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  • n  the property of being close together

  • They may hope to gain some pleasure from mere propinquity, and also from helping young people in wholly admirable ways.
  • But propinquity and persistence eventually triumphed over zoology.
  • Fourteen people have died as a result of that lethal propinquity.
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  • SAT Focuses on Achievement
    Attention, high school freshmen. If you’re planning to take the SAT in two years, you probably won’t need to memorize the definitions of words like obsequious, propinquity, enervation or lachrymose.
    April 17, 2014 - Valley News
  • SAT redesign: Focus on relevant vocabulary, algebra
    Students taking the new SAT in two years likely won't have to worry about obscure or rarely used vocabulary words -- so long obsequious , propinquity and enervation. Instead, the revamped exam will test their knowledge of "high-utility" words whose meanings can be found in context, according to details of the redesigned SAT released this morning.
    April 16, 2014 - Orlando Sentinel
  • SAT's redesign: Obscure vocabulary to be replaced by relevant words, math to focus most on algebra
    Students taking the new SAT in two years likely won't have to worry about obscure or rarely used vocabulary words -- so long obsequious , propinquity and enervation. Instead, the revamped exam will test their knowledge of "high-utility" words whose meanings can be found in context, according to details of the redesigned SAT released this morning.
    April 16, 2014 - Orlando Sentinel

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