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SAT Class 2 vocab words Flashcards

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cogent

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cogent (KOH junt) adj convincing; reasonable

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compelling

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compelling (kum PEL ing) adj forceful; urgently demanding attention

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didactic

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didactic (dye DAK tik) adj intended to teach; morally instructive

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dogmatic

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dogmatic (dawg MAT ik) adj characterized by stubborn adherence to insufficiently proved beliefs

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poignant

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poignant (POYN yunt) adj profoundly moving; touching

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Abstruse

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(ab STROOS) adj hard to understand

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Arduous

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(AHR joo us) adj difficult; painstaking

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futile

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futile - having no useful purpose

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specious

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specious (SPEE shus) adj having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false

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clarity

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clarity - clearness in thought or expression

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cohesive

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cohesive - condition of sticking together

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convoluted

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convoluted - intricate; complex

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effusive

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effusive - describing unrestrained emotional expression; gushy

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emphatic

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emphatiac - expressed with emphasis

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florid

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florid - describing flowery or elaborate speech

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fluid

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fluid - easily flowing

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rapport

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rapport - a relationship of mutual trust or affinity

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adage

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adage - a wise old saying

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heinous

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heinous - hatefully evil; abominable

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impede

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impede - to slow the progress of

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impenetrable

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impenetrable - incapable of being understood

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slander

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slander - false charges and malicious oral statements or reports about someone

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ruse

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ruse - a crafty trick

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egregious

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egregious - conspicuously bad or offensive

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facetious

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facetious - playfully humorous

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pander

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pander - to cater to the lower tastes or desires of others or exploit their weaknesses

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propriety

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propriety - appropriateness of behaviour

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wry

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wry - dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony

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lampoon

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lampoon - (noun or verb) - a broad satirical piece; or to broadly satire

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parody

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parody - an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect

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abdicate

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abdicate - to formally give up power

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annihilate

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annihilate - to destroy completely

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benevolent

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benevolent - kind; generous

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despotic

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despotic - characterized by exercising absolute power tyrannically

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dictatorial

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dictatorial - domineering; oppressively overbearing

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haughty

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haughty - condescendingly proud

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imperious

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imperious - arrogantly domineering or overbearing

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omnipotent

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omnipotent - all-powerful

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patronizing

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patronizing - treating in a condescending manner

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usurp

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usurp - to take by force

Word Smart vocab words (29 decks)

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