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SAT Vocabulary Flashcards

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Sonorous

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to be rich or loud in sound

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Venerate

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to regard with respect or to honour

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3
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Tenacity

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to have persistent determination

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Apathy

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an indifference

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Arboreal

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Of or like a tree

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Iniquitous

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Immoral

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Breach

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Being broken

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Tumultuous

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Wild and noisy

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Demise

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Dead/ cease to exist

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Anthology

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A collection of poems, stories, songs

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Conduit

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A pipe or or tunnel for water or wires

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Lummox

A

Clumsy, stupid person

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13
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Amenable

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Willing to follow advice

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14
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Laudatory

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Expressing praise

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15
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Ameliorate

A

To improve/ make tolerable

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16
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Avid

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Desirous to the point of greed

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17
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Blasphemy

A

Lack of reverence of God

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18
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Crone

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A withered old woman

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19
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Flailing

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Swinging freely

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20
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Indignant

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Marked with worthiness

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21
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Pallor

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Paleness

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22
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Poppet

A

Guidance of a machine fastened at the bottom

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23
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Vengeance

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punishment for offense

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24
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Wily

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Sneaky

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25
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Abundant

A

A lot of

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Auger

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A snake or carpenter’s tool

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27
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Deposition

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Removal from office

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28
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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness

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29
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Gait

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A manner of walking

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30
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Imperceptible

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Subtle

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31
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Incredulously

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Disbelief

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32
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Plaintiff

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A complaining person or a person that brings a suit to court

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33
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Vestry

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A room or building attached to a church

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34
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Wrath

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Anger

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35
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Agape

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Open-mouthed

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36
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Beguile

A

Influenced by trickery

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37
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Cleave

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To cling or remain faithful

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38
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Disputation

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Debate

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39
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Excommunication

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To expel from a membership

40
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Gaunt

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Boney or thin

41
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Gibbet

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The gallows

42
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Indictment

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Any cause for blame

43
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Reprieve

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To delay a punishment

44
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Sibilance

A

Any sound involving the consonants s, t or c

45
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Edify

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to instruct morally and spiritually

46
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Maladroit

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awkward or tactless

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Querulous

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inclined to whine and complain

48
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Diminutive

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little or small

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Felicitous

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pleasant or well fitting

50
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Meticulous

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showing extreme attention or care to detaills

51
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Diabolical

A

evil

52
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Glower

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stare angrily

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Abomination

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disgust or cause of disgust

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Conjured

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to summon supernaturally

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Contention

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striving in debate or rivalry

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Deference

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courteous or yielding to opinion

57
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Innate

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possessed at birth or inborn

58
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Licentious

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lacking moral discipline

59
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Manifestation

A

the presence of something or reality

60
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Paradox

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contrary to expectation

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Prodigious

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being an omen

62
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Vindictive

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disposed to seek revenge

63
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Ideology

A

visionary theorizing

64
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Floundering

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to struggle or move to obtain footing

65
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Adamant

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hardest metal, diamonds

66
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Conciliatory

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unite or win over

67
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Daft

A

stupid

68
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Dissemble

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to hide under a false appearance

69
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Faction

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the act of making up

70
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Smirched

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to make dirty or stain

71
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Tainted

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to color or influence

72
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Ameliorate

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to make better or more tolerable

73
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Affidavit

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A written statement confirmed by oath, for use as evidence in court.

74
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Contempt

A

The feeling that a person or thing is below consideration or worthless.

75
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Abhorred

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Hated

76
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Adept

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Skilled

77
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Adroit

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Skillful

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Aggrandizement

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High praise

79
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Annihilated

A

Completely destroyed

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Argot

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Secret slang

81
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Ascended

A

Rise up

82
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Asinine

A

Inexcusably stupid

83
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Audibly

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Aloud

84
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Azure

A

Blue like a clear sky

85
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Beseeched

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Pleaded with

86
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Bolted

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Suddenly moved/ dashed

87
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Brooded

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Thought gloomily about

88
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Bustle

A

Noisy activity

89
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Catipulating

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Giving in

90
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Coerced

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Forced

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Candid

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Straightforward

92
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Conjecture

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Inference or guesswork

93
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Didactic

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Instructive

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Effusive

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Overflowing (emotion)

95
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Euphemism

A

A mild term for a harsh, blunt one

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