3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (1)

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n. restraint from eating or drinking;  refraining from indulging appetite or desire

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a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to the scholarly organization; based on formal education

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n. a noisy quarrel; contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy

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n. a short account of the amusing or interesting event; short narrative; a secret story of history or biography

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n. one who studies history and science of mankind

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v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin

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v. give as a gift; present

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a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive

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a. having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive

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n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune