SAT Flashcards

(33 cards)

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Abash

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(V.) embarrass

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Abase

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(V.) lower, humiliate

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Abate

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(V.) subside; decrease, lesson

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Abbreviate

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(V.) shorten

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Abdicate

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(V.) renounce; give up

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Abduction

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(N.) kidnapping

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Aberrant

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(N.) abnormal or deviant

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Abet

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(V.) aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

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Abhor

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(V.) detest; hate

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Abject

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(Adj.) wretched; lacking pride

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Abjure

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(V.) renounce upon oath

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Abnegation

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(N.) repudiation; self-sacrifice

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Abolish

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(V.) cancel; put an end to

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Abominable

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(Adj.) detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

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Aboriginal

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(Adj.) (N.) being the first of its kind in a region; native.

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Abortive

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(Adj.) unsuccessful; fruitless

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Tedious

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(Adj.) Long and tiresome 冗長乏味

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Improvisational

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(N.) act of improvising 即興的

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Spare

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(V.) (N.) (Adj.) to refrain from harming or destroying; show consideration for; be frugal; kept in reserve, as for possible use; scant

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Garnish

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Commonplace

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Ordinary, uninteresting, trite

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Empathy

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The imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or with if art, feelings it attitudes present in oneself
移情作用,神入

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Insightful

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Perceptive 具洞察力的

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Ornate

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Embellished with rhetoric; elaborately adorned, often excessively or showily so

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Edify
To instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually
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Profuse
Abundant, extravagant
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Terse
Neatly or effectively concise
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Authentic
Not false or copied, genuine
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Effusive
Unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve, overflowing 感情橫溢的,流出的
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Abstemious
Sparing, characterized by abstinence 有節制的,節省的,簡樸的
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Unpalatable
Unpleasant to the taste, disagreeable or unacceptable
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Decrepit
Weakened by old age, worn out by long use 衰老的
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Somnolent
Sleepy tending to cause sleep