SAT Direct Flashcards by Teddy Li | Brainscape

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Profusion

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Abundant

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Filial

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Relating to son or daughter

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Avuncular

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Pertaining to uncle

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Convival

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Eating or drinking companion

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Cacophonous

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Harsh or discordant sound

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Syncopated

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Cut short, abbreviated

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Vehement

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Zealous, enthused

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful

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Flippant

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Lacking in seriousness, disrespectful

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Caustic

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Capable of burning, destroying living tissue

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Exonerate

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To free from duty, to relieve

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Ameliorate

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To make better, improve

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Eccentric

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Odd, peculiar

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Apathetic

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Having or showing little or no emotion

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Bewildered

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Completely puzzled or perplexed

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Faculty

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Ability for a particular kind of action, knack

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Exacerbate

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Increase severity, bitterness; to irritate

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Recondite

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Profound, beyond ordinary knowledge

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Apprehend

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To understand, grasp the meaning of

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Consummate

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To bring it to a state of perfection

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Wistful

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Pensive sadness

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Deride

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Mock

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Bombast

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Inflated, pretentious speaking

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Blather

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Foolish speaking

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Exasperate

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To irritate, provoke, annoy

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Rumination

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Wonder

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Munificent

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Generous

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Moribund

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Dying state, stagnant

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Spurious

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Counterfeit, not genuine

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Avant-Garde

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Unorthodox, daring

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Auspicious

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Fortunate

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Nonplussed

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Perplexed

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Beguiled

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Influence by trickery

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Hapless

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Unlucky

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Complicit

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Illegal/questionable action