SAT Flashcards

1
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Gratuitous

A

Uncalled for

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2
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Implausible

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Unbelievable

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3
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Eschew

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Avoid or to shun

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4
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Stupefying

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Amazing

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5
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To weaken or lessen in force

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Vitiating

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6
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Appearing true or attractive but false

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Specious

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7
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Malevolent

A

Evil

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8
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Characterized by sexual humor

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Ribald

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9
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Having opposing feelings or thoughts about a subject.

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Ambivalence

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10
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Propitous

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Favorable

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11
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Acceded

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Agreed to

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12
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Agree after a change in one’s opinion.

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Conceded

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13
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Dull and boring

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Isipid

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14
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To add material to

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Interpolate

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15
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To unify

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Consolidate

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16
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Exceeding moderate limits

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Inordinate

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17
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Concise and to the point.

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Pithy

18
Q

To prevent

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Preclude

19
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Veracity and Candor both mean

A

truthfulness and frankness

20
Q

Deceit and trickery

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Guile

21
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Friendly and Sociable

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Gregarious

22
Q

Great quantity

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Profuse

23
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Inutile

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Not useful

24
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Unwittingly

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Unknowingly

25
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A command or an order

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Mandate

26
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Articulated and clear cut.

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Trechant

27
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Superior in quantity

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Preponderance

28
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Set into the future

A

Precient

29
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To follow or result from.

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Ensue

30
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Generous

A

Magnanimous

31
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To explode

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Fulminate

32
Q

Secure from assault

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Inviolate

33
Q

Refer to those who advocate a theory

A

Proponents

34
Q

Cowardly

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Pusillanimous

35
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Wide spread

A

Ubiquitous

36
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Based on a whim

A

Capicious

37
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Complaining

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Querulous

38
Q

A cure for all ills or problems.

A

Panceacea

39
Q

Farces

A

Coerces

40
Q

Penury

A

Extreme poverty

41
Q

Opulence

A

Wealth

42
Q

To use wastefully

A

Squander