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Flashcards in SAT Core List 3 Deck (41)
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1
Q

Abjure

A

To reject

2
Q

Abstruse

A

Hard to understand

3
Q

Advocate

A

To fight for something

4
Q

Aggregate

A

To gather

5
Q

Aggrieved

A

Injured and distressed

6
Q

Archaic

A

Historical, used in the past

7
Q

Arrogate

A

To take without a reason

8
Q

Auspicious

A

A sign for good things to come

9
Q

Blight

A

Something that destroys hope

10
Q

Canvass

A

Questioning and trying to get or force answers out of people

11
Q

Circumspect

A

Cautious

12
Q

Colossus

A

Something giant

13
Q

Concoct

A

To make (a concoction)

14
Q

Convoluted

A

Complicated

15
Q

Curtail

A

Lessen

16
Q

Delegate

A

To give a task to someone / assign a task

17
Q

Demure

A

Quiet and reserved

18
Q

Discretion

A

Being reserved and under self-control

19
Q

Dissent

A

Disagree

20
Q

Entail

A

Requires as a necessary step or process

21
Q

Fetid

A

Stinky

22
Q

Harrowing

A

Something traumatic and terrible

23
Q

Impute

A

Blame

24
Q

Inchoate

A

Just beginning / recently developed

25
Q

Incumbent

A

Someone holding office

26
Q

Intransigent

A

Refuses to compromise / stubborn

27
Q

Lethargic

A

Sluggish

28
Q

Neophyte

A

Rookie

29
Q

Obtuse

A

Slow at understanding

30
Q

Penultimate

A

Next to last

31
Q

Pertinacious

A

Stubbornly persistent

32
Q

Plethora

A

Surplus

33
Q

Pretense

A

Disguise or deceiving trick

34
Q

Punctilious

A

Disciplined and eager to follow rules

35
Q

Rail

A

Scold

36
Q

Requisition

A

Demand for goods

37
Q

Resplendent

A

Shiny and glowing

38
Q

Superfluous

A

More the necessary

39
Q

Ubiquitous

A

Existing everywhere

40
Q

Veneer

A

Fake attractiveness or appeal

41
Q

Vituperate

A

Scold