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buttress

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v. support; prop up.
- Her friends went to her case so that they can attempt to BUTTRESS her.
- help

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buxom

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adj. plump; full-bosomed.
- Model agencies usually prefer thin girls rather than girls that are BUXOM.
- plump

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cabal

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n. small group of of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
- The CABAL was defeated when their scheme was discovered.
- club, group

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cache

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n. hiding place.
- She wanted to isolate herself, so she found a CACHE near the woods.
- hidden sanctuary, hiding place

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cacophonous

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adj. discordant; inharmonious.
- The CACOPHONOUS sounds that the band would make while they are tuning is such a racket.
- bad noise, without any harmony

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cadaver

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n. corpse

- In a horror movie, a mental guy was obsessed with collecting CADAVERS.

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cadence

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n. rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat
- Marching down the parade, CADENCE of the marching band was very entertaining.
- sound, beat

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cajole

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v. coax; wheedle
- Diana tried to CAJOLE her father into letting her drive the family car.
- decieve

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calamity

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n. disaster; misery
- In the news, they reported that there was a CALAMITY in my old middle school.
- distress, misery

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caldron

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n. large kettle

- My mom cooked the soup in the large CALDRON.

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caliber

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n. ability; quality

- The college looked for certain students that had a high CALIBER in school.

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callous

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adj. hardened; unfeeling
- He had worked hard in the hospital for so many years that he was CALLOUS to the suffering in the wards.
- feeling no emotion

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callow

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adj. youthful; immature; inexperienced
- When she was a freshman, the seniors made fun of them because of how CALLOW they were in high school.
- inexperienced, immature

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calorific

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adj. heat-producing

- In the winter, my heater is not CALORIFIC, but in the summer it heats up perfectly.

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calumny

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n. malicious misrepresentation; slander
- He was the target of CALUMNY because of his religious beliefs
- scandalous

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camaraderie

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n. good-fellowship
- She felt really comfortable in her new job because of the CAMARADERIE her and her co-workers had.
- brotherhood, companionship

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candor

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n. frankness; open honesty
She asked for CANDOR about her project and when she got it, she was mad.
-blunt, straight-forward

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canny

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adj. shrewd; thrifty
- She was very CANNY when it came to talking about the secrets of her secret club.
- clever, careful, steady

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cant

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n. insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves.
- She had failed her test and when she told her envious friend, she was full of mere CANT.
- not sincere

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cantakerous

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adj. ill-humored; irritable
- She was always complaining about how she look and she was always so CANTAKEROUS; it was very unpleasing.
- not pleasing, irritable

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canter

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n. slow gallop.
- Because the racehorse had outdistanced its competition so easily, the reporter wrote that the race was won in a CANTER.

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canto

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n. division of a long poem

- Dante’s poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy is divided into CANTOS.

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canvass

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v. determine votes, etc.
- After CANVASSING the sentiments of his constituents, the congressman was confident that he represented the majority of opinion in his district
- discuss, debate

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capacious

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adj. spacious

- She moved from her cramped apartment to a new CAPACIOUS pent house.

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capitulate

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v. surrender
- The criminal was warned to CAPITULATE or he would be shot by the cops.
- surrender

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capricious

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adj. unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
- She was very CAPRICIOUS; she would have different boyfriends every week.
- changes a lot

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captivate

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v. charm or enthrall
- He was captivated by her good looks and intelligence.
- intrigue, to be interested

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cardinal

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adj. chief
- If you want to increase your word power, the CARDINAL rule of vocabulary-building is to read.
- main, important

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careen

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v. lurch; sway from side to side
- The taxicab CAREENED wildly as it rounded the corner.
- toss

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caricature

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n. exaggerated picture or description; distortion
- The cartoonist’s CARICATURE of President Bush grossly exaggerated the size of the president’s ears.
- and exaggerated cartoon

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carnal

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adj. fleshly
- Is the public more interested in CARNAL pleasures than in spiritual matters?
- marked by sexuality, worldly

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carping

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adj. finding fault
- A CARPING critic is a nit-picker: he loves to point out flaws.
- Something is always wrong, never can be perfect

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castigate

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v. criticize severly; punish
- My mother will CASTIGATE me if I ever disrespect her again.
- to ground, to get into trouble

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cataclysm

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n. violent upheaval; deluge
The Russian Revolution was a political and social CATACLYSM that overturned czarist society.
-catastrophe, trouble

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catalyst

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n. agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
- Many chemical reactions cannot take place without the presence of a CATALYST.
- chemistry, biology, catalyst

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cataract

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n. great waterfall; eye abnormality

- She gazed with awe at the mighty CATARACT known as Niagra Falls.

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grad, gress

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meaning: go, step
- regress: go backwards
- gradual: step by step, by degrees

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graph, gram

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meaning: writing
- telegram: instantaneous message over great distance
- epigram: pithy statement

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greg

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meaning: flock, herd
- aggregate: group, total
- gregarious: tending to group together as in a herd

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helio

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meaning: sun

- heliograph: instrument that uses the sun’s rays to send signals

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it, itiner

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journey, road

  • exit: way out
    itinerary: plan of journey
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jac, jact, jec

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meaning: to throw
- projectile: missile; something thrown forward
- trajectory: path taken by thrown object

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jur, jurat

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meaning: to swear
- prejure: testify falsely
- jury: group of men and women sworn to seek the truth

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labor, laborat

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meaning: to work
laboratory: place to where work is done
collaborate: work together with others

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leg, lect, lig

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meaning: to choose, to read
election: choice
legible: able to be read

46
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leg

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meaning: law
legislature: law-making body
legitimate: lawful

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liber, libr

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meaning: book
library: collection of books
libretto: the “book” of a musical play

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liber

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meaning: free
liberation: the fact of setting free
liberal: generous (giving freely); tolerant

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log

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meaning: word, study
monologue: speech by one person
entomology: study of insects

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loqu, locut

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meaning: soliloquy: speech by one individual
loquacious: talkative

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luc

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meaning: light
elucidate: enlighten
lucid: clear
translucent: allowing some light to pass through

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magn

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meaning: great
magnify: enlarge
magnitude: greatness, extent

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mal

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meaning: bad
malevolent: wishing evil
malediction: curse

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man

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meaning: hand
manufacture: create (make by hand)
manuscript: written by hand
emancipate: free

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mar

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meaning: sea
maritime: connected with seafaring
submarine: undersea craft
mariner: seaman

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mater, matr

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meaning: mother
maternal: pertaining to motherhood
matriarch: female ruler of a family, group, or state

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mit, miss

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meaning: to send
missile: projectile
dismiss: send away
transmit: send across

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mob, mot, mov

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meaning: move
mobilize: cause to move
immovable: not able to be moved

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mon, monit

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meaning: to warn
admonish: warn
premonition: foreboding
monitor: watcher

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mori, mort

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meaning: to die
mortuary: funeral parlor
moribund: dying
immortal: not dying

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morph

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meaning: shape, form
amorphous: formless. lacking shape
metamorphosis: change of shape
anthropomorphic: in the shape of a man

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mut

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meaning: change
immutable: not able to be changed
mutate: undergo a great change
mutability: changeableness. inconstancy

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nat

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meaning: born
innate: from birth
prenatal: before birth
nativity: birth

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nav

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meaning: ship
navigate: sail a ship
circumnavigate: sail around the world
naval: pertaining to ships

SAT vocab (12 decks)

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