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SAT Care List 19 Flashcards

1
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abet

A

to aid, help, encourage

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acumen

A

keen insight

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3
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altercation

A

to dispute, fight

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annul

A

to make voice or invalid

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apocryphal

A

functions, false, wrong

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6
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arable

A

suitable for growing crops

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battery

A

assault, beating

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bilk

A

to cheat, defraud

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canvas

A

a piece of cloth on which an artist paints

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capricious

A

subject to whim, fickle

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cavort

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to leap about, behave boisterously

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12
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clemency

A

mercy

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13
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complement

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to complete, make perfect

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14
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congruity

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the quality of being in agreement

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15
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consonant

A

in harmony

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16
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debunk

A

to expose the falseness of something

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17
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deft

A

skillful, capable

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18
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depravity

A

wickedness

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19
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discursive

A

rambling, lacking order

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20
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dispel

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to drive away, scatter

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21
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elated

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overjoyed, thrilled

22
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encumber

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to weigh down, burden

23
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fabricate

A

to make up, invent

24
Q

facade

A

the wall of a building

25
Q

facile

A

superficial, achieved with minimal thought or care, insincere

26
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fastidious

A

meticulous, demanding, having high an often unattainable standards

27
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grievous

A

injurious, hurtful, serious or grave in nature

28
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iconoclast

A

one who attacks common beliefs or institutions

29
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impinge

A

to impact, affect, make an impression

30
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impregnable

A

resistant to capture or penetration

31
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insolent

A

rude, arrogant, overbearing

32
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intractable

A

difficult to manipulate, unmanageable

33
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malediction

A

a curse

34
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moderate

A

not extreme

35
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mundane

A

concerned with the world rather than with heaven, commonplace

36
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nadir

A

the lowest point of something

37
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odious

A

instilling hatred or intense displeasure

38
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perfidious

A

disloyal, unfaithful

39
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pinnacle

A

the highest point

40
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promulgate

A

to proclaim, make known

41
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propitious

A

favorable

42
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rectitude

A

uprightness, extreme morality

43
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reprehensible

A

deserving rebuke

44
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repudiate

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to reject, refuse to accept

45
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scrupulous

A

painstaking, careful

46
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spurious

A

false but designed to seem plausible

47
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travesty

A

a grossly inferior imitation

48
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tremulous

A

fearful

49
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usurp

A

to seize by force, take possession of without right

50
Q

vex

A

to confuse or annoy

51
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vitriolic

A

having a caustic quality

52
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winsome

A

charming, pleasing

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