SAT_official_words Flashcards
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Abashed
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ashamed or sorry
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Aberration
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deviation; abnormality
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Abstruse
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difficult to comprehend
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Accolade
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praise
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Acumen
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sharpness of mind
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Adroit
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skilful / skillful
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Adroitness
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skill
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Advocate
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support
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Affability
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friendliness; cordiality
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Affluence
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wealth and status
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Agnostic
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unsure of the existence of god
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Alacrity
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speed and eagerness
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Alleviate
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make less severe
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Alleviation
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making less severe
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Allusion
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indirect reference
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Altruism
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self-sacrifice
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Amalgam
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mixture
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Amalgamation
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mixture or joining of different components
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Amassed
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accumulated
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Ambiguous
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vague
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Ambivalence
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uncertainty; having ‘mixed’ feelings
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Ambivalent
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unable to decide
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Ameliorating
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making better
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Amiable
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friendly; lovable
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Anachronistic
out of normal time range
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Analogy
comparison
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Anecdote
short account of something interesting; story
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Animosity
hostility; hatred
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Annihilated
wiped out
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Anomalies
oddities; things that don't fit the pattern
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Anomalous
odd; not fitting the pattern
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Antipodes
places on opposite sides of the globe
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Apathetic
lacking energy or interest
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Apathy
lack of energy or interest
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Apparition
ghost; something that 'appears'
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Apprehension
worry; nervousness
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Arbitration
mediating between disputing sides
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Arboreal
living in trees
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Arcane
obscure; known only to few people
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Archaic
old-fashioned
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Arduous
hard and difficult
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Articulate
(adj.) able to express something well in words
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Ascertain
find out; make sure
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Aspersion
negative feeling; damaging remark
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Assuage
to make less
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Astute
wise; mentally sharp
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Augmenting
increasing in size or number
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Aural
through the sense of hearing
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Auspicious
fortunate; indicative of a successful outcome
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Autonomous
self-governing
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Autonomy
self-government
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Avuncular
acting like an uncle; kindly
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Axiom
something that is taken to be true; basic idea that can't be questioned
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Banal
dull; unoriginal
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Barrage
bombardment; stream (of abuse etc.)
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Belabor
over-emphasizing
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Belied
contradicted
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Belittlers
people who criticize/disparage
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Bellicose
aggressive
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Belligerence
aggression
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Benevolent
kindly
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Benign
kindly
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Bereft of
without; deprived of
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Bifurcation
division into two
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Blanched
turned pale
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Blatantly
obviously
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Bolster
give support to
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Bombastic
too elaborate; exaggerated
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Boorishness
rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
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Brevity
briefness
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Bucolic
concerned with the countryside and farming
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Bypasses
avoids; finds a way around
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Byzantine
excessive; decadent
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Cacophonous
very noisy; unpleasant sounding
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Cacophony
noise; din
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Callous
cruel and unfeeling
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Callousness
cruelty; unfeeling behavior
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Candid
truthful
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Cantankerous
bad tempered
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Capricious
changeable; fickle
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Captivating
fascinating
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Censure
blame; criticize
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Censured
blamed
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Censures
blames
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Cherished
cared for; firmly-held
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Chicanery
trickery; attempt to deceive
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Chided
scolded
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Churlish
ill-mannered
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Circumstantial
accidental; indirect (as in circumstantial evidence)
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Circumvent
avoid
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Clairvoyant
able to see into the future/another dimension
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Cliche
over-used expression
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Coalition
a union of two parts
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Coddled
over-protected; kept warm
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Coerced
forced
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Cognitions
mental knowledge
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Cohesive
forming a whole; 'sticking' together
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Comely
attractive
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Complacent
smug; over-confident
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Conception
1. idea; view. 2. beginning of pregnancy
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Conciliatory
seeking compromise
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Concord
agreement
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Concordance
agreement
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Conducive to
suitable for; leading to
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Conflagration
big fire
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Congenial
friendly; sociable; suitable
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Consecrated
dedicated; made holy
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Consecration
dedication
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Consummate
supremely good
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Convivial
sociable and friendly
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Convoluted
complicated or long-winded
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Cornucopia
literally a horn filled with fruits etc; symbol of plenty
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Corollary
consequence; inference
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Corroborated
supported; given supporting evidence
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Cosmopolitan
composed of varied nationalities
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Counterfeiter
faker; someone who makes fake money, for example
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Credence
belief
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Credulity
belief
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Cryptic
hidden
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Currency
1. widespread acceptance, 2. money
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Cursory
superficial
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Curtail
cut short
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Dalliance
non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
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Dearth
shortage
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Debacle
disaster
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Debilitated
weakened
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Debunkers
people who expose/throw out old ideas
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Decimation
extensive destruction
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Decipher
decode; work out meaning
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Decorous
good and correct (used of behavior)
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Deferential
showing respect
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Deferment
putting off
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Deft
skilful
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Deleterious
harmful
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Deliberation
careful thought
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Delineates
outlines
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Delinquency
wrong-doing
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Demagogues
mob leaders; agitators
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Denuded
stripped
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Denunciation
act of speaking out against
