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ethnic
adj. relating to races
adroit
adj. skillful
bluster
v. blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully
n. noisy, violent, or threatening talk
quip
n. taunt
libel
n. defamatory statement; act or writing something that smears a person's character
topography
n. physical features of a region
bandy
v. discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly
uninhibited
adj. underepressed
sheathe
v. place in a case
rectitude
n. uptightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgement
atypical
adj. not normal
oscillate
v. vibrate pendulum-like; waver
manifest
adj. evident; visible; obvious
lull
n. moment of calm
anthology
n. book of literary selections by various authors
imbibe
v. drink in
disjointed
adj. disconnected
rationale
n. fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action
iconoclastic
adj. attacking cherished traditions
devotee
n. enthusiastic follower
detraction
n. slandering; aspersion
dwindle
v. shrink; reduce
excoriate
v. scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off
bloated
adj. swollen or puffed as with water or air
sunder
v. separate; part
astronomical
adj. enormously large or extensive
pontifical
adj. pertaining to a pope; pompous or pretentious
motif
n. theme
veer
v. change in direction
actuarial
adj. calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
virtuoso
n. highly skilled artist
surly
adj. rude; cross
solitude
n. state of being alone; seclusion
apposite
adj. appropriate; fitting
sequester
v. isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude
recast
v. reconstruct (a sentence. story etc)
boisterous
adj. violent; rough; noisy
gruesome
adj. grisly; horrible
forswear
v. renounce; abandon
doldrums
n. blues; listlessness; slack period
skeptic
n. doubter; person who suspends judgment until the evidence supporting a point of view had been examined
buffet
v. slap; natter; knock about
n. a meal at which people help themselves
inequity
n. unfairness
hibernate
v. sleep throughout the winter
relish
v. savor; enjoy
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SAT Vocabulary List 9
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Words from SAT Vocabulary List 9
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2013-03-30T06:33:41Z
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