SAT Flashcards
(42 cards)
1
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Gratuitous
A
Uncalled for
2
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Implausible
A
Unbelievable
3
Q
Eschew
A
Avoid or to shun
4
Q
Stupefying
A
Amazing
5
Q
To weaken or lessen in force
A
Vitiating
6
Q
Appearing true or attractive but false
A
Specious
7
Q
Malevolent
A
Evil
8
Q
Characterized by sexual humor
A
Ribald
9
Q
Having opposing feelings or thoughts about a subject.
A
Ambivalence
10
Q
Propitous
A
Favorable
11
Q
Acceded
A
Agreed to
12
Q
Agree after a change in one’s opinion.
A
Conceded
13
Q
Dull and boring
A
Isipid
14
Q
To add material to
A
Interpolate
15
Q
To unify
A
Consolidate
16
Q
Exceeding moderate limits
A
Inordinate
17
Q
Concise and to the point.
A
Pithy
18
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To prevent
A
Preclude
19
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Veracity and Candor both mean
A
truthfulness and frankness
20
Q
Deceit and trickery
A
Guile
21
Q
Friendly and Sociable
A
Gregarious
22
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Great quantity
A
Profuse
23
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Inutile
A
Not useful
24
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Unwittingly
A
Unknowingly
25
A command or an order
Mandate
26
Articulated and clear cut.
Trechant
27
Superior in quantity
Preponderance
28
Set into the future
Precient
29
To follow or result from.
Ensue
30
Generous
Magnanimous
31
To explode
Fulminate
32
Secure from assault
Inviolate
33
Refer to those who advocate a theory
Proponents
34
Cowardly
Pusillanimous
35
Wide spread
Ubiquitous
36
Based on a whim
Capicious
37
Complaining
Querulous
38
A cure for all ills or problems.
Panceacea
39
Farces
Coerces
40
Penury
Extreme poverty
41
Opulence
Wealth
42
To use wastefully
Squander