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Depravity
moral corruption
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Derailed
thrown off course
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Derelict
rundown; abandoned
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Derided
mocked
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Derivative
unoriginal
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Desolate
lonely; devoid of life; feeling very sad and hopeless
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Despoiled
spoiled
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Despotic
acting like a tyrant
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Deterrent
something that puts one off; a preventive
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Detritus
rubbish
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Devious
cunning
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Devoid of
empty of
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Diaphanous
very thin and transparent
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Dichotomies
divisions into two parts
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Dictum
often-used saying
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Didactic
intending to teach or give instructions
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Diffident
shy; hesitant
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Digression
going off the point
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Dilatory
slow; sluggish
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Dilettante
person who dabbles in the arts
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Disarming
charming; unthreatening
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Discernment
judgment;
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Discrepancy
inconsistency
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Discriminating
1. able to make fine distinctions between; having good taste, 2. favoring one side/group and acting against another
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Disdained
showed contempt for
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Disillusioned
freed from wrong ideas
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Disingenuous
crafty
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Disparaged
criticized
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Disparaging
critical
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Dispassionate
unbiased; fair
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Dispatch
speed and eagerness
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Disposition
tendency; personality
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Dissent
disagreement
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Distension
swelling
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Docile
placid; easily lead
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Dowager
an elderly woman of elevate social status
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Dubious
doubtful
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Eclectic
taking things from different sources
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Effacement
wiping out; (self-effacement = excessive modesty)
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Effusive
overly expressive of emotions; 'gushing'
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Egalitarian
equal; believer in equality
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Egotistical
selfish
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Egotists
selfish people
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Elicit
draw out (used mainly for information or feelings)
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Elite
the upper levels in a society; the privileged ones
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Elitist
favoring top group; snob
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Elliptical
1. shaped like an ellipse, 2. indirect
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Elusive
difficult to pin down
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Emancipators
those who set others free
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Embellished
decorated
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Embittered
full of bitter feelings
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Embodiment
living example of
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Empathetic
understanding in an insightful way
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Empiric
found by experiment/practice
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Encompassed
included; surrounded
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Encroaching
trespassing
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Endorse
support
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Endorsed
supported
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Endorsement
support; approval
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Enigma
puzzle
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Enigmas
puzzles
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Entourage
group of followers; retinue
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Enumerate
count out; list
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Envisioning
imagining, predicting
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Ephemeral
short-lived
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Epitome
essence; typical example or symbol of
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Epitomizes
acts as a typical example of
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Equanimity
peace of mind; balance; calm
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Equitable
fair and equal
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Equivocal
ambiguous; something that can be interpreted in more than one way
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Equivocate
speak ambiguously/vaguely
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Eradicate
wipe out
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Eradicating
wiping out; destroying
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Erroneous
wrong
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Erudition
great knowledge or learning
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Esoteric
obscure
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Estrangement
separation
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Eulogy
praise
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Evasiveness
trying to avoid something
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Exacerbated
made worse
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Exacerbates
makes worse
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Exasperation
frustration and annoyance
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Excised
cut out
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Exemplars
excellent examples of
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Exhilarating
exciting
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Exonerated
proved not guilty
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Exorbitant
excessive
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Exotic
strange; foreign
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Expeditious
speedy
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Explicitly
very clear; nothing hidden
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Extant
still in existence
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Extirpation
destruction
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Extolled
praised
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Extrapolated
predicted on the basis of existing data; extended
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Fabrication
something made up; untrue
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Facetious
cheeky; not to be taken seriously
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Faction
section; group with common interests
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Factions
sides in a dispute; groups with common interests
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Fastidious
very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)
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Fathom
1. (v) work out; understand, 2. (n) measure of depth
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Fawning
groveling; ‘sucking up’ to people
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Fervent
passionate
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Fidelity
faithfulness; loyalty
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Filial
concerned with the relationship between child and parent
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Finagle
wheedle; wangle; trick
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Finesse
skill
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Fitful
intermittent; on and off; not continuous
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Flabbergasted
shocked; speechless
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Flag
1. to lose energy, 2. to signal
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Flotsam
floating rubbish
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Foil for
person that shows another to advantage
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Foraging
searching for food
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Foreboding
sense of doom
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Formidable
inspiring awe
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Foster
encourage
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Fostered
encouraged
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Foundered
sank
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Fraudulent
crooked; intending to cheat
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Frugal
economical
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Funerary
concerned with funerals
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Furtiveness
secretiveness
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Futile
useless; waste of time and effort
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Futility
uselessness
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Galvanized
1. stirred into action; stimulated, 2. coated with zinc
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Gestures
signals
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Glacial
icy; unfriendly
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Gluttonous
greedy
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Grandiose
exaggerated; too great; on a grand scale
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Grating
harsh; rasping
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Gratuitous
free; unwarranted
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Grimy
dirty
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Hackneyed
stale and over-used
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Harbored
held [as in 'harbored and idea']
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Haughty
arrogant
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Hilarious
very funny
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Hilarity
great laughter
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Hodgepodge
strange mixture
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Holistic
whole; entire (Holistic viewpoint = seeing things as a whole)
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Hubris
excessive pride
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Husbandry
careful management of resources
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Hyperbole
over-exaggeration
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Hypothetical
based on guesswork; not proven
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Iconoclast
person who goes against accepted authority
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Idiosyncratic
quirky; unique to an individual
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Ignominy
shame
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Impetuosity
impulsiveness
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Impetuous
impulsive
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Implacable
cannot be appeased; relentless
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Imponderable
cannot be understood
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Impudent
cheeky
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Impugned
challenged; attacked in words
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Inane
silly
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Incoherence
lack of clarity
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Inconsequential
unimportant
