SAT 1 Flashcards by Obi Imegwu

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clarity

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clearness of thought or expression

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cogent

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convincing; reasonable

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cohesive

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condition of sticking together

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compelling

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forceful: urgently demanding attention

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convoluted

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intricate: complex

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didactic

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intended to instruct

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dogmatic

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characterized by a stubborn adherence to insufficiently proved beliefs

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effusive

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describing unrestrained emotional expression: gushy

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emphatic

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expressed with emphasis

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florid

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describing flowery or elaborate speech

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fluid

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easily flowing

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hackneyed

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over-familiar through overuse: trite

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rapport

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a relationship of mutual trust or affinity

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adage

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a wise old saying

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poignant

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profoundly moving, touching

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abstruse

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hard to understand

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arduous

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difficult; painstaking

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futile

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having no useful purpose

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heinous

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hatefully evil: abominable

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impede

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to slow the progress of

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impenetrable

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incapable of being understood

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dilatory

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describing one who habitually delays or is tardy

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enervate

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to weaken the strength or vitality of

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indolent

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lazy

listless

lacking energy; lazy

sedentary

not migratory; settled

soporific

causing sleep or drowsiness

stupor

a state of reduced or suspended sensibility

torpor

laziness: inactivity: dullness

paucity

fewness; and extreme lack of

lament

to express grief: mourn

obsolete

no longer useful; old-fashioned

reticent

reluctant to speak

sanction

an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country

surreptitious

subdued; kept from being circulated

truncated

shortened; cut off

wane

to decrease gradually in intensity; decline

ephemeral

lasting for a markedly brief time

obscure

relatively unknown; concealed or indistinct

tacit

implied but not actually expressed

tenuous

having little substance or strength

timorous

shy: timid

trepidation

uncertainty; apprehension

immutable

not able to be changed

mundane

commonplace; ordinary

prosaic

unimaginative; duff

prudent

exercising good judgment or common sense

tenet

a principle held as being true by a person or an organization

stoic

indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive

austere

somber, stern