SAT Words Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Abandon (noun form)

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a total lack of inhibition, don’t care what people think

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Beatific

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(adj.) displaying calmness and joy

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Celerity

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(noun) speed or haste

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Dispassionate

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(adj.) unaffected by bias or strong emotions

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Fodder

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(noun) raw material, as for artistic creation, readily abundant ideas or images

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Grandiloquence

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(noun) pompous talk, fancy but meaningless language

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Hegemony

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(noun) the domination of one state or group over its allies

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Implacable

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(adj.) inferable, not capable of being changed or pacified

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Jettison

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(verb) to discard, to rid of

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Bombastic

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(adj.) high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated

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Calumny

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(noun) a false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation

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Wan

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(adj.) pale

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Supercilious

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(adj.) behaving as if one is superior

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Riotous

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(adj.) exiting, fun, full of energy

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Benediction

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(adj.) the act of praying for divine, the utterance or bestowing of a blessing

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Redolent

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(adj.) having a pleasant oder

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Complacent

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(adj.) pleased

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Lilliputian

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(adj.) extremely small

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Macabre

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(adj.) having death as a subject; dwelling on the gruesome

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Nefarious

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(adj.) intensely wicked or evil

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Obdurate

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(adj.) stubbornly persistant, resistant to persecution

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Rancor

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(noun) bitter hatred

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Saccharine

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(adj.) excessively sweet or sentimental

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Palatial

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(adj.) relating to a palace; magnificent

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Veracity
(noun) accuracy; truth
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Yen
(noun) a strong desire or craving
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Adroit
(adj.) skillful; accomplished; highly competent
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Balk
(verb) to stop short and refuse to go on
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Cacophony
(noun) a jarring, unpleasant noise
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Dour
(adj.) sullen + gloomy
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Emollient
(adj.) soothing to the skin
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Magnanimous
(adj.) very generous or forgiving
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Laudable
(adj.) deserving praise and commendation
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Turgid
(adj. ) 1: swollen and distended or congested | 2: tediously pompous or bombastic
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Ineffable
(adj.) too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
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Denizen
(noun) an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place
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Convivial
(adj.) friendly, lively, and enjoyable
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Feckless
(adj.) lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible
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Gauche
(adj.) lacking social refinement
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Histonics
(noun) the deliberate display of emotion for effect
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Imperious
(adj.) commanding
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Junta
(noun) a small governing body, especially after a revolutionary seizure of power
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Limber
(adj.) flexible, capable of being shaped
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Mellifluous
(adj.) having a smooth, rich sound
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Ornery
(adj.) having an irritable disposition
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Plaintive
(adj.) expressive of woe, suffering, or melancholy
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Variegated
(adj.) varied, different colors
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Worst
(verb) to gain the advantage, to defeat
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Zeitgeist
(noun) the mood or spirit of the time
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Ersatz
(adj.) artificial; an inferior substitute