SAT 1 Flashcards

(60 cards)

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Affect

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To take on, assume
behaving in an artificial/pretensious way

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Afford

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To grant (to afford an opportunity)

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Appropraite

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To seize

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Arrest

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To put a stop to, halt

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Basic

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Fundamental, essential,

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Bent

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Liking or preference for

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Capacity

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Ability

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Chance

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to attempt

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Check

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to control, limit (efforts were made to check the disease)

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Clear

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Obvious, evident

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Common

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widespread

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Compromise

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to endanger or make vulnerable

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Constitution

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build (A sturdy constitution)

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Conviction

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A strong belief

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Currency

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Acceptance (An idea gains Currency)

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Ecocnomy

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Thrift (an economy pack)

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Element

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component, aspect

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Elevated

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Lofty, high minded, idealistc

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Establish

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To prove, validate (To establish the accuracy of a theory)

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Execute

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To carry out (to execute orders)

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Exercise

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To put into use, carry out a function (an exercise in public relations)

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Exploit

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TO make use of

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Facility

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the ability to do something easily (he had a facility for languages)

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Faculty

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Ability or aptitude

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Fancy
To like
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Fine
Narrow, thin (Fine lines) Delicate elegant Keen, highly attuned
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Fundamental
Basic, essential
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Grave/gravity
Seriousness
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Nature
character, personality
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Observe
to follow (to observe a law)
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Plastic(ity)
Able to be shaped or changed
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Poor
Inferior, substandard, ill
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Provoke
to elicit (To provoke a reaction
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Qualify
To provide more detail, make less extreme
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Range
Scope
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Raw
unrefined, unfiltered
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Realize
to achieve (a goal)
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Reconcile
To bring together opposing idas
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RElate/Relay
To pass on along information
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Reservations
doubts misgivings
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Reserve
to hold off on (to reserve judgement)
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Scale
level (repeat on a large scale)
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scarp
to eliminate
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Sheer
Utter complete
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Sound
Stable valid (A sound argument)
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spare/ severe
Plain, unadorned
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Static
Unchanging
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Store
Reserve, stock (A store of food)
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Strength
Significance
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Sustain
To withstand
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temper
to moderate, make less harsh
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train
to fixate on (to train one's eye)
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treat
to alter
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uniform
constant, unvarying
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unqualified
Absolute
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upset
to interfere with an unexpected outfome
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urge
to argue in favor of
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want
lack
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weight
seriousness importancing
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yield
to reveal (an experiment yields results)