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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

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relying on other factors to come to be

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conventional

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following traditional rules

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convoke

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to call a meeting

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convulsion

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a physical movement

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cooperatively

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working in a cooperative manner

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degrade

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break down slowly over time

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demur

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to politely say no to something/avoid it

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desolation

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total abandonment/emptiness/destruction

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despoil

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related to the spoils of war

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deter

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stop from doing

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disseminate

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to pass out/ensure the spread of

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doldrums

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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

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serious, find it important that the listener value what they say because it is important

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eddy

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when water/air moves swiftly in a circular motion

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effectual

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the desired result has been achieved through that action

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efficacy

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how effective something is

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endearing

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create warm feelings toward themselves

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endow

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to give

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enterprise

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process of completing a task/mission

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ephemeral

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short-lived

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evince

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to show one’s feelings

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fetter

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hold someone/something back from what they want to do/accomplish

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fiscal

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regarding money/economy

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florid

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red/flushed (a person’s face)

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forum

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location/meeting

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glom

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to attach to something

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glut

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ridiculous abundance

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haggle

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process of exchanging offers to make a deal

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grievance

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complaint

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ignominious

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undignified (causing shame embarrassment to the person experiencing it)

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immured

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held against someone’s will/enclosed

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impel

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push someone to do something in some way

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incontestable

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unable to be contested

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incredulous

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unbelieving/doubting

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inefficacious

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ineffective

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inexorable

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inevitable

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ingenious

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genius

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innumerable

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cannot be counted

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inherent

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naturally occurring (not learned/created)

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insolent

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bad behavior/lack of respect

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inversion

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to turn something upside down

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laden

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weighed down physically

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liaison

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a close connection/relationship

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malign

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to say terrible things about someone

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manifest

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a complete list, to make appear/make clear, obvious/clear

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mantra

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something repeated over and over in the hope of making int come true/achieve a goal

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marginalized

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made less when it shouldn’t be

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metastasize

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to spread

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mire

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to stick something down

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net

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remaining total

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nuance

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subtle difference in meaning/expression

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null

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nothing

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obstinate

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stubborn

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oscillate

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move back and forth in a predictable pattern/at a set speed

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onerous

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difficult to do/taking a lot of unpleasant work to complete

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panacea

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fix-all solution

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parity

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equalness

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permeate

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soak through something/leaving nothing untouched

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perturb

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emotionally disturb

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pervade

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permeate

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pittance

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very small aount, not enough to do anything with

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plenipotentiary

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a person given the authority to act on behalf of their country in foreign countries

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posterity

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future of humankind (all who will come in the future)

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postulate

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guess/present an unproven idea

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prattle

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to talk endlessly with little value

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proliferate

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grow/spread/reproduce at a high rate of speed

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promulgate

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to spread around an idea

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proxy

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a substitute

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rapacious

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someone who can’t be satisfied

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redress

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to fix/make a situation right

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remonstrate

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to object to something/speak out strongly

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sentinel

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soldier who watches over something

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shingled

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something with the same layered look as the shingles on a roof

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squalid

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run down/dirty/infested with vermin

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squelch

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the sound made when you say “squelch”

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stewardship

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the act of taking care of

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stupefied

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temporarily made stupid (something unexpected occurred)

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subjugate

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bring under control

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subordinate

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lower in status

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sustenance

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what sustains a person/food

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sullen

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grumpy/unenthusiastic/sulking

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tactile

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referring to sense of touch

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tangible

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can be seen or touched

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tout

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aggressively try to sell something/sing its praises to get someone to buy it

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traipsing

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coming/going/moving in a carefree manner

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tributary

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stream or river upstream that feeds into a bigger river

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ubiquitous

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common, found everywhere

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unassuming

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unthreatening, down to earth

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unrequited

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not returned in kind/not mutual

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unstinting

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given without pause or second thought

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usurp

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overthrow

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vantage

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to spot with a good view to see what must be seen

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vernacular

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common terms used by people in a given community

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vestigial

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small left-behind part of something much bigger

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wayside

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side of the road, figurative

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