Vocabulary For Standardized Tests Word List 12 Template Page 5
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Coterie
clique; small group with common interests
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Denigrate
decry; criticize; belittle
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Empirical
found by experiment or practice
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Gainsay
contradict
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Hyperbole
exaggeration [hyperbolic (a)]
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Modest
1. bashful; unpretentious; 2. not excessive
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Prolixity
wordiness [prolix (a)]
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Rebus
puzzle in which pictures give clues
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Sere
withered; old
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like a fox [compare with bovine (cow-like); porcine
Vulpine
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(pig-like), etc.]
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Corroborate
give supporting evidence [corroboration (n)]
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Exacerbated
made worse [exacerbate (v); exacerbation (n)]
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Exact (v)
to demand; extort
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Faddish
whimsical; following a fashion
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Hapless
unlucky
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Misconstrue
put a wrong interpretation on something
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Perennial
long-lasting
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Rent
torn (past participle of the verb to rend)
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Shard
fragment of pottery
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Xenophobe
person afraid of foreigners
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