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SAT Vocab 109-158
Question | Answer |
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Injunction | a court order requiring someone to do something |
Censure | an official reprimand |
Germane | relevant |
Substantiate | to prove |
Ransack | to completely overturn |
Embezzlement | the unlawful taking of money |
Stipulate | to specify |
Plausible | believable |
Larceny | the unlawful taking of property |
Collusion | a secret agreement |
Obstruct | to get in the way |
Incorrigible | can't be changed |
Defamation | to slander |
Edict | a decree |
Allegation | an assertion not supported by facts |
Reprieve | a delay in punishment |
Accomplice | a partner in crime |
Adjudicate | to settle a dispute in court |
Pardon | to excuse from a penalty |
Spurious | a falsehood |
Expurgate | to delete from the record |
Discrepancy | an inconsistency |
Corroborate | to support with evidence |
Fabricate | to make up a story |
Repudiate | to take back |
Dissolution | to dissolve |
Anarchist | opposes government and laws |
Arid | very dry |
Anachronism | a chronological misplacing of events, persons, or objects |
Duty | a tax on imports |
Enumerate | to count |
Buttress | to support |
Desicated | dry |
Sovereign | a supreme ruler |
Nullify | to make void |
Enlighten | to inform |
Appeasements | to give in to someone's demands |
Elite | a select group |
Ethics | a code of conduct |
Bias | a prejudice |
Epistolary | a series of letters |
Matriarchal | rule by women |
Proliferation | to multiply |
Dogma | a set of beliefs |
Belligerent | warlike |
Impassse | stalemate |
Abdicate | to resign |
Watershed, Landmark, Milestone | important turning point events |
Autonomy | self-rule |
Autocrat | an absolute ruler |