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SAT Vocabulario

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abjure   to reject, renounce  
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abrogate   to abolish, usually by authority  
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acerbic   biting, bitter in tone or taste  
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acrimony   bitterness, discord  
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acumen   keen insight  
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adumbrate   to sketch out in a vague way  
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alacrity   a cursed, detested person  
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antipathy   a strong dislike, repugnance  
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approbation   praise  
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arrogate   to take without justification  
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ascetic   practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious  
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aspersion   a curse, expression of ill-will  
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assiduous   hard-working, diligent  
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blandish   to coax by using flattery  
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boon   a gift or blessing  
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brusque   short, abrupt, dismissive  
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buffet   to strike with force  
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burnish   to polish, shine  
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buttress   to support, hold up  
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cacophony   tremendous noise, disharmonious sound  
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cajole   to urge, coax  
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calumny   an attempt to spoil someone else’s reputation by spreading lies  
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capricious   subject to whim, fickle  
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clemency   mercy  
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cogent   intellectually convincing  
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concomitant   accompanying in a subordinate fashion  
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conflagration   great fire  
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contrite   penitent, eager to be forgiven  
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conundrum   puzzle, problem  
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credulity   readiness to believe  
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cupidity   greed, strong desire  
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cursory   brief to the point of being superficial  
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decry   to criticize openly  
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defile   to make unclean, impure  
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deleterious   harmful  
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demure   quiet, modest, reserved  
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deprecate   to belittle, depreciate  
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deride   to laugh at mockingly, scorn  
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desecrate   violate the sacredness of a thing or place  
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desiccated   dried up, dehydrated  
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diaphanous   light, airy, transparent  
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diffident   shy, quiet, modest  
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discursive   rambling, lacking order  
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dissemble   to conceal, fake  
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dither   to be indecisive  
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ebullient   extremely lively, enthusiastic  
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effrontery   impudence, nerve, insolence  
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effulgent   radiant, splendorous  
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egregious   extremely bad  
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enervate   to weaken, exhaust  
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ephemeral   short-lived, fleeting  
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eschew   to shun, avoid  
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evanescent   fleeting, momentary  
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evince   to show, reveal  
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exculpate   to free from guilt or blame, exonerate  
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execrable   loathsome, detestable  
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exigent   urgent, critical  
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expiate   to make amends for, atone  
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expunge   to obliterate, eradicate  
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extant   existing, not destroyed or lost  
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