SAT Words 193-216 Flashcards

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Quiescent

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Quiet, still, or at rest

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Quell

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To put down forcibly; surpress

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Rancorous

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Marked by bitter, deep-seated ill-will

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Raze

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To level to the ground; demolish

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Reciprocate

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To manually take or give; to respond in kind

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Reclusive

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Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation

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Rectitude

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Moral uprightness; righteousness

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Redolent

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Fragrant; aromatic; suggestive

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Redouble

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To make twice as great

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Redundant

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Needlessly repetitive; Kwas’s lectures

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Relinquish

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To retire from, give up, or abandon

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Remiss

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Lax in attending to duty; negligent

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Renounce

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To give up (a title) especially for a formal announcement

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity or authority of

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Repugnant

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Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive

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Reticent

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Inclined to keep silent; reclined

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Rhetoric

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The art of using language effectively and persuasively

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Rudimentary

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Basic; elementary; in earliest stages of development

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Sanctimonious

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Feigning (faking) piety or righteousness

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully confident; optimistic

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Scintillating

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Brilliant

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Scrupulous

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Principled; having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting

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Solicitous

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Concerned

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Sonorous

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Producing a deep or rich sound