sat vocab Flashcards by patricia aguiar

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abase

A

behaving to degrade someone

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abate

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(something bad) become less intense

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abdicate

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renounce one’s throne

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abet

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encourage or assist to do wrong

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abjure

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renounce sadly

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abnegation

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renounce

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abrogate

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repeal

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efficacious

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successful in producing an intended result

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accretion

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process of growth or increase

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capricious

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sudden changes of mood

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effrontery

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insolent

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paucity

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scarcity

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tenable

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defendible

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perfunctory

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carried out with not much effort

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incisive

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clear

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ebullient

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overflowing with enthusiasm

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abstrute

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hard to understand

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acerbic

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sour

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impecunious

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poor

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pellucid

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translusant

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adumbrate

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outline

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perspicuity

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clear

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scurrilous

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abusive

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cloying

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causing disgust

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collusion

secret agreement

emote

pretend to show emotion

fetid

gross smelling

incendiary

used to set on fire

neophyte

beginner

pert

bold

tome

book

torpid

innactive

torrid

hot

tractable

controlled

commendation

recommendation

compunction

anxiety

disavow

disclaim responsibility for

discordant

disagreeing

flaccid

limp

potentate

rular

servile

fawning

sinuous

alot of bends

solipsistic

only self exists belief

vindicate

accusation

apocryphal

not sure if authentic

confluence

flowing together

equanimity

mental and emotionally stability

equivocal

doubtful

imbibe

drink

inimical

unfavorable

iniquity

gross injustice

innocuous

harmless

opulent

rich

prescient

foresight

consign

hand over

contravene

oppose

contrite

sincere remorse

disrepute

low regard

dissemble

conceal truth

requisition

requiring

aspersion

criticism

exculpate

clear from blame

exonerate

to clear from blame

interlocutor

someone who is in conversation

promulgate

declaration

propitious

favorable

protean

variable

quotidian

daily or customary

rescind

repeal

cupidity

eager

expunge

erase

expurgate

removing stuff that is offesnive

inundate

flood