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Aesthete

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—one who appreciates and seeks beauty, art, or pleasure.

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Alacrity

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—cheerful readiness HITRINA, ZIVAHNOST

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Aphorism

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—a wise saying; an adage

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Appropriate (v.)

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—to take another’s property as one’s own

- PRISVOJITI, ODREDITI, OPREDIJELITI

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Arable

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—able to be cultivated; farmable

- OBRADIV, PLODAN

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Arboreal

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—relating to trees

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Asylum

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—a safe place to practice one’s religion or follow one’s convictions
- AZIL, UTOCISTE

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Auspicious

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—foretelling well for the future

- SRETAN, POVOLJAN

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Avant-garde

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—cutting-edge; new; experimental

- NAPREDNO, ONO STO PROBIJA NORME DRUSTVA I TRAZI REVOLUCIONARNE VRIJEDNOSTI

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Behemoth

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—a huge animal; something of

great size or power

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Bequest

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—a gift upon one’s death

- NASLIJEDSTVO

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Breadth

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—a range or scope

- SIRINA

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Brook (v.)

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—to endure; to put up with

- SNOSITI, TRPJETI

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Bungle

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—to mess up

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Byzantine

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—ornate, fancy

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Celerity

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—cheerful speed

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Cerebral

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—intellectual

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Chagrin

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—embarrassment

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Circumscribed

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—defined or limited; isolated

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Cloying

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—oversweet

- PRESITITI

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Confound

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—to confuse; to perplex; to

befuddle

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befuddle

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ZBUNITI

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Conjecture

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—a guess

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Constituents

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—voters

- SASTOJCI, BIRACI

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Consummate

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—complete; perfect

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Convoluted

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—complicated, complex

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Crude

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—rude; lacking refinement

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Curtail

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—to cut short; abridge

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Debased

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—morally low; base

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Decorous

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—having propriety

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Denuded

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—made ineffective or infertile

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Desultory

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—aimless; lacking a plan or

purpose

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Didactic

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—relating to instruction, lecturing

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Dilatory

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—lacking goals or purpose; aimless

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Din

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—noise

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Dirge

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—a funeral song

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Discomfited

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—embarrassed; disconcerted

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Discretionary

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—based on personal choice;showing prudence

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Disingenuous

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—dishonest; crafty

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Disposed

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—behaviorally inclined

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Divine

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—heavenly; godly

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Edifice

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—a building

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Effigy

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—a crude likeness of a loathed person

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Egregious

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—blatantly wrong

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Elusive

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—hard to grasp; escaping; evasive

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Emollient

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—a soothing lotion

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Empirical

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—based on data, evidence, and/or experiments

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Enervate

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—to drain of energy; to weaken

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Enfranchise

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—to free from slavery; to bestow the right to vote

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Epitaph

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—words inscribed on a tomb

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Espouse

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—to support

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Expurgate

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—to delete obscene or other

undesirable material from a text

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Extant

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—existing

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Fabrication

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—a lie

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Facile

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—easy

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Felicitous

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—suitable; pleasant

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Feral

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—savage; wild

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renown

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Slava

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Galvanize

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—to incite; to arouse to action

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Gaunt

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—thin; haggard

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Gingerly

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—carefully

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Grovel

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—to beg or plead; to crawl; to behave subordinately

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Hapless

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—ill fated; unfortunate; unlucky

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Harbinger

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—a messenger; an omen

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Hermetic

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—sealed in an airtight manner

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Histrionic

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—over theatrical; melodramatic

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Hubris

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—excessive pride

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Inanimate

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—not living

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Incantation

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—a calling out for inspiration or

guidance; an invocation

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Inchoate

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—not fully formed

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Incisive

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—harsh; cutting; vitriolic

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Incumbent

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—one who holds political office

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Indelible

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—unable to be erased; permanent

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Ineffable

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—incapable of expression in words

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Inexorable

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—steadfast; resolute

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Inflammatory

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—likely to excite rage or disorder

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Insular

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—isolated; remote

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Intemperate

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—excessive; immoderate

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Interlocutor

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—one who participates in conversation or dialogue

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Intractable

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—hard to manage or control

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Jaded

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—bored from too much pleasure or overindulgence

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Jingoism

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—aggressive touting of one’s

patriotism

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Juggernaut

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—relentless force

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Juxtapose

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—to place things side by side for the sake of comparing

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Kinetic

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—relating to motion and energy

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Legion

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—a very large number

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Leviathon

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—a subaquatic, mythological sea

creature; something huge

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Licentious

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—morally lax

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Melee

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—a hand-to-hand fight involving

several participants

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Milieu

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—environment

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Myopic

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—short-sighted

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Naivete

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—lack of experience or sophistication

