SAT Mix Flashcards
(138 cards)
1
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Ambivalence
A
lack of clarity, wavering, being undecided
2
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Cantankerous
A
bad-tempered, quarrelsome
3
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Exemplify
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to serve as a good example
4
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Impecunious
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having no money, penniless
5
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Lucid
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clear
6
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Precipice
A
steep slope
7
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Salubrious
A
health-giving
8
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Truant
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shirker, someone absent without permission
9
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Ambulatory
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able to walk around (used of hospital patients)
10
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Capacious
A
spacious
11
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Exhaustive
A
complete and thorough
12
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Impious
A
wicked, profane # pious = religious
13
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Precipitous
A
done in a hurry
14
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Salutary
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something which teaches you a lesson, beneficial
15
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Capitulate
A
surrender, give in to
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Exonerates
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acquits, absolves, removes blame
17
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Lukewarm
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- unenthusiastic
2. neither hot nor cold
18
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Ossify
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- turn to bone
2. become fixed and rigid
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Preclude
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prevent or make impossible
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Sanctimonious
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hypocritically holy
21
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Tumult
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uproar, noise
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Desist
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stop, discontinue, cease
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Impromptu
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unrehearsed, spontaneous
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Lummox
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clumsy person
25
Ostentatious
showy
26
Precocious
developing early
27
Sanction
give approval to
28
Turpitude
depravity
29
Amiable
friendly (amigo)
30
Cartographer
map-maker
31
Despondent
having no hope, miserable
32
Expatriate
refugee, emigrant, someone living away from his own country
33
Inadvertent
not intentional
34
Luscious
juicy, moist, succulent
35
Oust
push out of a position
36
Sanguinary
bloodthirsty, bloody
37
Tyro
novice, beginner, neophyte, tenderfoot
38
Amity
friendship (amigo)
39
Castigate
scold strongly
40
Destitution
hardship, poverty, misery (destitute)
41
Expedient
convenient, practical
42
Incantation
chant, invocation, prayer
43
Overt
obvious, not hidden
44
Predicament
dilemma, difficult situation
45
Sanguine
optimistic, cheerful
46
Armorphous
lacking in shape
47
Cartharsis
purging of pent-up emotions
48
Expedite
make faster
49
Incarceration
putting in prison (incarcerate)
50
Machinations
plots and plans
51
Overwrought
worked up, in an emotional state
52
Preeminent
famous, outstanding
53
Sardonic
mocking
54
Unalloyed
undiluted, total
55
Analgesic
medicine to combat pain
56
Caucus
type of private political meeting
57
Deteriorate
worsen, decline
58
Exposition
clear explanation
59
Incessant
without stopping
60
Palatable
good to eat; agreeable
61
Prerogative
right or privilege
62
Savant
person with knowledge
63
Unctuous
oily, using excessive flattery
64
Analogous
comparable (analogy)
65
Caustic
burning
66
Extol
praise
67
Incipient
just beginning
68
Magnanimous
generous, big-hearted
69
Palisade
fence made of posts
70
Prescient
having fore-knowledge
71
Scale
to clime (scale a mountain)
72
Undermined
damaged, attacked, weakened
73
Anarchy
chaos, lack of government
74
Cavalcade
procession of vehicles
75
Devoured
greedily eaten/consumed
76
Extradite
deport from one country back to the home country
77
Inclination
tendency, a leaning toward
78
Magnate
powerful businessman
79
Palliative
a remedy that improves but doesn't cure
80
Presentiment
a feeling that something might happen
81
Scapegoat
person on whom blame is placed for faults of others
82
Underscore
emphasize (underline to emphasize)
83
Anecdote
a brief amusing story
84
Celerity
speed
85
Dexterous
skillful with hands
86
Extraneous
irrelevant
87
Maladroit
clumsy, unskillful # adroit
88
Pallid
pale
89
Presumptuous
assuming too much, arrogant
90
Scrupulous
careful, diligent, painstaking
91
Unequivocal
clear, obvious
92
Animosity
hatred, antagonism
93
Censorious
disapproving, critical
94
Dichotomy
a division into two parts
95
Extrapolate
extend, predict on the basis of known data
96
Incongruous
not fitting in, out of place
97
Malady
illness (malaria)
98
Palpable
easily felt, easily perceived
99
Pretentious
pompous, self-important
100
Scrutinize
examine carefully
101
Unfetter
set free
102
Annex (n)
a building which si an addition to an existing building
103
Censure
blame
104
Didactic
intended to teach, instructive
105
Extrinsic
irrelevant, on the outside
106
Inconsequential
unimportant, insignificant, negligible
107
Malediction
a curse
108
Panacea
remedy for all ills
109
Prevaricate
speak misleadingly and evasively
110
Scuttle
sink
111
Unfrock
to remove a priest from his position
112
Cerebral
intellectual
113
Diffident
lacking confidence
114
Fallacious
false
115
Inconspicuous
not easily seen, subtle, not noticeable
116
Malefactor
a wrong-doer
117
Paradigm
1. example
2. model
3. way of looking at things
118
Pristine
unspoiled
119
Seminary
an institution in which priests are trained
120
Anomaly
something which does not fit in a pattern, irregularity
121
Certitude
certainty
122
Digress
wander off the subject
123
Falter
hesitate, waver
124
Indelible
cannot be wiped out
125
Malinger
deliberately avoid work, shirk
126
Paradox
apparently contradictory statement
127
Proclivity
tendency towards
128
Sensuous
appealing to the senses
129
Unscathed
unharmed, intact, without a scratch
130
Antagonism
hostility, strong opposition
131
Charlatan
trickster who claims knowledge he doesn't have
132
Dike
dam, embankment
133
Fanatical
obsessive, fixated
134
Indifferent
1. neutral
| 2. not outstanding
135
Malingerer
person who deliberately tries to avoid work
136
Paragon
a perfect example
137
Sentinel
guard, sentry
138
Unwitting
not deliberate, unconscious
