ACT/SAT VOCAB- List 2

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Abridgement
A condensed form as of a book or play
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Baleful
Malignant
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Complacent
Pleased or satisfied with oneself
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Detriment
Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss
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Emulate
To imitate with intent to equal or surpass
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Foist
To palm off, to give away to someone else
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Impervious
Impenetrable
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Judiciary
That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice
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Litigious
Quarrelsome
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Obselete
No longer participated or accepted
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Percipient
One who perceives
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Presumption
That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved
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Recapitulate
To repeat again the principle point of
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Rigorous
Uncompromising
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Socalism
A theory of civil politics that aims to secure the reconstruction of society
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Superfluous
Being more than necessary
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Usurp
To take possession by force, bring down a person of authority
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Writhe
To twist the body, face, or limbs as in pain or distress
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Fervor
Ardor or intensity of feeling
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Precipitate
To force forward prematurely