SAT List 2 Flashcards

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Convergence

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Joining of parts

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Demagogue

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Rabble rousing leader

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Digression

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Straying away from the main point

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Diligent

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Hard working

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Discredit

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Dishonor, disgrace

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Disdain

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To regard with scorn

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Divergent

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Variant, moving apart

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Empathy

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Sharing of feelings

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Emulate

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Follow an example

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Enervating

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Tiring, weakening

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Enhance

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Improve, augment

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Ephemeral

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Momentary, fleeting

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Evanescent

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Short lived, as an image

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Exasperation

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Irritation, frustration

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Exemplary

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Outstanding

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Extenuating

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Guilt diminishing

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Florid

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Flushed, ornate

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Fortuitous

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Lucky

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Frugal

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Thrifty

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Hackneyed

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Overused, clichéd

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Haughty

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Arrogant, condescending

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Hedonist

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Pleasure seeker

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Hypothesis

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Theory requiring proof

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Impetuous

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Rash, impulsive