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SAT 100 BOOM Flashcards

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unwieldy

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awkward; cumbersome; unmanageable

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undulating

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moving with a wavelike motion.

The Hilo Hula Festival was an undulating sea of green skirts.

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vertigo

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severe dizziness

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tract

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region of land (often imprecisely described); pamphelt

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vouchsafe

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grant; choose to give in reply; permit.

Occasionally the rock star would drift out onto the balcony and vouchsafe the crowd below a glimpse of her celebrated features.

The professor voucesafed not a word to the students’ questions about what would be on the test.

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wry

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twisted; with a humorous twist.

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vacuous

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empty; inane.

The vacuous remarks of the politician annoyed the audience, who had hoped to hear more than empty platitudes.

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vestige

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trace; remains

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xenophobia

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fear or hatred of foreigners

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upshot

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outcome

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veneer

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cover; thin layer

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unconscionable

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unscrupulous; excessive.

She found the loan shark’s demands unconscionable and impossible to meet.

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unassuming

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modest

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translucent

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partly transparent

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uproarious

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marked by commotion; extremely funny; very noisy

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verve

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energy in expressing ideas, especially artistically; liveliness (In his rhymes, Dr. Seuss wrote with such verve and good humor that adults as well as children delight in the adventures of “The Cat in the Hat”.)

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yen

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longing; urge

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vociferous

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clamorous; noisy

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wan

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having a pale or sickly color; pallid

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venal

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capable of being bribed

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vignette

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picture; short literary sketch

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untenable

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indefensible; not able to be maintained.

Wayne is so contrary that, the more untenable a position is, the harder he’ll try to defend it.

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winnow

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sift; seperate the good things from the bad things

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virtuoso

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highly skilled artist

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wily
cunning; artful
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vantage
a position giving an advantage They fired upon the enemy fron behind trees, walls and any other point of vantage they could find.
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vehement
forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor/ Alfred became so vehement in describing what was wrong with the Internal Revenue Service that he began jumping up and down and frothing at the mouth.
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traduce
expose to slander vs. villify
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vise
tool for holding work in place
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vapid
dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless. "Boring!" said Jessica, as she suffered through yet another vapid lecture about Dead White Male Poets.
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verbatim
word for word
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wax
increase; grow
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vitriolic
corrosive; sarcastic
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transmute
change; convert to something different He was unable to transmute his dreams into actualities.
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usurp
seize another's power or rank
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transgression
violation of a law; sin
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venial
forgivable; trivial
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volition
action of making a consious choice. She selected this dress of her own volition.
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vivacious
animated; lively
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virile
manly
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visceral
felt in one's inner organs (She disliked the visceral sensations she had whenever she rode the roller coaster.)
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transient
momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
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vilify
slander
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vagrant
a homeless wanderer
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unctuous
oil; bland; insincerely suave.
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unseemly
unbecoming; indecent; in poor taste. When he put whoopie cushions on all the seats in the funeral parlor; hsi conduct was most unseemly.
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uncouth
outlandish; clumsy; boorish. Most biographers portray Lincoln as an uncouth and ungainly young man.
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unsightly
Although James was an experienced emergency room nurse, he occasionally became queasy when faced with a particularly unsightly injury.
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yore
time past He dreamt of the elegant homes of yore, but gave no thought to their inelegant plumbing
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zenith
point directly overhead; summit When the sun was at its zenith, the glare was not as strong as at sunrise and sunset.
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unstinting
giving generously; not holding back. The dean praised the donor of the new sceience building for her unstinting generosity.
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wane
decrease in size or strength
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ventriloquist
someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing
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vernacular
living language; natural style (Cut out those old-fashioned thee's and thou's and write in the vernacular.)
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unwitting
unintentional; not knowing
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verdant
green; lush in vegetation
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transcendent
surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior
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torrid
hot or scorching; passionate
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virulent
extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter (Laid up with a virulent case of measles, Vera blamed her doctors because her recovery took so long. In fact, she became quite virulent on the subject of the quality of modern medical care.)
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vituperative
abusive; scolding
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venturesome
bold (A group of venture some women were the first to scale Mt. Annapurna)
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verity
n. quality of being true; lasting truth or principle
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vacillate
waver; fluctuate
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urbane
suave; refined; elegant
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whelp
young wolf, tiger, dog etc.
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visionary
produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical
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unimpeachable
blameless and exemplary
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verbose
wordy
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valedictory
pertaining to farewell
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unequivocal
plain; obvious; unmistakable.
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variegated
many-colored Without her glasses, Gretchen saw the fields of tulips as a variegated blur.
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tractable
docile; easily managed
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vendetta
blood feud
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verbiage
pompous array of words
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unobstrusive
inconspicuous; not blatant Reluctant to attract notice, the governess took a chair in a far corner of the room and tried to be as unobstrusive as possible.
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unprepossessing
unattactive During adolescence many attractive young people somehow aquire the false notion that their appearance is unprepossessing.
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waggish
mischeivous; humorous; tricky. He was a prankster who, unfortunately. often overlooked the damage he could cause with his waggish tricks. wag, N.
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unfrock
to strip a priest or minister of chruch authority/ To disbar a lawyer, to unfrock a priest, to suspend a doctor's liscense to practice--these are extreme steps that the authoritieis should take only after careful consideration.
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veracity
truthfulness
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torpor
lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy.
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vogue
popular fashion
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valor
bravery
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vicarious
acting as a substitute; done by a deputy (Although Violet was too meek to talk back to anybody, she got a vicarious kick out of Rita's sharp retorts.)
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upbraid
severely scold; reprimand
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vicissitude
change of fortunes
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unmitigated
unrelieved or immoderate; absolute After four days of unmitigaed heat, I was ready to collapse from heat prostration.
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wanton
unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste. Pointing to the stack of bills, SHeldon criticized Sarah for her wanton expenditures. In response, Sarah accused Shelodn of making an unfounded, wanton attack.
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vindicate
clear from blame, exonerate, justify or support
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zephyr
gentle reeze; west wind When these zephyrs blow, it is good to be in an open boat under a full-sail.
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venerate
revere
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yoke
join together, unite
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vanguard
advance guard of a military force; forefront of a movement
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unfetter
liberate; free from chains
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virtual
in essence; for practical purposes (She is a virtual financial wizard when it comes to money matters)
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torrent
rushing stream; flood
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touchstone
stone used to test the finess of gold alloys; criterion What touchstone can be used to measure the chracter of a person?
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viable
practical or workable; capable of maintaining life
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verisimilitude
appearance of truth; likelihood (Critics praised her for the verisimilitude of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.)
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vigilance
watchfulness
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tortuous
winding; full of curves.

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