SAT Vocabs #1351-1400 Flashcards

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Travail

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Painfully difficult work; pain or suffering from mental or physical hardship.

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Ire

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Anger.

Irate.

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Fractious

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Disruptive or irritable.

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Groggy

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Confused, sluggish, or dizzy, as from lack of sleep or drunkenness.

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Windfall

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Unexpected good fortune.

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Implicate

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To incriminate; to show or suggest involvement.

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Illicit

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Unlawful; improper.

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Haven

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A safe place.

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Rife

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Prevalent, abundant.

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Predicament

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A troublesome or embarrassing situation.

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Consolidate

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To combine into a whole; to strengthen.

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Compulsion

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Irresistible impulse; force.

Compel.

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Malfeasance

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Wrongdoing, esp. by a public official.

Malfeasant.

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Sate

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To satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.

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Implode

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To violently collapse inward.

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Salient

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Important, prominent, most noticeable.

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Convey

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To carry or transmit; to communicate.

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Incursion

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An attack or raid; the act of entering another’s territory.

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Rifle

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To search thoroughly.

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Jargon

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The specialized terminology of a profession; incoherent speech.

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Sybarite

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One devoted to luxury.

Sybaritic.

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Sloth

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Asset

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A valuable thing, quality, or resource.

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Traverse

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To travel over or through.

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Combustible
Capable of catching fire. Combustion.
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Rapport
Concord; a trustful relationship; harmony.
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Nominal
Appearing in name only; negligible or of low amount.
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Dissuade
To discourage from a course of action.
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Effervescent
Giving off gas bubbles; showing high spirits or excitement. Effervesce. Effervescence.
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Defile
To corrupt; to desecrate or sully.
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Bulwark
A wall or embankment used for a defensive fortification; something serving as a defense or safeguard, often figurative.
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Proclivity
A natural or habitual tendency or inclination.
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Awry
Away from the correct course; wrong; deviant.
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Apt
Appropriate; having a natural tendency.
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Canny
Clever and cautious.
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Soliloquy
A dramatic speech delivered by a character to himself.
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Scapegoat
One who takes blame.
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Caveat
A warning.
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Haunt
To visit often or continually. A place visited frequently.
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Lament
To grieve; to regret deeply. A mournful song. Lamentation.
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Prattle
To talk idly or babble. Inconsequential talk.
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Inclined
Disposed; willing. Inclination; incline.
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Panoply
A splendid array; ceremonial dress with all accessories.
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Omnivorous
Able to eat any kind of food. Omnivore.
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Conundrum
A riddle or puzzle, esp. one without a solution.
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Ruthless
Having no compassion or pity.
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Interstices
Small spaces between things.
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Prophecy
A prediction. Prophetic; prophesy.
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Insinuate
To hint. Insinuation.
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Credence
Belief; mental acceptance as true or real.