SAT Direct Flashcards

(35 cards)

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Profusion

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Abundant

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Filial

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Relating to son or daughter

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Avuncular

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Pertaining to uncle

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Convival

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Eating or drinking companion

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Cacophonous

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Harsh or discordant sound

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Syncopated

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Cut short, abbreviated

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7
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Vehement

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Zealous, enthused

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful

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Flippant

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Lacking in seriousness, disrespectful

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Caustic

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Capable of burning, destroying living tissue

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Exonerate

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To free from duty, to relieve

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Ameliorate

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To make better, improve

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Eccentric

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Odd, peculiar

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Apathetic

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Having or showing little or no emotion

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Bewildered

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Completely puzzled or perplexed

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Faculty

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Ability for a particular kind of action, knack

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Exacerbate

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Increase severity, bitterness; to irritate

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Recondite

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Profound, beyond ordinary knowledge

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Apprehend

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To understand, grasp the meaning of

20
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Consummate

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To bring it to a state of perfection

21
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Wistful

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Pensive sadness

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Deride

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Bombast

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Inflated, pretentious speaking

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Blather

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Foolish speaking

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Exasperate
To irritate, provoke, annoy
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Rumination
Wonder
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Munificent
Generous
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Moribund
Dying state, stagnant
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Spurious
Counterfeit, not genuine
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Avant-Garde
Unorthodox, daring
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Auspicious
Fortunate
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Nonplussed
Perplexed
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Beguiled
Influence by trickery
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Hapless
Unlucky
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Complicit
Illegal/questionable action