SAT Vocabs #851-900

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admonish

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to warm so a fault can be corrected or a danger avoided

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commute

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to change a punishment to one less severe

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meager

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lacking in quantity or vigor; scanty

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disparage

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to speak in a disapproving or slighting manner; to belittle

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neural

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pertaining to a nerve, the nervous system, or the brain

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refuse

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garbage

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prosperity

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wealth; good fortune

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engulf

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to swallow up; overwhelm

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saturate

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to soak or fill to capacity

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invalidate

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to cancel; deprive of legal importance; nullify

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wreak

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to inflict; to cause (something bad)

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auditory

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relating to the sense of hearing

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muse

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to meditate; to consider thoughtfully

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disdain

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a feeling of contempt

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grovel

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to beg; to lower oneself to please another

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delegate

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to entrust to another person

a person authorized to act as the representative of another

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retrospect

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the consideration of past events

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utopia

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an ideally perfect place

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ponder

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to think over with great care

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intervene

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to come between two things

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ineffable

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incapable of being exposed

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imposing

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impressive by virtue of size, power, or manner

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vanguard

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the leading position in army or fleet; the leading position in a movement or trend

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calamity

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an event causing extreme trouble and misery

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irony

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a use of words in which the intended meaning is very different from the literal sense; an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs, esp. one that suggests a lesson about human folly

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ingenuous

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innocent; naive

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meritorious

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deserving reward or praise

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prodigy

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one with exceptional talents

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fidelity

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strict faithfulness to vows or promises; exact correspondence with fact

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primeval

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relating to the beginning of the first world ages

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verisimilitude

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resemblance to the truth

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rout

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an overwhelming defeat; a disorderly retreat or flight following a defeat to defeat overwhelmingly

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presumptuous

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excessively forward or overconfident

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translucent

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letting light through, but no visual details

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defunct

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having ceased to exist or live

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jetsam

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cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten a ship in distress; discarded material washed ashore

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embellish

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to decorate; to add ornamental or fictitious details to

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malicious

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spiteful

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acquiesce

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to agree without protest

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gambit

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a calculated, risky opening move

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pretext

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an excuse; a strategy intended to conceal something

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endorse

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to give approval or support to

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flotsam

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wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea

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recalcitrant

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marked by stubborn defiance of authority or guidance

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gingerly

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very carefully; cautiously

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discrete

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individually distinct or separate

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prevaricate

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to speak or write evasively in order to avoid telling the truth

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prodigious

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wonderful; amazing; very big

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impregnable

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invincible; unconquerable

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modulate

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to adjust or regulate