250 SAT Words (Barron's) Flashcards
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abode
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a place where people live
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abstract
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not concrete or tangible
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admonition
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a scolding
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beget
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to take steps to bring something into existence/an action that leads to something
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aggrandize
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to make something grander
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aggregate
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referring to the whole, not the parts, to aggregate = to build up the parts to make the whole
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autocratic
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autocrat = someone in charge with all the power, autocratic–refers to an autocrat
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amicable
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to get along with
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analogy
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comparison using like or as
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antipathy
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hatred
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anomaly
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something strange
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benevolent
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kind
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bestow
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to give to someone (honors/titles)
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calibrate
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adjust something to run as it should
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calisthenics
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exercises relying on body weight that require no equipment
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censure
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formally reprimand someone
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coerce
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to threaten by force to make someone do something
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cognition
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ability to understand something
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colloquial
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everyday (language)
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complementary
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goes well with the thing around it
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complimentary
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provided free of charge
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conflate
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to assume that two things are the same idea and mix them together
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conservator
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a person who conserves something/guardian
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constitution
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bodily health/how something is put together
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contingent
relying on other factors to come to be
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conventional
following traditional rules
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convoke
to call a meeting
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convulsion
a physical movement
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cooperatively
working in a cooperative manner
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degrade
break down slowly over time
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demur
to politely say no to something/avoid it
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desolation
total abandonment/emptiness/destruction
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despoil
related to the spoils of war
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deter
stop from doing
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disseminate
to pass out/ensure the spread of
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doldrums
a time when nothing happens/in sailing: an area of water that is not moving and a boat gets trapped, sometimes describes depression, boredom, etc.
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earnest
serious, find it important that the listener value what they say because it is important
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eddy
when water/air moves swiftly in a circular motion
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effectual
the desired result has been achieved through that action
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efficacy
how effective something is
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endearing
create warm feelings toward themselves
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endow
to give
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enterprise
process of completing a task/mission
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ephemeral
short-lived
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evince
to show one's feelings
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fetter
hold someone/something back from what they want to do/accomplish
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fiscal
regarding money/economy
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florid
red/flushed (a person's face)
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forum
location/meeting
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glom
to attach to something
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glut
ridiculous abundance
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haggle
process of exchanging offers to make a deal
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grievance
complaint
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ignominious
undignified (causing shame embarrassment to the person experiencing it)
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immured
held against someone's will/enclosed
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impel
push someone to do something in some way
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incontestable
unable to be contested
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incredulous
unbelieving/doubting
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inefficacious
ineffective
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inexorable
inevitable
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ingenious
genius
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innumerable
cannot be counted
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inherent
naturally occurring (not learned/created)
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insolent
bad behavior/lack of respect
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inversion
to turn something upside down
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laden
weighed down physically
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liaison
a close connection/relationship
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malign
to say terrible things about someone
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manifest
a complete list, to make appear/make clear, obvious/clear
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mantra
something repeated over and over in the hope of making int come true/achieve a goal
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marginalized
made less when it shouldn't be
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metastasize
to spread
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mire
to stick something down
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net
remaining total
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nuance
subtle difference in meaning/expression
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null
nothing
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obstinate
stubborn
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oscillate
move back and forth in a predictable pattern/at a set speed
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onerous
difficult to do/taking a lot of unpleasant work to complete
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panacea
fix-all solution
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parity
equalness
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permeate
soak through something/leaving nothing untouched
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perturb
emotionally disturb
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pervade
permeate
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pittance
very small aount, not enough to do anything with
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plenipotentiary
a person given the authority to act on behalf of their country in foreign countries
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posterity
future of humankind (all who will come in the future)
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postulate
guess/present an unproven idea
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prattle
to talk endlessly with little value
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proliferate
grow/spread/reproduce at a high rate of speed
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promulgate
to spread around an idea
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proxy
a substitute
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rapacious
someone who can't be satisfied
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redress
to fix/make a situation right
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remonstrate
to object to something/speak out strongly
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sentinel
soldier who watches over something
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shingled
something with the same layered look as the shingles on a roof
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squalid
run down/dirty/infested with vermin
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squelch
the sound made when you say "squelch"
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stewardship
the act of taking care of
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stupefied
temporarily made stupid (something unexpected occurred)
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subjugate
bring under control
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subordinate
lower in status
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sustenance
what sustains a person/food
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sullen
grumpy/unenthusiastic/sulking
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tactile
referring to sense of touch
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tangible
can be seen or touched
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tout
aggressively try to sell something/sing its praises to get someone to buy it
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traipsing
coming/going/moving in a carefree manner
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tributary
stream or river upstream that feeds into a bigger river
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ubiquitous
common, found everywhere
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unassuming
unthreatening, down to earth
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unrequited
not returned in kind/not mutual
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unstinting
given without pause or second thought
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usurp
overthrow
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vantage
to spot with a good view to see what must be seen
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vernacular
common terms used by people in a given community
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vestigial
small left-behind part of something much bigger
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wayside
side of the road, figurative
