htm
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odium
http//www.republicanvoices.org/hate_mail.html
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odium

• Noun Hatred
• Contempt
• Disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
• Abhorrence,
• Shame
• Ignominy

http//www.ics.uci.edu/eppstein/pix/nats/t/WalkOf
Shame.html
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perfidy
http//www.planetphillip.com/posts/category/miscel
laneous/
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perfidy

• Noun Treachery
• Faithlessness
• Betrayal
• Disloyalty
• Treason
• Duplicity

http//www.cartoonstock.com/directory/t/traitor_gi
fts.asp
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relegate
http//www.cartoonstock.com/directory/r/relegate.a
sp
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relegate

• Verb To place in a lower position
• To assign, refer, turn over
• To banish
• Transfer
• Consign
• Demote
• Exile

http//www.textbookx.com/detail-book-0802118267.ht
ml?SIDa93407a4ace863001daa718b4b69e40c
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squeamish
http//www.cartoonstock.com/directory/s/squeamish_
gifts.asp
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squeamish

• Adjective Inclined to nausea
• Easily shocked or upset
• Excessively fastidious or refined

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http//www.freefever.com/freeclipart/animal/mouse.
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subservient
http//gradualdazzle.blogspot.com/2006/06/cowtow-o
r-kowtow.html
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subservient

• Adjective Subordinate in capacity or role
• Submissively obedient
• Serving to promote some end
• Secondary
• Servile
• Obsequious
• Useful

http//www.cartoonstock.com/directory/y/yes-man.as
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susceptible
http//www.fotosearch.de/ARP105/allergy/
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susceptible

• Adjective Open to
• Easily influenced
• Lacking in resistance
• Vulnerable
• Receptive
• Impressionable

http//www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/pinocchio/16.j
pg
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