SAT 3 Flashcards

(9 cards)

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Perverse

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Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that’s unreasonable or unacceptable

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Precocious

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Gifted, talented, clever

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Fiasco

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A complete failure especially a humiliating one.

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Harass

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Subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation

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Fray

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  • Unravel or become worn at the edge, typically through constant rubbing
  • show affects of strain
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Reprehensible

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Deserving censure or condemnation

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Jurisdiction

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The official power to make legal decisions and judgments

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Revert

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  • return to

- convert to

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Terminate

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Bring to an end

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