SAT top words Flashcards
(188 cards)
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Aesthete
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—one who appreciates and seeks beauty, art, or pleasure.
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Alacrity
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—cheerful readiness HITRINA, ZIVAHNOST
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Aphorism
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—a wise saying; an adage
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Appropriate (v.)
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—to take another’s property as one’s own
- PRISVOJITI, ODREDITI, OPREDIJELITI
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Arable
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—able to be cultivated; farmable
- OBRADIV, PLODAN
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Arboreal
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—relating to trees
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Asylum
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—a safe place to practice one’s religion or follow one’s convictions
- AZIL, UTOCISTE
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Auspicious
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—foretelling well for the future
- SRETAN, POVOLJAN
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Avant-garde
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—cutting-edge; new; experimental
- NAPREDNO, ONO STO PROBIJA NORME DRUSTVA I TRAZI REVOLUCIONARNE VRIJEDNOSTI
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Behemoth
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—a huge animal; something of
great size or power
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Bequest
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—a gift upon one’s death
- NASLIJEDSTVO
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Breadth
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—a range or scope
- SIRINA
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Brook (v.)
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—to endure; to put up with
- SNOSITI, TRPJETI
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Bungle
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—to mess up
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Byzantine
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—ornate, fancy
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Celerity
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—cheerful speed
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Cerebral
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—intellectual
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Chagrin
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—embarrassment
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Circumscribed
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—defined or limited; isolated
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Cloying
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—oversweet
- PRESITITI
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Confound
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—to confuse; to perplex; to
befuddle
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befuddle
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ZBUNITI
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Conjecture
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—a guess
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Constituents
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—voters
- SASTOJCI, BIRACI
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Consummate
—complete; perfect
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Convoluted
—complicated, complex
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Crude
—rude; lacking refinement
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Curtail
—to cut short; abridge
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Debased
—morally low; base
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Decorous
—having propriety
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Denuded
—made ineffective or infertile
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Desultory
—aimless; lacking a plan or
purpose
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Didactic
—relating to instruction, lecturing
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Dilatory
—lacking goals or purpose; aimless
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Din
—noise
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Dirge
—a funeral song
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Discomfited
—embarrassed; disconcerted
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Discretionary
—based on personal choice;showing prudence
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Disingenuous
—dishonest; crafty
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Disposed
—behaviorally inclined
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Divine
—heavenly; godly
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Edifice
—a building
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Effigy
—a crude likeness of a loathed person
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Egregious
—blatantly wrong
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Elusive
—hard to grasp; escaping; evasive
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Emollient
—a soothing lotion
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Empirical
—based on data, evidence, and/or experiments
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Enervate
—to drain of energy; to weaken
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Enfranchise
—to free from slavery; to bestow the right to vote
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Epitaph
—words inscribed on a tomb
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Espouse
—to support
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Expurgate
—to delete obscene or other
undesirable material from a text
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Extant
—existing
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Fabrication
—a lie
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Facile
—easy
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Felicitous
—suitable; pleasant
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Feral
—savage; wild
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renown
Slava
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Galvanize
—to incite; to arouse to action
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Gaunt
—thin; haggard
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Gingerly
—carefully
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Grovel
—to beg or plead; to crawl; to behave subordinately
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Hapless
—ill fated; unfortunate; unlucky
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Harbinger
—a messenger; an omen
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Hermetic
—sealed in an airtight manner
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Histrionic
—over theatrical; melodramatic
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Hubris
—excessive pride
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Inanimate
—not living
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Incantation
—a calling out for inspiration or
guidance; an invocation
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Inchoate
—not fully formed
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Incisive
—harsh; cutting; vitriolic
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Incumbent
—one who holds political office
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Indelible
—unable to be erased; permanent
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Ineffable
—incapable of expression in words
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Inexorable
—steadfast; resolute
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Inflammatory
—likely to excite rage or disorder
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Insular
—isolated; remote
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Intemperate
—excessive; immoderate
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Interlocutor
—one who participates in conversation or dialogue
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Intractable
—hard to manage or control
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Jaded
—bored from too much pleasure or overindulgence
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Jingoism
—aggressive touting of one’s
patriotism
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Juggernaut
—relentless force
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Juxtapose
—to place things side by side for the sake of comparing
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Kinetic
—relating to motion and energy
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Legion
—a very large number
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Leviathon
—a subaquatic, mythological sea
creature; something huge
