SAT Vocab 51-100 Flashcards by Jonathan Cronin

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Laudable

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Worthy of praise

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Plebeian

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Common, vulgar

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Deter

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To prevent; to stop with fear

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Redundant

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Repetitive; unnecessary

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Infamous

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Having a bad reputation

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Provocative

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Exciting, attracting attention

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Equivocal

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Having two or more meanings; vague

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Advocate

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To speak in favor of, to support

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Extol

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To praise, to lift up

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Euphony

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Pleasant sound

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Deride

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To ridicule, to laugh at contemptuously

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Insipid

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Without interesting qualities; bland

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Austere

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Unadorned, stern, severely simple

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Expedite

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To make faster or easier

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Expedient

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Providing immediate advantage

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Clandestine

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Done in secret

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Vacillate

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To be indecisive, to waver back and forth

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Ambivalent

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Undecided; hot and cold

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Conspicuous

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Standing out, obvious

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Anecdote

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Brief entertaining story

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Profound

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Deep; insightful

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Dissent

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Disagreement

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Voluntary

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Willing; unforced

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Oracle

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An expert believed to a quasi-religious degree

Didactic

Instructive; intended to teach

Disparate

Different; incompatible

Disparage

To belittle; to speak unkindly

Compliant

Yielding; submissive

Prosaic

Dull; unimaginative

Florid

Flowery or elaborate (speech)

Fastidious

Meticulous; with attention to detail

Belligerent

Combative; quarrlsome