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Every SAT Word Has A History Flashcards

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Laconic

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Very brief; concise; SUCCINCT; TERSE

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Draconian

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Characterized by very strict laws, rules, and punishments

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Spartan

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Plain; simple; AUSTERE

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Halcyon

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Idyllically calm and peaceful; an untroubled golden time of happiness and tranquility

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Sophistry

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A plausible but deliberately misleading or FALLACIOUS argument designed to deceive someone

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Chimerical

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Given to fantastic schemes; existing only as a product of an unchecked imagination

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Ostracize

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To deliberately exclude from a group

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Impecunious

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Poor; penniless; NOT AFFLUENT

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Nefarious

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Extremely wicked; villainous; vile

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Jovial

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Good-humored; cheerful; JOCULAR

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Dirge

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A funeral hymn; a slow mournful musical composition

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Maudlin

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Tearful; excessively sentimental

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Quixotic

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Foolishly impractical in the pursuit of ideals; impractical idealism

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Pandemonium

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A wild uproar; tumult

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Martinet

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A strict disciplinarian; a person who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules

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Fiasco

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A complete failure; a DEBACLE

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Bowdlerize

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To remove or delete parts of a book, song or other work that are considered offensive

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Galvanize

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To electrify; to stir into action as if with an electric shock

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Picayune

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Something of small value or importance; petty; trifling

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Gerrymander

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To divide a geographic area into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections

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Maverick

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An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party; a nonconformist

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Juggernaut

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An irresistible/unstoppable force that crushes everything in its path

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Serendipity

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An accidental but fortunate discovery

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Zenith

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The highest point; the peak; APEX

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Nadir

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The lowest point; the bottom

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