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Licentious
—morally lax
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Melee
—a hand-to-hand fight involving
several participants
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Milieu
—environment
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Myopic
—short-sighted
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Naivete
—lack of experience or sophistication
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Nihilism
—a philosophical belief involving the rejection of established values and morality
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Nondescript
—featureless; hard to describe
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Nonplussed
—confused to the point of being unable to act or speak
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Obfuscate
—to obscure the meaning of
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Obliged
—forced; made to do something because of conscience or obligation
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Oblique
—indirect; slanted
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Olfactory
—relating to the sense of smell
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Onerous
—burdensome
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Opprobrium
—disgrace, disapproval
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Ostensible
—apparent
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Panacea
—a cure-all
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Partisan
—biased; opinionated
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Pathos
—empathy; sympathetic pity
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Pedagogic
—relating to education; instructive
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Pedantic
—narrowly or pretentiously learned
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Perfidious
—disloyal; traitorous
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Petulant
—irritable
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Plaudits
—applause; praise
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Pontificate
—to speak in a supercilious and
self-important manner
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Pragmatist
—a practical person
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Precept
—a rule of behavior or action
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Precipitate
—to hurry up; to make happen before planned
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Prescience
—advance knowledge; foresight; anticipation
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Probity
—honesty; integrity
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Profligate
—extravagant to a fault; prodigal
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Proliferate
—to reproduce or multiply quickly
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Promulgate
—to make known, formally, a law or set of beliefs
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Prose
—language ordinarily used in speaking
or writing; writing that is not poetry
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Prototype—
a model; an archetype; a first
specimen
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Prowess
—valor, skill
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Pundits
—erudite (learned, scholarly)
persons
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Qualm
—doubt; hesitation; uneasiness
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Quibble
—to find fault with
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Quixotic
—romantic or dreamy
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Refractory
—stubborn
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Relegate
—to demote to an inferior position
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Reprehensible
—worthy of blame
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Rescind
—to take back; to withdraw
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Retrograde
—going backward and therefore
not progressing
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Sanctimonious
—pretending to be religious
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Sanction (v.)
—to approve
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Scrupulous
—very conscientious
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Serendipity
—faculty of benefiting (e.g.,
finding valuable objects) by random
chance
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Sophistry
—deceptive thinking; invalid
arguments
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Spate
—an outpouring
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Specious
—false, not authentic; spurious
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Steadfastness
—loyalty, resolve
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Stupefy
—to stun
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Subterfuge
—deception
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Supplant
—to replace; to substitute for
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Surfeit (n.)
—a surplus, an oversupply
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Sybarite
—a pleasure-loving person
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Synergistic
—working together and having
a greater combined effect because of
simultaneous operation
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Table (v.)
—to set aside an issue to be
discussed at a later time
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Tawdry
—cheap-looking; gaudy
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Temerity
—reckless boldness
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Temper (v.)
—to lessen the severity of
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Threadbare—
very worn; shabby
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Treachery
—disloyalty, perfidy
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Truculent
—belligerent
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Turgid
—swollen; pompous
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Unctuous
—inky, oily
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Unheralded
—unannounced
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Untenable
—unable to be defended
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Upstart
—a rebel, an insurgent; a maverick
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Utopian
—relating to a perfect society;
idealistic
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Vaunt
—to brag or boast
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Venial
—forgivable; pardonable
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Verdant
—green, lush
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Verisimilitude
—probability; something that
has the appearance of truth
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Vestigial
—extremely small
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Victuals
—food
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Vignette
—a brief written description
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Virile
—manly, strong
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Visceral
—relating to the abdomen;
instinctive rather than reasoned
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Vitiate
—to impair; to render ineffective
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Vitriolic
—harsh, biting, caustic
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Vocation
—a profession to which one feels
called to carry out, especially a religious
calling
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Watershed
—a defining moment; a turning
point
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Waylay
—to ambush
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Wheedle
—to cajole or coax
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Wily
—sly
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Windfall
—an unexpected gain or boon
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Winsome
—attractive
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Witticism
—a clever remark
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Xenophobic
—fearful of foreigners
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Zephyr
—a light breeze
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erratic
unpredictable, inconsistent
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contemptuous
the contemptuous look on your face says it all:
scornful, disrespectful, insulting, scoffing,
superior, arrogant, dismissive, aloof;
ANTONYMS respectful.
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jubilant
feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.
| [overjoyed, joyful, euphoric]
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plausible
persuasive, reasonable
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volatile
unpredictable, changeable
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Condemn
Osuditi
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affection
fondness, love, liking, tenderness
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lofty
uzvišen
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convey
prenjeti,. isporučiti
