SAT 22

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SAT 22
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amnesty

• noun
• official pardon for past
  offenses
• act of overlooking
• The library shows its amnesty
  once a year in the spring, for
  the fines that werent paid.

Its on the
Library , No Problem!
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augury

• noun
• act of foretelling the future
• omen
• The augury of the fortune cookie was terrible.

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capacious

• adjective
• roomy
  holding much
• The capacious
  backyard became
  not so capacious
  when the pool came in,
  but no one had complaints.

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coterie

• noun
• clique
• select group
• The coterie of popular
• girls all stayed together
• and ignored everyone else.

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disputations
The disputation between the two experts went on
all afternoon.

• noun
• discussions
• arguments
• debates
• controversies

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epitome

• noun
• summary a part which typically represents the
  whole
• Michael Jordan is the epitome of all basketball
  players.

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florid

• adjective
• ruddy over-elaborate (red)
• Her face was florid from running in the backyard.

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hackneyed
adjective trite commonplace overused (refers to
sayings) The cashier used the pleasant but
hackneyed expression, Have a nice day, to each
customer.
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impunity

• noun
• freedom from punishment
• After escaping from prison, Dr. Lecter went to
  Venice to gain impunity from the American FBI.

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ironic

• adjective
• using words to mean the opposite of what they
  usually express
• Sometimes life is ironic.

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machination

• noun
• crafty plotting with evil intent
• In The Crucible, Abigails machinations to get
  John Proctor caused him and others to be hanged
  as witches.

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nemesis

• noun
• a persistent and inescapable enemy a source of
  vengeance
• When Geoffrey found out that his best friend
  Benjamin was his nemesis, it broke his heart.

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ostentation

• noun
• showing off boastful display
• His ostentation and conceit lost him all his
  friends but one.

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platitude

• noun
• trite, commonplace statement made as important
  original, idea
• I wanted to say something comforting to the
  patient but the only thing I could
  come up with was common platitudes.

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quell

• verb
• to subdue to pacify
• Mr. Beans wife told him to take a break today
  and quell his thirst with a cool drink.

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resilient

• adjective
• readily returning or springing back to an
  original form or condition
• She looked very resilient while she was doing her
  gymnastics routine.

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sententious

• adjective
• characterized by the use of proverbs or maxims
  tending to be pompous
• The wise owl said in his sententious way that
  The early bird always gets the worm.

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supine

• adjective
• lying on the back
• mentally or morally
• sluggish
• When the three bears returned home
• they found Goldilocks supine and
• snoring in Baby Bears bed.

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trepidation

• noun
• fear and trembling
• The shark sensed his trepidation and swam toward
  him .

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vindicate

• verb
• clear of accusation or suspicion
• The Not Guilty verdict vindicated the defendant.