SAT Core List 5 Flashcards by Paige Min

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Abridge

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Shorten

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Accommodating

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Helpful, obliging, polite

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Agnostic

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The belief that the existence of God can not be proven or disproven

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Allege

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Assert without proof

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Anguish

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Extreme sadness

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Arid

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Excessively dry

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Bereft

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Devoid by

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Catalog

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To list

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Clandestine

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Secret

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Commendation

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Approval or recognition

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Confound

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Frustrate or confuse

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Conundrum

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Puzzle or problem

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Cordial

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Warm and affectionate

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Demean

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To lower the status of

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Denigrate

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Belittle

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Derivative

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Taken from something else, unoriginal

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Disrepute

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Being held in low regard

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Dissipate

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Waste

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Docile

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Easily taught or trained

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Empirical

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Based on observation or experience

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Enmity

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Hatred

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Eschew

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To shun

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Figurative

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Symbolic

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Garish

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Of bad taste or fashion sense

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Heterogenous

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Varied

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Idiosyncratic

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Peculiar to one person

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Incorrigible

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Not correctable

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Infamy

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Notoriety or having a bad reputation

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Inhibit

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To prevent

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Iniquity

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Wickedness or sin

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Inveterate

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Established by habit

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Lithe

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Graceful

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Manifest

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To show plainly

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Ominous

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Foreboding evil

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Ostracism

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Being excluded from a group

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Perfunctory

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Showing little interest

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Philanthropic

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Charitable, giving

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Portent

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An omen

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Prowess

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Extraordinary ability

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Putrid

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Rotten and foul

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Respite

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A break or rest

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Retract

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To withdraw

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Rife

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Abundant

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Sinuous

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Serpentine

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Swarthy

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Dark colored

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Unctuous

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Smooth or greasy

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Vestige

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Mark or trace of something lost

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Wane

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Decrease size