Vocabulary Power Plus for SAT/ACT - Book 3 - Lesson Fourteen
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bombast
impressive but meaningless language
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orthography
correct spelling
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paleontology
a science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils
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recoil
to retreat; to draw back
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panache
self-confidence; a showy manner
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saturnine
gloomy; sluggish
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endemic
confined to a particular country or area
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mendacious
lying; false; deceitful
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obviate
to prevent; to get around
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aggrandize
to increase the range of; to expand; to make appear larger
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paroxysm
a sudden outburst; a fit
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deign
to lower oneself before an inferior
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flaunt
to show off
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shibboleth
a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as of a particular group
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elicit
to draw forth; to call forth
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