CHAPTER 4: EVERY SAT WORD HAS A HISTORY Flashcards

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Very strict laws and rules

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DRACONIAN

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Very concise; brief

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LACONIC, SUCCINCT & TERSE

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Plain; simple

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SPARTAN & AUSTERE

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Idyllically calm and tranquil

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HALCYON

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A deliberately misleading argument

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SOPHISTRY

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A fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination

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CHIMERICAL

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To deliberately exclude from a group

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OSTRACIZE

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Poor; penniless; not affluent

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IMPECUNIOUS

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Extremely wicked; vile

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NEFARIOUS

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Good-humored; cheerful

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JOVIAL & JOCULAR

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A funeral hymn; mournful music

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DIRGE

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Excessively sentimental

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MAUDLIN

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Foolishly impractical

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QUIXOTIC

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A wild uproar; tumult

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PANDEMONIUM

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A strict disciplinarian

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MARTINET

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A complete failure

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FIASCO & DEBACLE

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To remove or delete objectionable parts of a book

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BOWDLERIZE

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To electrify; stir into action

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GALVANIZE

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Something of small value; petty; trifling

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PICAYUNE

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To divide a district so as to give one side an advantage

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GERRYMANDER

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An independent person

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MAVERICK

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An irresistible force

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JUGGERNAUT

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An accidental but fortunate discovery

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SERENDIPITY

24
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The highest point

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ZENITH & APEX

25
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The lowest point

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NADIR