SAT Vocabulary

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SAT Vocabulary

• Calhoun High School
• November 2008

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Ratify (RAT-ih-fy)

• Verb
• Approve by formal vote confirm

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Scrupulous (SKROOP-yoo-luss)

• Adjective
• Doing what is right and ethical very thorough

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Tyranny (TEER-uh-nee)

• Noun
• Government based on absolute power or cruelty

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Unprecedented (un-PRESS-ih-dent-ed)

• Adjective
• The first of its kind unique

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Vacillate (VASS-ill-ate)

• Verb
• Move back and forth between choices unable to
  decide.

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Waive (WAVE)

• Verb
• To voluntarily abandon a legal right or
  privilege relinquish or postpone

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Xenophobia (ZEN-uh-foe-bee-uh)

• Noun
• The fear or hatred of anything foreign