Top 100 college board vocab Flashcards by Evangeline Liauw

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adulation

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high praise

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adversity

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misfortune

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amicable

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agreeable

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anecdote

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short account of event

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arid

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extremely dry

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assiduous

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hard-working

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asylum

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sanctuary

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camaraderie

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trust among friends

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censure

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to criticize harshly

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circuitous

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indirect, roundabout

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clairvoyant

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able to see the future

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condescending

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patronizing

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conditional

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provisional, contingent

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conformist

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follower of customs

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convergence

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joining of parts

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deleterious

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harmful

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demagogue

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rabble-rousing leader

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digression

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staying from the main point

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divergent

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variant, moving apart

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empathy

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sharing of feelings

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emulate

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follow an example

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enervating

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tiring, weakening

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ephemeral

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momentary, fleeting

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evanescent

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short-lived, as an image

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extenuating

guilt diminishing

florid

flushed, ornate

fortuitous

lucky

hackneyed

overused, cliched

hedonist

pleasure-seeker

impetuous

rash, impulsive

impute

to attribute to someone

inconsequential

trivial

inevitable

unavoidable, certain

intrepid

fearless, adventurous

intuitive

instinctive, untaught

lobbyist

persuader of legislators

longevity

long life

mundane

ordinary, common

nonchalant

calm, casual

opulent

wealthy

ostentatious

displaying wealth

parched

dried up

perfidious

disloyal

precocious

talented beyond one's age

pretentious

pompous, self-important

prosaic

run-of-the-mill

provocative

inflammatory

querulous

irritable

ancourous

hateful

reclusive

withdrawn, hermit-like

renovation

state of being renewed

resilient

quick to recover

restrained

controlled, restricted

sagacity

wisdom

scrutinize

to observe carefully

spurious

phony, false

substantiate

to verify, confirm

subtle

elusive, sly, ambiguous

surreptitious

secret, stealthy

tactful

diplomatic, polite

tenacious

persistent, resolute

transient

temporary, fleeting

venerable

respectable due to age

vindicate

to clear from blame

wary

watchful, alert