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SAT Mix Flashcards

1
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Ambivalence

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lack of clarity, wavering, being undecided

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Cantankerous

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bad-tempered, quarrelsome

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Exemplify

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to serve as a good example

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Impecunious

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having no money, penniless

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Lucid

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clear

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Precipice

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steep slope

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Salubrious

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health-giving

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Truant

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shirker, someone absent without permission

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Ambulatory

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able to walk around (used of hospital patients)

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Capacious

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spacious

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Exhaustive

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complete and thorough

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Impious

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wicked, profane # pious = religious

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Precipitous

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done in a hurry

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Salutary

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something which teaches you a lesson, beneficial

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Capitulate

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surrender, give in to

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Exonerates

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acquits, absolves, removes blame

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Lukewarm

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  1. unenthusiastic

2. neither hot nor cold

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Ossify

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  1. turn to bone

2. become fixed and rigid

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Preclude

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prevent or make impossible

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Sanctimonious

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hypocritically holy

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Tumult

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uproar, noise

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Desist

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stop, discontinue, cease

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Impromptu

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unrehearsed, spontaneous

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Lummox

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clumsy person

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Ostentatious

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showy

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Precocious

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developing early

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Sanction

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give approval to

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Turpitude

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depravity

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Amiable

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friendly (amigo)

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Cartographer

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map-maker

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Despondent

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having no hope, miserable

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Expatriate

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refugee, emigrant, someone living away from his own country

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33
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Inadvertent

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not intentional

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34
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Luscious

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juicy, moist, succulent

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Oust

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push out of a position

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Sanguinary

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bloodthirsty, bloody

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Tyro

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novice, beginner, neophyte, tenderfoot

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38
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Amity

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friendship (amigo)

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39
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Castigate

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scold strongly

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Destitution

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hardship, poverty, misery (destitute)

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Expedient

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convenient, practical

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42
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Incantation

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chant, invocation, prayer

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43
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Overt

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obvious, not hidden

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44
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Predicament

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dilemma, difficult situation

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45
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Sanguine

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optimistic, cheerful

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46
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Armorphous

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lacking in shape

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47
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Cartharsis

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purging of pent-up emotions

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48
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Expedite

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make faster

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49
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Incarceration

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putting in prison (incarcerate)

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50
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Machinations

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plots and plans

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51
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Overwrought

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worked up, in an emotional state

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52
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Preeminent

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famous, outstanding

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53
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Sardonic

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mocking

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54
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Unalloyed

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undiluted, total

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55
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Analgesic

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medicine to combat pain

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56
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Caucus

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type of private political meeting

57
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Deteriorate

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worsen, decline

58
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Exposition

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clear explanation

59
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Incessant

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without stopping

60
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Palatable

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good to eat; agreeable

61
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Prerogative

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right or privilege

62
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Savant

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person with knowledge

63
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Unctuous

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oily, using excessive flattery

64
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Analogous

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comparable (analogy)

65
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Caustic

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burning

66
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Extol

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praise

67
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Incipient

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just beginning

68
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Magnanimous

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generous, big-hearted

69
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Palisade

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fence made of posts

70
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Prescient

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having fore-knowledge

71
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Scale

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to clime (scale a mountain)

72
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Undermined

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damaged, attacked, weakened

73
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Anarchy

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chaos, lack of government

74
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Cavalcade

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procession of vehicles

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Devoured

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greedily eaten/consumed

76
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Extradite

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deport from one country back to the home country

77
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Inclination

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tendency, a leaning toward

78
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Magnate

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powerful businessman

79
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Palliative

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a remedy that improves but doesn’t cure

80
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Presentiment

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a feeling that something might happen

81
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Scapegoat

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person on whom blame is placed for faults of others

82
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Underscore

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emphasize (underline to emphasize)

83
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Anecdote

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a brief amusing story

84
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Celerity

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speed

85
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Dexterous

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skillful with hands

86
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Extraneous

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irrelevant

87
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Maladroit

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clumsy, unskillful # adroit

88
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Pallid

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pale

89
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Presumptuous

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assuming too much, arrogant

90
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Scrupulous

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careful, diligent, painstaking

91
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Unequivocal

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clear, obvious

92
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Animosity

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hatred, antagonism

93
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Censorious

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disapproving, critical

94
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Dichotomy

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a division into two parts

95
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Extrapolate

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extend, predict on the basis of known data

96
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Incongruous

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not fitting in, out of place

97
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Malady

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illness (malaria)

98
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Palpable

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easily felt, easily perceived

99
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Pretentious

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pompous, self-important

100
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Scrutinize

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examine carefully

101
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Unfetter

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set free

102
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Annex (n)

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a building which si an addition to an existing building

103
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Censure

A

blame

104
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Didactic

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intended to teach, instructive

105
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Extrinsic

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irrelevant, on the outside

106
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Inconsequential

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unimportant, insignificant, negligible

107
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Malediction

A

a curse

108
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Panacea

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remedy for all ills

109
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Prevaricate

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speak misleadingly and evasively

110
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Scuttle

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sink

111
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Unfrock

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to remove a priest from his position

112
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Cerebral

A

intellectual

113
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Diffident

A

lacking confidence

114
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Fallacious

A

false

115
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Inconspicuous

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not easily seen, subtle, not noticeable

116
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Malefactor

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a wrong-doer

117
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Paradigm

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  1. example
  2. model
  3. way of looking at things
118
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Pristine

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unspoiled

119
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Seminary

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an institution in which priests are trained

120
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Anomaly

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something which does not fit in a pattern, irregularity

121
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Certitude

A

certainty

122
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Digress

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wander off the subject

123
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Falter

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hesitate, waver

124
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Indelible

A

cannot be wiped out

125
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Malinger

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deliberately avoid work, shirk

126
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Paradox

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apparently contradictory statement

127
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Proclivity

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tendency towards

128
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Sensuous

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appealing to the senses

129
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Unscathed

A

unharmed, intact, without a scratch

130
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Antagonism

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hostility, strong opposition

131
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Charlatan

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trickster who claims knowledge he doesn’t have

132
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Dike

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dam, embankment

133
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Fanatical

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obsessive, fixated

134
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Indifferent

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  1. neutral

2. not outstanding

135
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Malingerer

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person who deliberately tries to avoid work

136
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Paragon

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a perfect example

137
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Sentinel

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guard, sentry

138
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Unwitting

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not deliberate, unconscious

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