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    This document provides a list of 15 vocabulary words with their definitions, including terms like turpitude, punctilious, conflagration, and protégé. It also lists 10 Latin and Greek word stems with their meanings, such as nove/neo/nou meaning new, mon/monit meaning to remind or warn, and peri meaning around.

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    SAT List #14

    1.

    Turpitude (n.): wickedness; depravity

    2. Punctilious (adj.): attentive to details in conduct or action; conscientious 3. Conflagration (n.): a large, destructive fire 4. Protg (n.): a person under the guidance or training of another; apprentice 5. Virulent (adj.): toxic; extremely infectious or poisonous 6. Curmudgeon (n.): a stubborn, ill-tempered person; grouch 7. Gustatory (adj.): relating to the sense of taste 8. Misanthrope (n.): one who hates or mistrusts humankind 9. Malevolent (adj.): having ill will; wishing harm to others 10. Paladin (n.): a heroic champion or leader

    11. Tangential (adj.): merely touching or slightly connected; digressing from the main point 12. 13. Exculpate (v.): to clear of guilt; to declare innocent Squelch (v.): to suppress; to squash

    14.

    Ethereal (adj.): heavenly; celestial; light or airy

    15. Ascetic (n.): a person who renounces material comforts and practices extreme self-denial Stems: 1. Nove/neo/nou: new 2. Mon/monit: to remind or warn 3. Pend/pens: to hang, to weight, to pay 4. Peri: around 5. Phil: to love 6. Scrip/script: to write 7. Ver: true 8. Lect/leg: to select or choose 9. Loc/log/loqu: word, speech 10. Luc/lum/lus: light

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