SAT List 13 Flashcards

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Retract

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To take back, to withdraw, to pull back

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Enhance

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To make better, to augment

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Ambiguous

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Unclear in meaning, confusing, capable of being interpreted in at least two plausible ways

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Paucity

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Scarcity

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Rescind

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To make void, repeal, annul,

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Subtle

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Not obvious, able to make fine distinctions, crafty

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Zealous

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Fervent, enthusiastically devoted to something

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Benign

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Gentle, harmless, kind, mild

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Compliant

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Yielding, submissive

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Emulate

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To strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation

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Innumerable

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Too many to number or count, many

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Meander

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To wander slowly

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Authoritarian

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Like a dictator

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Brawn

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Bulk, muscles

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Contrite

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Deeply apologetic, remorseful

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Exemplify

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To serve as an example of

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Facilitate

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To make easier

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Hypothetical

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Uncertain, unproven

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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly defiant of authority or control

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Ambulatory

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Able to walk, walking

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Diffident

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Timid, lacking if self confidence

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Drone

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To talk on and on in a full way

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Marred

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Damaged, bruised

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Nullify

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To make unimportant

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Gullible

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Overly trusting, willing to believe anything