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Nihilism

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—a philosophical belief involving the rejection of established values and morality

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Nondescript

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—featureless; hard to describe

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Nonplussed

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—confused to the point of being unable to act or speak

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Obfuscate

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—to obscure the meaning of

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Obliged

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—forced; made to do something because of conscience or obligation

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Oblique

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—indirect; slanted

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Olfactory

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—relating to the sense of smell

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Onerous

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—burdensome

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Opprobrium

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—disgrace, disapproval

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Ostensible

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—apparent

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Panacea

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—a cure-all

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Partisan

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—biased; opinionated

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Pathos

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—empathy; sympathetic pity

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Pedagogic

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—relating to education; instructive

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Pedantic

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—narrowly or pretentiously learned

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Perfidious

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—disloyal; traitorous

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Petulant

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—irritable

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Plaudits

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—applause; praise

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Pontificate

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—to speak in a supercilious and

self-important manner

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Pragmatist

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—a practical person

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Precept

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—a rule of behavior or action

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Precipitate

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—to hurry up; to make happen before planned

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Prescience

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—advance knowledge; foresight; anticipation

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Probity

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—honesty; integrity

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Profligate

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—extravagant to a fault; prodigal

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Proliferate

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—to reproduce or multiply quickly

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Promulgate

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—to make known, formally, a law or set of beliefs

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Prose

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—language ordinarily used in speaking

or writing; writing that is not poetry

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Prototype—

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a model; an archetype; a first

specimen

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Prowess

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—valor, skill

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Pundits

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—erudite (learned, scholarly)

persons

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Qualm

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—doubt; hesitation; uneasiness

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Quibble

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—to find fault with

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Quixotic

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—romantic or dreamy

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Refractory

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—stubborn

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Relegate

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—to demote to an inferior position

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Reprehensible

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—worthy of blame

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Rescind

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—to take back; to withdraw

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Retrograde

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—going backward and therefore

not progressing

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Sanctimonious

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—pretending to be religious

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Sanction (v.)

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—to approve

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Scrupulous

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—very conscientious

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Serendipity

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—faculty of benefiting (e.g.,

finding valuable objects) by random

chance

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Sophistry

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—deceptive thinking; invalid

arguments

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Spate

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—an outpouring

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Specious

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—false, not authentic; spurious

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Steadfastness

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—loyalty, resolve

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Stupefy

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—to stun

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Subterfuge

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—deception

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Supplant

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—to replace; to substitute for

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Surfeit (n.)

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—a surplus, an oversupply

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Sybarite

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—a pleasure-loving person

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Synergistic

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—working together and having

a greater combined effect because of

simultaneous operation

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Table (v.)

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—to set aside an issue to be

discussed at a later time

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Tawdry

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—cheap-looking; gaudy

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Temerity

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—reckless boldness

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Temper (v.)

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—to lessen the severity of

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Threadbare—

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very worn; shabby

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Treachery

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—disloyalty, perfidy

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Truculent

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—belligerent

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Turgid

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—swollen; pompous

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Unctuous

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—inky, oily

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Unheralded

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—unannounced

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Untenable

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—unable to be defended

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Upstart

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—a rebel, an insurgent; a maverick

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Utopian

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—relating to a perfect society;

idealistic

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Vaunt

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—to brag or boast

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Venial

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—forgivable; pardonable

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Verdant

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—green, lush

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Verisimilitude

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—probability; something that

has the appearance of truth

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Vestigial

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—extremely small

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Victuals

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—food

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Vignette

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—a brief written description

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Virile

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—manly, strong

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Visceral

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—relating to the abdomen;

instinctive rather than reasoned

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Vitiate

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—to impair; to render ineffective

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Vitriolic

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—harsh, biting, caustic

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Vocation

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—a profession to which one feels

called to carry out, especially a religious

calling

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Watershed

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—a defining moment; a turning

point

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Waylay

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—to ambush

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Wheedle

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—to cajole or coax

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Wily

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—sly

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Windfall

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—an unexpected gain or boon

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Winsome

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—attractive

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Witticism

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—a clever remark

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Xenophobic

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—fearful of foreigners

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Zephyr

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—a light breeze

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erratic

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unpredictable, inconsistent

181
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contemptuous

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the contemptuous look on your face says it all:
scornful, disrespectful, insulting, scoffing,
superior, arrogant, dismissive, aloof;
ANTONYMS respectful.

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jubilant

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feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.

[overjoyed, joyful, euphoric]

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plausible

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persuasive, reasonable

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volatile

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unpredictable, changeable

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Condemn

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Osuditi

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affection

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fondness, love, liking, tenderness

187
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lofty

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uzvišen

188
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convey

A

prenjeti,. isporučiti

SAT Reasoning VOCAB (6 decks)

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