lsat terminology

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Seldom

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Not often; rarely

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Tantamount

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Same as; equivalent to

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Extrapolate

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To predict from given information

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Admonish

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Warn or urge (someone) firmly

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Ascription

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Belief/claim that something was said

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Aversion

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A strong dislike

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Cogent

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Compelling or persuasive

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Convoluted

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Too complicated to follow

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Disdain

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Lack of respect or intense dislike

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Disparate

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Completely different

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Engender

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To create or make about

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Equivocal

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More than one interpretation; ambiguous

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Fastidious

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Very attentive to or extremely detailed

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Obstinate

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Stubbornly refusing to change one’s beliefs

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Preclude

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To prevent from happening or make it impossible

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Primordial

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Existing at or from the beginning of time; basic or fundamental

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Putative

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Generally considered or reputed to be

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Rendering

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The process of making or extracting something

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Underlie

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The foundation, cause, or basis

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Underscore

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To emphasize

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Undertake

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To take on a task or responsibility

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Dearth

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Lack of something

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Reinforce

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To strengthen or support

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Derivative

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Something that is based on another source; spin-off

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Laudable

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Deserving praise; admirable

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Subversive

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Intending to overthrow or destroy (an existing system)

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Extant

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Currently existing; remaining

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Chronicle

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A written record of historical events

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Incongruity

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Out of place; odd

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Conducive

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Good for; tending to promote or assist

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Phantom

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a ghost; a figment of imagination or delusion

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Bestow

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Give/grant/honor

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Inextricably

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In a way that's impossible to separate

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Eschew

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To avoid something, or to give something up

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Linchpin

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something/someone that holds something together; backbone

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Accede

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Approval or give consent

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Defy

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To resist or oppose it

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Abhor

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To hate or be disgusted

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Preeminent

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More important or powerful than others

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Impugning

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Call into question

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Adversaries

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Opponents or enemies