SAT Vocabulary Unit 5

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SAT VocabularyUnit 5

• Jerome Shostaks Vocabulary Workshop, published
  by Sadilier-Oxford, NY. 2005.

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amnesty
http//www.amnesty-volunteer.org/clipart/blacknwhi
te/GIFS/DOVE15.GIF
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amnesty

• Noun general pardon for an offense against a
  government
• In general, any act of forgiveness
• Absolution

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autonomy
http//www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures
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autonomy

• Noun self-government
• Political control
• Home rule

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axiomatic
http//school.discovery.com/clipart/clip/stopsign4
c.html
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axiomatic

• Self-evident
• Expressing a universally accepted principle of
  rule
• Taken for granted

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blazon
http//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7741630/
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blazon

• Verb to adorn or embellish
• To display conspicuously
• To publish or proclaim widely
• Broadcast, trumpet

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caveat
http//www.flickr.com/photos/shawnwall/147301792/
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caveat

• Noun a warning or caution to prevent
  misunderstanding or discourage behavior
• Admonition
• Word to the wise

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equitable
http//www.mathsyear2000.org/magnet/minus3/halfway
/middle.html
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equitable

• Adjective fair, just
• Embodying principles of justice
• Evenhanded
• Right, reasonable

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extricate
http//www.coachweber.com/2003_alferd_packer_trail
_results.htm
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extricate

• Verb to free from entanglements or difficulties
• To remove with effort
• Disentangle
• Extract
• Disengage

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filch
http//jeremylatham.com/blog/2006/04/
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filch

• Verb to steal, especially in a sneaky way and
  in petty amounts
• Pilfer
• Purloin
• Swipe

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flout
http//www.search.com/reference/Doonesbury
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flout

• Verb to mock
• Treat with contempt
• Scoff at
• Sneer at
• Snicker at
• Scorn

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fractious
http//www.fotosearch.com/ART269/com042/
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fractious

• Adjective tending to be troublesome
• Unruly
• Quarrelsome
• Contrary
• Unpredictable
• Peevish
• Recalcitrant

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precept
http//www.allposters.com/-sp/-Posters_i139477_.ht
m
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precept

• Noun a rule of conduct or action
• Principle
• Maxim

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salutary
http//www.clipartguide.com/_pages/0041-0503-1713-
2111.html
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salutary

• Adjective beneficial
• Helpful
• Healthful
• Wholesome
• Salubrious
• Curative

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scathing
http//www.judithbarathart.com/sendcard/sendcard.p
hp
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scathing

• Adjective bitterly severe
• Withering
• Causing great harm
• Searing
• Harsh
• Ferocious
• Savage

http//www.fotosearch.com/art-parts/eat-at-joes/AR
P106/
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scourge
http//www.bible-history.com/past/flagrum.html
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scourge

• Verb to whip, punish severely
• Flog, beat
• Noun a cause of affliction or suffering
• Bane, pestilence, plague

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sepulchral
http//www.arlingtoncemetery.net/tombofun.htm
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sepulchral

• Adjective funereal
• Typical of the tomb
• Extremely gloomy or dismal
• Doleful
• Lugubrious
• Mortuary

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soporific
http//sleepdisorders.about.com/od/sleepdeprivatio
n/a/teachsleep.htm
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soporific

• Adjective tending to cause sleep
• Relating to sleepiness or lethargy
• Noun narcotic
• Anesthetic
• Something that induces sleep

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straitlaced
http//press.princeton.edu/images/k7738.gif
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straitlaced

• Adjective extremely strict in regard to moral
  standards and conduct
• Prudish
• Puritanical
• Highly conventional

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transient
http//www.curiocityonline.com/index.php?actionca
tegoryid15
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transient

• Adjective lasting only a short time
• Fleeting
• Ephemeral !!!
• Evanescent
• Noun one who stays only a short time

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unwieldy
http//elphaba.inknoise.com/yarr/0014
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unwieldy

• Adjective not easily carried, handled, or
  managed because of size or complexity
• Cumbersome
• Bulky
• Clumsy, impractical

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vapid
http//www.veronica-cartwright.com/newpage1.htm
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vapid

• Adjective dull, uninteresting, tiresome
• Lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness or force
• Insipid
• Lifeless
• Colorless

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