SAT Core List 7 Flashcards by Paige Min | Brainscape

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abscond

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To sneak away and hide

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Acute

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Sharp and severe

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Amalgamate

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Bring together

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Ambivalent

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Having opposing feelings

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Anomaly

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Something that doesn’t fit into the normal order

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Antithesis

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Absolute opposite

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Assess

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Evaluate

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Assiduous

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Hard-working

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Cadence

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Rhythm

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Canny

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Careful and aware

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Censure

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Rebuke formally or denounce

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Cogent

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Intellectually convincing

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Compound

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Combination

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Connive

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Plot

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Convention

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Rule or custom

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Corrosive

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Tends to erode

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Deplore

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Express sorrow or disapproval

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Desolate

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Deserted and lifeless

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Dissonance

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Lack of harmony

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Distend

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Swell out

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Dither

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Indecisive

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Dormant

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Inactive

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived

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Evince

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Show

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Facade

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Deceptive fake attitude

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Flaccid

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Limp and weak

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Gratuitous

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Unnecessary or uncalled for

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Idolatrous

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Excessively worshipping

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Indefatigable

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Incapable of defeat

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Indigenous

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Originating in a region

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Innuendo

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Insinuation

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Inoculate

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Vaccinate to increase immunity

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Kudos

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Thanks or praise

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Lurid

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Ghastly

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Modulate

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Passing from one state to another

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Nomadic

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Wandering from place to place

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Ornate

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Decorated

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Paradigm

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Perfect example

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Placid

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Calm

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Plausible

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Believable and reasonable

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Precipice

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Face of a cliff

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Querulous

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Whiny

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Reconcile

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Return to harmony

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Reservoir

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Reserved large supply

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Revoke

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Take back

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Sacrosanct

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Holy

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Salutation

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Greeting

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Sophomoric

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Immatur

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Taciturn

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Doesn’t talk much

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Vacuous

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Stupid

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Virtuoso

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Someone who excels in arts