Sat List 7and 8 Flashcards

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Electic

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Selecting or choosing from various sources; a person who derives ideas, style or taste from abroad and diverse range of sources

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Ec-, ex- ecto-

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Out, outside of, from

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Expedient

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An action that is convenient and practical but possibly improper or immoral; am action that is suitable or appropriate ; ex. Cheating

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Garble

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To reproduce a message sound or very unclear and confusing

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Inevitable

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Going to happen no matter what

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Jargon

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Special words or expressions that are peculiar trade or group

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Quixotic

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Impulsive and often rashly unpredictable; not practical ex. using all your money in 2012 end of the world

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Apocryphal

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Doubtful authenticity , although widely circulated as being true

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Arduously

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Involving or recruiting strenuous effort; hard to endure

ex. books

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Dia-

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Passing though

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Prodigal

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Spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wasteful and extravagant: giving or yielding profusely

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Aesthetic

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concerned with beauty or the appreciation of it; of pleasing appearance; a set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement

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gratuitous

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uncalled for; lacking good reason; warranted; given or done free of charge

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heinous

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a person, thing, or action that is utterly odious, repulsive or wicked

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irony

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state of affairs or an even t that seems deliberately contrary or to opposite of what one expects and is often amusing

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mundane

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lacking interest or excitement; dull; of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual world

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rhetoric

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the art of effective of persuasive speaking or writing especially the use of figures of speech or other computational techniques language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience but is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content

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satire

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the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or voices, particularly in the context of politics and other topical issues

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blashemous

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insults a persons beliefs

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virtolic

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language or writing that is very cruel and angry and intended to hurt someone’s feelings

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diatribe

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a very serious speech that has anger

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tirade

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an angry speech that is long

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vilify

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not considered a crime or not a word dealing with criminal activity; abusive language as well as slandering

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slander

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since it is considered a crime it is used in a forum where speech is not permitted in a damaging sense

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verbose
suggests that a person is too descrescriptive
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garrulous
excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
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ambiguity
uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language; a lack of decisiveness or commitment resulting from a failure to make a choice between alternatives; open to more than one interpretations; having double meaning ex. a vague direction for an essay
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captulate
cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender; the action of surrendering
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enhance
intensify, increase or further improve the quality value or extent of (synonyms are improve or boost)
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expedite
make an action or process happen sooner to be accomplished more quickly ex. expedite shipping
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extricate
free someone or something from constraint or difficulty (synonym is rescue)
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innocuous
not harmful or offensive
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emanate
something abstract perceptible that issues or spreads out from a source; originate from give out or emit something (synonym is originate)
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solicit
to ask for something from someone
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squander
waste something especially time in reckless or foolish manner
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tentative
not certain or fixed; provisional; done with no confidence
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undermine
to damage or weaken someone or something (antonyms are strengthen and glorify)
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emulate
match or surpass a person or achievement typically by imitation
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indifference
lack of interest
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regelate
dismiss to inferior rank or position
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repudiate
to refuse to accept or to associate with; deny the truth or validly of
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rescind
revoke, cancel, or repeal a law, order or agreement