SAT Vocabs #251-300

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detriment

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injury or damage

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succulent

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full of juice; highly enjoyable

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immaterial

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not significant or relevant

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pale

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to decrease in relative importance

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humane

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kind; compassionate

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incorrigible

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unable to be corrected or reformed

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patrimony

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inherited property, especially from a father or other male ancestor

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enumerate

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to count off or list

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mannerism

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a distinctive behavioral trait; an idiosyncrasy

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reserved

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self-restrained and withdrawn in speech and manner

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benchmark

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a standard to which other things are compared or by which they are measured

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bedlam

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any place or condition of noise and confusion

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innovative

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marked by a new or unusual way of doing things

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relent

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to become less severe; to give in

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token

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performed only as an indication of intent

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reflective

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thoughtful

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opportune

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suitable for a particular purpose; occurring at a favorable moment

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decoy

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a thing or person used to lure or tempt into a trap

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boisterous

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noisy and wild; unruly

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factious

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causing dissession

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cudgel

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a heavy, unusually short, stick or club

to hit with such a stick or club

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depict

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to represent; to portray

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slander

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a false, oral statement that damages a person’s reputation

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arid

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dry and barren; not interesting

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heterogeneous

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not similar; very different; mixed together

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defray

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provide for the payment of

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formidable

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inspiring fear or dread

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patrician

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a person of refined manners or background; a member of the aristocracy aristocratic

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fume

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to be in a state of anger

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procrastinate

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to delay; to put off

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yoke

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to join together; to unite closely

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circumscribe

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to define the limits of

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resonant

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strong and deep in tone

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relief

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a distinction or prominence due to contrast

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Machiavellian

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practicing deceit or cunning; favoring expediency over moral principle

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harbor

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to give shelter; to entertain or nourish (a specific thought or feeling)

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havoc

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great destruction and devastation

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premeditate

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to think out, plan, or scheme beforehand

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recumbent

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lying down in a position of comfort

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demean

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to disrespect; to lower; to degrade; to ridicule

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chide

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to scold

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byzantine

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highly complicated or intricate; characterized by devious plotting

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lull

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to soothe or calm; to deceive into truthfulness

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homogeneous

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uniform; of the same kind

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hypothesis

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a tentative explanation; something assumed true for the sake of argument or investigation

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shoal

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an area of shallow water

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satire

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irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack human vice or folly, esp. in a literary work

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goad

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to prod or urge, as if with a pointed stick

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figment

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something that is created; something that is imagined

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centrifugal

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moving away from the center