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1st Semester SAT Vocab > Ap English Language pt. 6 > Flashcards

Ap English Language pt. 6 Flashcards

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Iconoclast

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One who attacks traditional beliefs

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Hackneyed

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Worn out by overuse

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Idealism

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Pursuit of noble goals

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Jaded

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Tired by excess or overuse; slightly cynical

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Matchination

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Plot or scheme

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Saccharine

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Excessively sweet or sentimental

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Sacrosanct

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Extremely sacred beyond criticism

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Tableau

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Vivid description striking innocent or seen

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Tacit

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Silently understood or implied

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Ubiquitous

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Being everywhere simultaneously

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Umbrage

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Offense, resentment

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Vacillate

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To waver, show indecision

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Vacuous

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Empty, void; lacking intelligence, purposeless

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Waive

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To refrain from enforcing a rule; to give up a legal right

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Wallow

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To indulge oneself excessively, luxuriate

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Abate

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Decrease, reduce

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Abdicate

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To give up a poison, right, or power

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Ballad

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Folk song, narrative poem

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Balm

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Something that heals, soothes, or comforts

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Cajole

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To flatter, coax, persuade

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Clamitus

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Disastrous, catastrophic

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Dearth

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lack, scarcity, insufficiency

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Debase

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To degrade or lower in quality or stature

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Hamlet

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Small village

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Idiosyncrasy

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Peculiarity of temperament, eccentricity

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Ignoble

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Dishonorable, not noble in character

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Jundiced

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Affected by jaundice; prejudiced or embittered

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Kernel

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Innermost, essential part; seed grain, often in a shell

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Keynote

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Note or tone on which a musical key is founded; main idea of a speech, program, et cetera

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Lachrymose

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Tearful

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Lackadaisical

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Idle, lazy; apathetic, indifferent

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Magnanimous

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Generous, noble in spirit

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Magnate

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Powerful or influential person

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Nebulous

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Vague, cloudy

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Nasent

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Starting to develop, coming into existence

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Oblique

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Indirect, evasive; misleading, devious

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Opulence

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Wealth

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Smelt

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To melt metal in order to refine it

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Sobriquet

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Nickname

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Somnolent

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Drowsy, sleepy; inducing sleep

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