MySAT 2 Flashcards

(118 cards)

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rehash

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to present again in a slightly different form

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implicate

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to show that someone is closely related

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enamored

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in a state in which you love

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supercilious

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having or showing the proud and unpleasant attitude of people

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loquacious

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liking to talk

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laconic

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using few words in speech or writing

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effusive

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expressing a lot of emotion

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enervate

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to make very weak

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despondency

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very sad

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defuse

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to make less serious

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equanimity

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calm emotions when dealing with problems

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exhaustive

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very thorough

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vicarious

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experienced by watching

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languorous

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a state of feeling tired

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vituperative

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harsh and angry criticism

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drudgery

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boring, difficult

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transgress

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to disobey a command or law

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litany

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a prayer in a christian church service

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precocious

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having or showing qualities of an adult at an early age.

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alacrity

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a quick and cheerful readiness to do something

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bantering

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talk in which people make jokes

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parcels

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a section or area of land

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imperious

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having or showing the proud attitude when controlling others

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ploy

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a clever trick

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entreaty
a serious request
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flopped
fail completely
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innuendo
a statement hich indirectly usggests that someone has done something immoral
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fizzle
to gradually fail
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stratagem
a trick
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suffice
provide as much as needed
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decry
to say publicly that you regard something bad
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prescient
having an ability to know what will happen before it does
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unequivocal
very clear
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procure
to obtain
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therewith
in addition to
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circumspect
watchful and discreet
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oblong
elongated
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evocative
bringing thoughts
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ominous
threatening
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pedantic
overly concerned with minute details
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blind
a lightly built structure of brush
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chafe
to become annoyed
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pepper
to put something in many places
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hitch
a hidden problem that makes somehing more complicated
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apprehensive
afraid that something bad will happen
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precipitous
done too quickly
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reciprocal
used to describe a relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other
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diatribe
an angry long speech
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explicate
to explain
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tedium
boring
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pundit
a person that knows alot about a particular subject
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elocution
the study of how to speak clearly
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patron
person who gives money to support an organization
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expeditious
acting in a quick way
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facilitate
to make easier
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conciliatory
intended to make someone less angry
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disconcerted
to make upset
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dilatory
to cause delay
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forestall
to stop
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proverbial
widely known
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premeditated
done deliberately
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circumvent
to avoid being stopped
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solipsism
idea that you are the only real thing
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contrivance
something that causes things to happen in a story
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ascribe
to say something is caused by
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incisive
very clear
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accolade
an award
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apparition
a ghost
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idiosyncratic
an unusual way in which a person behaves
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subversive
secretly trying to ruin a government
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anachronistic
misplaced in time
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inscrutable
difficult to understand
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audacious
very confident
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edify
to teach
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disingenuous
not truly honest
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precipitate
happening very quickly
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belligerent
angry
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doff
to remove
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ruff
folded collar of the 16th century
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snide
unkind
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revel
to enjoy
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deliberation
careful thought to make a decision
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rescind
to end
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complacent
satisfied with how things are
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marvel
wonder
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cataclysmic
something that causes destruction
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inconsequential
not important
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inane
stupid
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eccentric
tending to act strange
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inapt
not suitable
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nonchalant
so u are not worried
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magnanimous
generous
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scrupulous
very careful
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discerning
able to see and understand people clearly
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impugn
to criticize
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contentious
wanting to argue
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cosmopolitan
showing an interest in different cultures
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accentuate
to make noticeable
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expansiveness
formal
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monolith
a very large building
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encapsulate
to show the main idea
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insofar as
to the extent
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enjoin
to order
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carp
to complain
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recant
to say u no longer have an opinion about something
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mischance
bad luck
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entomologist
science of insects
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stark
very plain
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lucid
very clear
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benign
not harmful
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intrepid
fearless
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reticence
not willing to tell people
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jocularity
liking to tell jokes
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munificent
very generous
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obeisance
respect for something
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gnaw
to bite
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genuflect
to kneel in respect
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kinks
a small problem