SAT vocab Flashcards
(207 cards)
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enigma
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puzzle
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ascetic
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lack of luxury
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reticent
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restrained; uncommunicative
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autonomy
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independence
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innocuous
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not harmful
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banal
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ordinary
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ameliorate
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to improve
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atrophy
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to waste away from lack of use
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servile
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overly submissive
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extol
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to praise
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augment
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to increase
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disparity
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inequality
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indolence
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laziness
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prodigal
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wasteful
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capricious
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whimsical
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prosaic
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commonplace/dull
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complacent
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smug/self-satisfied
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dubious
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doubtful
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ephemeral
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fleeting
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insipid
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bland/boring
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expedite
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to quicken
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taciturn
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quiet
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expedient
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convenient
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fastidious
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finicky
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parsimony
stinginess
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desecrate
to show disrespect
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euphonious
pleasant sounding
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cacophonous
harsh sounding
29
guile
deceitfulness
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static
not moving
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bastion
a fort
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benign
kind
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credulous
gullible
34
virulent
harmful
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acuity
sharpness of mind
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philistine
one who lacks culture
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scrupulous
conscientious
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adulation
adoration
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languid
slow and listless
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protracted
lengthy
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deference
show of respect
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paucity
scarcity
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conciliate
to soothe anger
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contrite
sorry
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diffident
lacking confidence
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dissent
disagreement
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elucidate
to explain
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surreptitious
secret
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abjure
abandon forever
50
abrogate
to do away with
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acumen
mental perception
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adumbrate
hint at
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alacrity
eagerness
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anathema
solemn curse
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antipathy
aversion
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approbation
praise
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arrogate
claim without justification
58
assiduous
diligent
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boon
blessing
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brusque
abruptly rude
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burnish
polish
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buttress
a support for something
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cajole
manipulate with flattery
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calumny
slander
65
clemency
merciful/mildness/kind
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cogent
reasonable and convincing
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concomitant
accompanying
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conflagration
military battle/fire
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credulity
readiness of belief
70
cupidity
greed
71
cursory
casual
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deleterious
poisonous
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demure
modest
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discursive
digress
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dissemble
make a false show of
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ebullient
showing excitement
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effrontery
brazen boldness
78
egregious
notorious
79
enervate
weaken strength
80
eschew
avoid
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evanescent
fleeting
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evince
overcome
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exculpate
pardon
84
execrable
intolerable
85
expiate
make amends/pardon
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expunge
cancel
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extant
still in existence
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fallacious
deceptive
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fatuous
foolish or silly
90
feral
wild
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fetid
stink
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florid
reddish, extremely ornamented
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fractious
disobedient
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garrulous
small talking too much
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gregarious
sociable
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hackneyed
repeated too often
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hapless
luckless
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harangue
noisy speech
99
hegemony
dominance
100
imperious
urgent
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impervious
incapable of distress
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impinge
infringe
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inchoate
recently begun/elementary
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indefatigable
tireless
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inexorable
unyielding
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ingenuous
naive
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inimical
unfriendly
108
insidious
spreading harmfully in a subtle manner
109
inure
apply in use
110
invective
abusive language to blame
111
inveterate
habitual
112
juxtaposition
side-by-side
113
laconic
brief
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languid
weak
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largess
generous gift
116
latent
dormant
117
legerdemain
skill in deceitful cleverness
118
licentious
amoral
119
limpid
transparent, calm
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maelstrom
whirlpool
121
malediction
curse
122
maudlin
over-emotional
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mawkish
insincerely emotional
124
mendacious
lying
125
mercurial
whimsical
126
modicum
any small thing
127
multifarious
various
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nadir
lowest point
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nascent
coming into existence
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neophyte
recent convert to a belief
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obdurate
will not be persuaded away from wrongdoing
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obfuscate
confuse
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oblique
slanted
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obsequious
getting favor from people through flattery
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obstreperous
noisily aggressive
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officious
excessive eagerness in giving unwanted advice/services
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ostensible
proper
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palliate
moderate intensity
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pallid
abnormally pale
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panacea
a cure-all
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pariah
social outcast
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pejorative
belittling
143
pellucid
limpid, easy to understand
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perfidious
disloyal
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perfunctory
acting with indifference
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pernicious
deadly
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pertinacious
obstinate
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pithy
brief and forceful
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platitude
lack of originality
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precocious
advance in development
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proclivity
inclination
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promulgate
proclaim by doctrine or law
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propitious
advantageous
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proscribe
outlaw
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protean
versatile
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prurient
having lustful desires/desires
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puerile
immature
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pulchritude
moral beauty
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punctilious
accordance with details
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querulous
expressing grief/complaints
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quixotic
idealistic
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rancor
hatred
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recalcitrant
stubborn
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replete
abundantly supplied
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repudiate
disown
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restive
impatient under command
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ribald
humorously vulgar
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sagacity
shrewdness
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salient
prominent
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sanguine
cheerful
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scurrilous
obscene
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serendipity
good fortune
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solicitous
worried
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somnolent
half asleep
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spurious
false, illogical
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staid
sober
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stolid
dull
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surfeit
feed someone to excess
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surmise
guess
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sycophant
winning favor by flattery
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tacit
understood without speaking
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temerity
boldness
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torpid
lost motion, numb
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tractable
governable
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transient
temporary
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transmute
transform
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trenchant
vigorous, forceful
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truculent
aggressively hostile
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turgid
swollen
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turpitude
depravity
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ubiquitous
omnipresent
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unctuous
oily, exaggerated (insincere earnestness)
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upbraid
severely scold
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vacillate
sway one side to other
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vapid
dull
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variegated
colorful
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veracity
truthfulness
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verdant
green
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vicarious
living secondhand
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vicissitude
change in fortune
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vilify
degrade
202
viscous
sticky
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vitriolic
sarcastic, bitter
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winsome
agreeable, charming
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wistful
yearning
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zenith
summit
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zephyr
breeze, soft and light fabrics
