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SAT Vocab 109-158
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |