SAT Care List 19 Flashcards by Paige Min

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abet

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to aid, help, encourage

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acumen

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keen insight

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altercation

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to dispute, fight

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annul

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to make voice or invalid

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apocryphal

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functions, false, wrong

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arable

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suitable for growing crops

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battery

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assault, beating

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bilk

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to cheat, defraud

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canvas

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a piece of cloth on which an artist paints

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capricious

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subject to whim, fickle

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cavort

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to leap about, behave boisterously

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clemency

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mercy

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complement

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to complete, make perfect

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congruity

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the quality of being in agreement

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consonant

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in harmony

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debunk

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to expose the falseness of something

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deft

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skillful, capable

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depravity

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wickedness

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discursive

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rambling, lacking order

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dispel

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to drive away, scatter

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elated

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overjoyed, thrilled

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encumber

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to weigh down, burden

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fabricate

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to make up, invent

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facade

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the wall of a building

facile

superficial, achieved with minimal thought or care, insincere

fastidious

meticulous, demanding, having high an often unattainable standards

grievous

injurious, hurtful, serious or grave in nature

iconoclast

one who attacks common beliefs or institutions

impinge

to impact, affect, make an impression

impregnable

resistant to capture or penetration

insolent

rude, arrogant, overbearing

intractable

difficult to manipulate, unmanageable

malediction

a curse

moderate

not extreme

mundane

concerned with the world rather than with heaven, commonplace

nadir

the lowest point of something

odious

instilling hatred or intense displeasure

perfidious

disloyal, unfaithful

pinnacle

the highest point

promulgate

to proclaim, make known

propitious

favorable

rectitude

uprightness, extreme morality

reprehensible

deserving rebuke

repudiate

to reject, refuse to accept

scrupulous

painstaking, careful

spurious

false but designed to seem plausible

travesty

a grossly inferior imitation

tremulous

fearful

usurp

to seize by force, take possession of without right

vex

to confuse or annoy

vitriolic

having a caustic quality

winsome

charming, pleasing