SAT HIT PARADE (PG-239,240) Flashcards by Nuzaima Nawrin

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animosity

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resentment; hostility; ill will

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deplete

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to use up; to reduce; to lessen

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stringent

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strict; restrictive

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lethargy

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sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness

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amity

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friendship

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voluminous

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very large; spacious

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hackneyed

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banal; overused

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fickle

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capricious; whimsical; unpredictable

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auspicious

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favorable; promising; pointing to good result

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amass

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to accumulate

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willful

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deliberate; obstinate

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trepidation

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fear; apprehension; nervous trembling

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bastion

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stronghold; fortress

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desecrate

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to profane a holy place

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vehement

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urgent; passionate

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fortuitous

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accidental; ocuring by chance

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assuage

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to soothe; to pacify

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prodigious

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extraordinary; enormous

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torpor

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sluggishness; inactivity

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furtive

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secretive

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supercilious

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haughty; patronizing

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prudent

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careful; having foresight

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verbose

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wordy; overly talkative

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pedestrian

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common; ordinary; banal

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innocuous

harmless; banal

fanatic

one who is extremely devoted to a cause or idea

enhance

to make better; to augment

retract

to take back; to withdraw

ambiguous

unclear in meaning; confusing

paucity

scarcity

rescind

to repeal; to take back formally

subtle

not obvious

zealous

fervent; enthusiastically devoted to something

compliant

yielding; submissive

benign

gentle; not harmful

emulate

to strive to equal or excel

innumerable

too many to number or count; many

meander

to wander slowly

authoritarian

like a dictator

brawn

bulk; muscles

contrite

deeply apologetic; remorseful

exemplify

to serve as an example of

facilitate

to make easier

hypothetical

uncertain; unproven

recalcitrant

stubbornly defiant of authority or control

ambulatory

able to walk; walking

diffident

timid; lacking in self confidence

nullify

to make unimportant

drone

to talk on an on in a dull way

gullible

overly trusting; willing to believe anything

marred

damaged; bruised

parsimony

stinginess

propriety

properness; good manners

rejuvenate

to make young and strong again

skeptical

doubting

tenacious

tough; hard to defeat

animated

alive; moving

authentic

real

bias

prejudice; tendency; tilt

blithe

carefree; cheerful

dearth

to lack of; scarcity

divert

to change the direction of; to amuse

enthrall

to thrill

heed

to listen to

hindrance

an obstruction; an annoying delay

irascible

irritable

merger

a joining or marriage

nostalgia

a sentimental longing for the past; homesickness

pretentious

pompous; self important

saccharine

sweet; excessively or disgustingly sweet

stanza

a section of a poem; a verse

venerate

to revere;

vilify

to say vile things about; to defame