Flashcards in SAT Vocabs #551-600 Deck (50)
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boor
someone who is impolite and rude
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dogma
a specific set of ideas or beliefs, esp. religious or asserted to be absolutely true
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secluded
hidden; removed; sheltered
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trifle
something that lacks significance or worth
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preclude
to make impossible; to prevent the occurrence of
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limpid
perfectly clear; transparent
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purse
to contract into wrinkles or folds; to pucker
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stricture
a restraint or limit
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retire
to retreat, as from battle
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pact
an agreement between persons, groups or nations
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hibernate
sleep throughout the winter
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paltry
lacking importance or worth; contemptibly small
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clan
a group of several families descended from a common ancestor and sharing a family name
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rejoinder
an answer, esp. to another answer
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lineage
direct descent from an ancestor; derivation
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mania
an excessively intense desire
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squabble
a noisy argument, esp. over an unimportant matter
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ruse
an action or device intended to decieve
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induce
to influence, esp. by persuasion; to bring about; to infer by inductive reasoning
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morbid
gruesome; awful
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sabatoge
to deliberately obstruct or destoy
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urbane
sophisticated
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livid
extremely angry; discolored, as from a bruise; pale, ashen
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misogyny
hatred of women
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droll
amusing in an odd or wry way
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corpulent
very fat; obese
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resolve
to make a firm decision; to find a solution to
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acute
sharp; clever; severe
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ponderous
clumsy and heavy; boring and labored
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accord
agreement
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vanquish
to defeat, esp. totally
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exasperate
to make very impatient; to annoy greatly
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trite
worn out, used too often
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telling
strikingly effective
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voluble
talkative
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dampen
to deaden, restrain, or repress
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transparent
obvious; undisguised
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perspicacious
having keen perception or understanding
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tamp
to pack tightly by tapping repeatedly
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provisional
provided for the time being; temporary
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nepotism
showing favoritism to relatives
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extant
currently or actually existing
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scathing
very harsh in something, like a remark
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sequel
something that follows
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carpricious
erratic; tending to change abruptly
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headstrong
showing determination
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ebullient
in high spirits; boiling or seeming to boil
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confound
to mix up or lump together indiscriminately; to confuse
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ominous
threatening harm; showing evil
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