SAT Vocabulary #7
Word
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Definition
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Example
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Superfluous (adj)
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Being more than sufficient or required; excessive, unnecessary
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Items on desk
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Annihilate (verb)
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To destroy absolutely
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Explosion
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Castigate (verb)
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To punish
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Child getting lectured
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Deviate (verb)
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To take a different course
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Not following family plan
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Fastidious (adj)
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Hard to please
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Someone with high expectations
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Pliable (adj)
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Easily bent; flexible
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gymnast
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Jovial (adj)
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Merry; good temperament or disposition
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Santaclaus
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Mutilate (verb)
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To disfigure
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Cut up cake
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Persist (verb)
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To continue steadfast against opposition
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Someone who climbed very tall mountain
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Regenerate (verb)
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To reproduce
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Lizards tail
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Scholastic (adj)
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Pertaining to education or school
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Scholastic books
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Subside (verb)
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To relapse into a state of response and tranquility
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After disaster go back to calm
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Translucent (adj)
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Allowing light the passage of light
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Sheer cloth
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Visage (noun)
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The face, countenance, or look of a person
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Human face
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Cunning (noun)
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Skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner as in deceiving
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Person skilled at being deceitful
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