VOCAB for Passages (compiled from College Board exams) Flashcards
(158 cards)
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Aesthetic (sometimes sp. esthetic)
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Relating to beauty or appearance
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Affluent
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Wealthy, well-off
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Aggregate
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Compilation, formation of particulars into a whole
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Alienated
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Estranged
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Anomaly
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Exception, outlier
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Antipathy
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Intense dislike
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Apt
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Appropriate, fitting
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Array
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Verb, To place in proper order
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Authoritative
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Carrying the weight of authority, trustworthy
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Belie
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Give a false impression
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Benevolent
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Kindly
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Calibrate
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Adjust information against a standard in order to determine its accuracy
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Candid
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Clear, direct
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Cognitive
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Relating to the brain
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Combatant
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Fighter
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Conceive
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Imagine
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(In) Concert
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Together (e.g. working in concert = working together)
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Condone
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Quietly accept illegal or immoral behavior
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Consensus
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Agreement
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Constitution
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Composition, makeup
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Contemplate
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Think about
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Contest
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v., protest, dispute
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Contingent
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Dependent on
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Conviction
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Strong belief
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Crux
Central problem or idea of a discussion, argument, etc.
26
Cultivate
Develop and improve
27
Curious
Odd
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Demographic
Specific segment of the population with the same characteristics
29
Demur
Object, raise doubts
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Desolate
Bare, empty
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Discord
Disagreement
32
Disdain
Look down on
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Disenfranchised
Oppressed
34
Disparity
Gap, difference
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Disseminate
Spread
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Diverge
Separate, go away from
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Doctrine
Set of policies or teachings
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Domestic
Relating to one’s home or country
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Dubious
Doubtful, questioning
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Earnest
Serious
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Efficacious
Effective
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Endeavor
Attempt
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Exalted
Elevated, noble
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Expenditure
Expense
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Exponent
Proponent of an idea or theory
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Extant
Existing
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Faculties
Mental/physical abilities
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Feasible
Doable
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Fiscal
Relating to money
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Florid
Fancy, decorated
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Foment
Rile up, incite
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Galvanize
Energize
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Grievance
Complaint
54
Gross
Total amount
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Ignominious
Publicly shameful
56
Immune
Unaffected by
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Immure
Confine or enclose
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Indifferent
Not caring
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Inevitable, Inexorable
Unavoidable
60
Kudos
Praise
61
Liaison - 2 definitions
1) Close bond or relationship; 2) Go-between, intermediary
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Malice
Evil intent
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Moral
Concerned with the distinction between right and wrong; ethics
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Parity
Equality
65
Pathogen
Harmful microorganism
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Perchance
Perhaps
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Peril(ous)
Danger(ous)
68
Perish
Die, disappear
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Phenomenon
Occurrence
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Piety, Pious
Dutifully fulfilling religious obligations
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Poignant
Touching
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Populist
Appealing to the interests of ordinary people
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Posterity
Future generations
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Postulate
Set forth an argument
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Prevail
Win, overcome
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Pristine
Flawless
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Ramp (up)
Increase
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Raw
Pure, unfiltered
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Reconcile
Bring together, make up with
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Redress
Remedy, correction for a wrong
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Religiously
Strictly
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Remedy
Cure
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Repel
Push away
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Reverie
Dreamy state
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Rhetorical
Relating to terms/language used to persuade
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Sanction
Authorize OR penalize, depending on context. Sanctions = punishments
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Scrutinize
Examine closely
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Shrewd
Clever, cunning
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Skeptical
Questioning, suspicious
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Spawn
Give rise to
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Speculate
Theorize
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Sphere
Particular environment or world (e.g. the professional sphere, the athletic sphere)
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Stipulate
Require (often used in a legal context)
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Subjugate
Oppress
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Subordinate
Lower-ranking
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Subversive
Rebellious, going against the establishment
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Suffrage
Right to vote
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Summit
Highest point
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Susceptible
Vulnerable, capable of being affected
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Synthetic
Fake
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Temper
Verb, To moderate
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Traction
Grip, adhesion
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Transgress
Violate, go beyond
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Tyranny, Tyrant
Cruel and oppressive rule(r)
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Ubiquitous
Ever-present
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Uniform
Same, identical
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(Un)becoming
(Un)attractive, (un)fitting
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Venerable
Deeply respected
109
Versatile
Flexible
110
Viable
Workable, capable of surviving
111
Wrest
Pull away with effort
112
Yield
Give in
113
Arbitrary
done or decided randomly, without clear reason
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Bolster
to provide support for (an argument
115
Comprehensive
thorough, complete
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Deter
to discourage
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Empirical
derived from experiment or observation
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Esteem
(v.) - to hold in high regard
119
Hypothesis
educated guess
120
Idealistic
cherishing noble or high-minded principles, opposite of pragmatic
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Innate
inborn
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Innovation
new invention or discovery
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Legistlation
laws
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Lofty, Exalted
high minded
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Paradox
apparent contradiction
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Partisan
strong adherent to a party or idea
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Pragmatic, Prudent
practical
128
Stagnation
failure to progress or grow
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Substantiate and Unsubstantiated
Substantiate - to prove
Unsubstantiated - unproven
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Synthesize
to bring together, integrate
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Undermine
to weaken, attack indirectly
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Underscore
to emphasize
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Peculiar (to)
unique, distinctive
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Prescribed
given, ordered
| e.g. a prescribed set of rules
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Put
(v.) state, say
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Raise
(v. )
(1) rear (e.g. an animal)
(2) elevate/uplift
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Regular
even
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Represent
constitute (e.g. the new weapons represented a significant threat)
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Ripple
(v.) spread
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Ruffled
flustered, anxious
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Unruffled
calm
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Sap
(v.) drain (e.g. of energy)
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Scour
search
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Set
determine
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Sheer
pure, simple
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Shelve
reject or discard (e.g. an idea or proposal)
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Simply
merely (e.g. the planet was simply the largest yet discovered outside our solar system)
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Sober
serious, modest
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Station
rank
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Spotting
identifying (e.g. spotting lies)
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Steep
high (e.g. pay a steep price for fossil fuels)
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Styled
called (e.g. his home might be styled post-modern)
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System
method (e.g. a streamlined system for taking attendance)
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Tied
connected to
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Trace
tiny amount (e.g. the miners failed to discover even a trace of gold)
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True
genuine
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Values
principles
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Wake
aftermath
