SAT Hit Parade Flashcards

1
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Pious

A

Reverent.
Devout.
At least they appear to be.

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Resignation

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Reluctant acceptance of bad situation.

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3
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Complacent

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Smug.

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4
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Heresy

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An opinion violently opposed to established beliefs.

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5
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Deference

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Submission to another’s will.
Respect.
Courtesy.

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Vacillate

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Be indecisive.

Waver back and forth between opinions or decisions.

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Fervor

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Passionate.

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Profound

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Deep.

Opposite of superfluous.

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Condone

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To overlook.

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Dissent

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Disagreement.

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Volition

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Will. Choice.

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12
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Disparate

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Different.

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13
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Compliant

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Submissive.

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Fastidious

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Meticulous.
Exacting.
Demanding.

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Languish

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To become weak.

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16
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Stagnation

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To be motionless.

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17
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Reprehensible

A

Blamable.

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18
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Scanty

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Inadequate.

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19
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Fallacious

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False.

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20
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Repress

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To hold down.

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21
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Solicit

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To ask for.

To seek.

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Indolence

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Laziness.

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23
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Congenial

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Friendly. Agreeable.

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Efface

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To rub out. To remove.

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25
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Flagrant

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Shocking.

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26
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Relegate

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To ban. To send away.

27
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Immutable

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Unchangeable.

Permanent.

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Blasphemy

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Irreverence to something held sacred.

Profanity.

29
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Levity

A

Lax in seriousness.

30
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Sycophant

A

Sucker.

31
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Tedious

A

Boring.

32
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Inadvertent

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Intention less. Careless.

33
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Incongruous

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Unfitting.
Not in harmony.
Incompatible.

34
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Frivolous

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Lax in seriousness.

35
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Sage

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Keen.

36
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Scrupulous

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Strict with ethical issues.

Honest.

37
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Refute

A

To disprove.

To prove to be false.

38
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Stoic

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Indifferent to pain or happiness.

39
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Idiom

A

A peculiar expression.

40
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Brevity

A

Briefness.

41
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Deplete

A

To use up.

42
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Amity

A

Friendship.

43
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Voluminous

A

Great in quantity.

44
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Amass

A

To gather.

45
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Willful

A

Insistent to get it in one’s way.
Deliberate.
Obstinate.

46
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Bastion

A

Fortitude.

47
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Trepidation

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Fear. Apprehension. Nervous trembling.

48
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Desecrate

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To profane.

49
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Vehement

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Urgent.

Passionate.

50
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Torpor

A

Sluggishness.

51
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Fanatic

A

Deeply into something.

52
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Rescind

A

To repeal.

To take back formally.

53
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Innumerable

A

Myriad.

54
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Meander

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To wander.

55
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Brawn

A

Muscle.

56
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Ambulatory

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Able to walk.

57
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Drone

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To talk on and on in a dull way.

58
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Blithe

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Carefree. Cheerful.

59
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Heed

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To listen to.

60
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Hindrance

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An obstruction.

Annoying interference.

61
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Saccharine

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Very sweet.

62
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Stanza

A

A section of a poem or verse.

63
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Vilify

A

To defame.

64
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Impartial

A

Objective.

Unbiased.