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DAY 2 (91~170) Flashcards

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compatible

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able to coexist; harmonious

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dubious

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doubtful; uncertain

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elusive

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hard to pin down; evasive

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compromise

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to settle by concession or surrender

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flagrant

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shocking; outstandingly bad

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static

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stationary; not moving

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ironic

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satiric; unexpected

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dogmatic

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stubbornly opinionated, arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubborn in one’s belief

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facilitate

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to make easier; to help

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frivolous

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not serious; not solemn; with levity

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Exhaustive

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thorough; complete

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Infamous

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shamefully wicked; having an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful

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authoritarian

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a dictator

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Reticent

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restrained; uncommunicative

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redundant

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repetitive; unnecessary; excessively wordy

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Deference

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submission to another’s will; respect; courtesy

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vacillate

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to be indecisive; to waver back and forth

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fervor

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passion

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dispassionate

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objective; neutral

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pragmatic

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practical; down-to-earth; based on experience rather than theory

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didactic

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instructive; intended to instruct

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Scanty

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inadequate; minimal

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Alleviate

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to lessen; to relieve, usually temporary or incompletely; to make bearable

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negligence

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carelessness

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endorse

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to approve or give one’s support to

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Conspicuous

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obvious; standing-out

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Relegate

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to banish; to send away

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Incessant

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unceasing; never-ending

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Condone

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to overlook; to permit to happen

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Tranquility

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calmness

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Dissent

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disagreement

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Conciliatory

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making peace; attempting to solve a dispute through good will

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Rigorous

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strict; harsh; severe

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Disparate

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different; incompatible

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Disparage

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to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way

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Conventional

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ordinary; customary

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Ephemeral

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short-lived; fleeting; not lasting

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Futile

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hopelessness; without effect

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Prosaic

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dull; unimaginative

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Profuse

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flowing; extravagant

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Authentic

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real

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Expedient

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providing an immediate advantage; serving one’s immediate self-interest

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Fastidious

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meticulous; demanding

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Philanthropy

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love of mankind; donating to charity

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Astute

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perceptive; intelligent

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Brevity

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briefness

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languish

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to become weak; listless, or depressed

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novel

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new; original

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relevant

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important; pertinent

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mitigate

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to lessen the severity of something

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reprehensible

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worthy of blame

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engender

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to create; to produce

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deride

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to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously

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Lethargy

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sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness; indifference

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fanatic

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one who is extremely devoted to a cause or idea

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solemn

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serious; grave

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acclaim

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praise; applause; admiration

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augment

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to add to; to increase; to make bigger

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incoherent

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jumbled; chaotic; impossible ot understand

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Indolence

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laziness

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Ambivalent

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undecided having mixed feelings

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Benign

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gentle; not harmful; kind; mild

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Amiable

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friendly

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tedious

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boring

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Caustic

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like acid; corrosive

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laudable

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worthy of praise

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acquiesce

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to give in; to agree

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atrophy

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to waste away from lack of use

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Instigate

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to provoke; to stir up

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heed

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to listen to

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virtuoso

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masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field

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deplete

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to use up; to reduce; to lessen

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complaint

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yielding; submissive

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inadvertent

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lax; careless; without intention

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extraneous

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irrelevant; extra; unnecessary; unimportant

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levity

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lightness; frivolity; unseriousness

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belittle

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to make to seem little

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digress

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to go off the subject

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predecessor

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someone or something that came before another

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scrutinize

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to examine closely

SAT VOCAB (15 decks)

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