SAT HIT PARADE (PG-237,238)

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Disparage

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to belittle

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ephemeral

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short-lived; fleeting

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compliant

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yielding; submissive

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prosaic

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like prose; dull; unimaginative

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profuse

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flowing; extravagant

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expedient

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providing an immediate advantage

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fastidious

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meticulous; demanding

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belligerent (shadow hunters)

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quarrelsome; waging war; combative

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astute

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intelligent

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languish

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to become weak, listless or depressed

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censure

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to condemn severely for doing something bad

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stagnation

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motionless; inactivity

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mitigate

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to lessen the severity of something

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reprehensible

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worthy of blame or censure

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engender

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to produce; to create

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exemplary

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outstanding; setting a great example

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neutral

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unbiased; not taking sides; objective

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relegate (sita)

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to banish; to send away

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anecdote

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a brief, entertaining story

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scanty

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inadequate; minimal

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fallacious

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false

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acclaim

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praise; applause; admiration

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uniform

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consistent; unchanging; the same for everyone

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incoherent

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chaotic; jumbled; impossible to understand

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repress

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to hold down

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articulate

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speaking clearly and well

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solicit

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to seek; to ask for

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reproach

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to scold

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codescend

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to stoop to someone else’s level; to patronize

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orthodox

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by the book; conventional

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indolence

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laziness

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congenial

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agreeably suitable; pleasant

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preclude

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to prevent; to shut out, make impossible

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apprehensive

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worried; anxious

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elaborate

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thorough

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arrogant

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feeling superior to others; snooty

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elusive

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evasive

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efface

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to erase; rub away the featured off

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taciturn

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untalkative by nature

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ameliorate

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to make better or more tolerable

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acquiesce

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to give in; to agree

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atrophy

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to waste away from lack of use

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dubious

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doubtful

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flagrant

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outstandingly bad; shocking

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concise

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brief and to the point; succint

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immutable

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unchangeable; permanent

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static

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stationary; not changing or moving

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credulous

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believing; gullible

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blasphemy

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irreverence; an insult to somethong held sacred; profanity

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coalesce

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to come together as one; to fuse; to unite

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lax

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careless; not diligent; relaxed

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cryptic

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mysterious; mystifying

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levity

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lightness; frivolity; unseriousness

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amiable

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friendly

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ambivalent

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undecided; blowing hot and cold

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innate

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existing since birth; inborn

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sycophant

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one who sucks upto others

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esoteric (a)

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hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar

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extraneous

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irrelevant; extra; unnecessary; unimportant

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tedious

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boring

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caustic

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like acid; corrosive

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inadvertent

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lax; careless

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exhaustive

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thorough; complete

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incongruous

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not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate

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belittle

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to make to seem little

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digress

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to go off the subject

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unprecedented

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novel; happening for the first time; never seen before

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frivolous

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not serious; not solemn; not with levity

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appease

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to soothe; to pacify by giving in to

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instigate

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provoke; stir up

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sage

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wise;

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predecessor

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someone or something that came before another

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jeopardy

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danger

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tangible

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touchable; palpable

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indulgent

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lenient; yielding to desire

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remorse

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sadness; regret

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scrupulous

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strict; careful; hesitant for ethical reasons

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pivotal

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crucial

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refute

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to disprove; to prove to be false

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stoic

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indifferent to pleasure or pain, to joy or grief, to fortune or misfortune

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volatile

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quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive

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peripheral

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unimportant

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hedonistic

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pleasure seeking; indulgent

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benefactor

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a generous donor

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idiom

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a peculiar expression

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brevity

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briefness

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apocryphal

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a doubtful origin; false

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virtuoso

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masterful musician

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slander

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to defame; to speak maliciously of someone