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Junior SAT vocab list Flashcards

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Iconoclast

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a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditions, institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition

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Impassive

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Without emotion; apathetic; unmoved; calm

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Implausible

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Not having the appearance of truth or credibility

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Incipient

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beginning to exist or appear

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Interloper

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a person who interferes with the affairs of others

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Intrinsic

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belonging to a thing by its true nature

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leery

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wary; suspicious

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lionize

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to treat a person as a celebrity

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malodorous

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having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad

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myriad

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a very greater indefinitely great number of persons or things; innumerable

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niche

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a place or position suitble or appropriate for a person or thing

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obstreperous

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resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner

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omniscient

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having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; to perceive all things

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panacea

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a remedy for all disease or ills

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parochial

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relating to or financially supported by the local church parishes

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pathos

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pity; obsolete; suffering

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patronize

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to trade with

to behave in an offesively manner towards someone

to support

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salubrious

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favorable to or promoting health

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sardonic

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grimly mocking; cynical

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scoff

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to mock or jeer

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sequester

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to banish, exile, seclude, or isolate

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sordid

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vile, mainly selfish, morally innoble

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squander

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to spend or use estravagantly/wastefully

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subjugate

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to bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.

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sullen

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showing irritation or ill humor by gloomy silence

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