Flashcards in SAT Vocabs #501-550 Deck (50)
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insipid
uninteresting; having no flavor
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convene
to bring together
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fortuitous
occurring by chance (either positive or negative)
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feasible
capable of being alone
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guile
slyness in dealing with others
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kin
one's relatives
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apology
a defense in speech or writing of one's beliefs
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specious
seeming to be truthful on the surface, but actually false
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vogue
prevailing fashion
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extrapolate
to predict by extending known information
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turbid
cloudy, muddy; in a state of turmoil
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turgid
excessively ornate or complex in style; swollen, as from fluid
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redolent
aromatic; fragrant; suggestive
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embrace
to hug; to include as part of something larger; to support eagerly
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entrenched
dug in
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enmesh
to entangle or trap, as in a net or web
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comprehensive
complete; covering broadly and all-inclusively
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fraught
full of a particular quality
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rue
to regret
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venturesome
adventurous, risky, daring
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noxious
harmful to health or the mind
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desist
to cease; stop
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founder
to sink below the water; to fail completely; to go lame (of horses)
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trudge
to walk in a heavy-footed way
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disenchant
to free from false belief
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squalid
having a dirty or lowly appearance
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servile
slavish; abjectly submissive
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pallid
faint in color; pale
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assess
to estimate
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fraternal
showing comradeship; brotherly
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steadfast
loyal; faithful
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decorum
polite behavior
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repine
to be discontented or unhappy; to long for something
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authoritarian
demanding unquestioning obedience
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charlatan
a fake; one who pretends to have expert knowledge
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tribulation
great misery or distress
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telltale
indicating or revealing information
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adverse
opposed, difficult
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astute
showing clever awareness, esp. with respect to one's own concerns
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conjugal
pertaining to marriage relationships
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reverie
daydream
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filial
like or relating to a daughter or son
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accomplice
accessory; one who assists in a crime
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epic
a long narrative poem, in a dignified style, celebrating the deeds of a hero
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demur
to object; to disagree with something
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torrid
parched with heat; ardent or passionate
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undermine
to weaken
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repartee
a quick, witty reply; a series of such replies
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elocution
the art of public speaking, with attention to delivery
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