Flashcards in SAT Vocabs #701-750 Deck (50)
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pensive
thinking deeply or seriously, often of sad things
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confide
to tell something in secret
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reek
to give off a strong, unpleasant odor; to be pervaded with something unpleasant
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salutary
beneficial; favorable to health
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enormity
great wickedness; an evil act
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serene
calm and peaceful
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perfunctory
done without care or interest or merely as a form of routine
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ghastly
terrible; horrible
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stately
dignified and handsome, esp. in size or proportion
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corrode
to eat into; destroy gradually, as by a chemical process
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mundane
typical of this world; commonplace
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precept
a rule of action or conduct
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belligerent
eager to fight; aggressive; engaged in warfare
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colossal
very large
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opprobrium
a bad reputation or disgrace gained after a specific action
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invidious
tending to arouse hostility or resentment
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flagrant
conspicuously bad or offensive
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hymn
a religious song; a song of praise
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juggernaut
a terrible, irresistible force
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hospitable
friendly, kind, and solicitous toward guests; receptive or open
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till
to prepare the soil for planting
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abeyance
a suspension of activity
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stationary
not moving
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tepid
moderately warm; lacking force or enthusiasm
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rigor
strictness or severity
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whet
to sharpen; to make keen
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recrimination
a reply to one charge with a countercharge
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evasive
intending to avoid; misleading
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scope
the range or extent of something
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sacred
worthy of worship; made holy
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surreptitious
done secretly, often of something unseemly or unethical
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redeem
to turn in and receive something in exchange; to make up for
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immutable
unchangeable
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slovenly
careless about one's own appearance
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spate
a large number or amount of something, esp. in a brief time
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transgression
a violation of law; the exceeding of proper boundaries
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desecrate
to violate the religious quality of something
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etiquette
the forms of behavior of polite society
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red tape
procedures or forms necessary for a task, esp. excessively complicated steps as part of a bureaucratic process
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conscript
to draft compulsorily, esp. into military service
a draftee
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ignominy
shame; dishonor
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temerity
excessive boldness or rashness
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monograph
a scholarly book on a narrow subject
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turpitude
immoral behavior
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thrift
care in managing money or other resources
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shroud
to conceal
something that covers
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procure
to obtain or acquire
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desideratum
something needed and wanted
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subsist
to maintain life
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