SAT VOC Group 1 Flashcards by Alvin James

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1 abstruse

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difficult to understand

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2 apt

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appropriate, inclined

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3 cajole

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coax

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4 compendious

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succinct

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5 concur

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agree

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6 delineate

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list, explain

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7 digress(ion)

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stray from the subject at hand

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8 elucidate

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clarify

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9 embroil(ed)

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involve in an argument or conflict

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10 empiric(al)

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based on observation and experiment (not theory)

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11 enumerate

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list

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12 epitome, epitomize

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representative example

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13 equivocal

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ambiguous

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14 exemplar

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representative example

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15 exhort

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encourage

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16 expedient

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useful

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17 fathom (verb)

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understand

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18 flagrant

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evident, obvious

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19 florid(ity)

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flushed, flowery

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20 incongruity, incongruous

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inappropriateness, discrepancy

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21 ineffable

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impossible to express in words

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22 innuendo

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implicit suggestion

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23 laconic

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concise

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24 lucid

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clear, easily understood

25 nebulous

vague

26 nuance

subtle difference

27 paradigm

clear example

28 prattle

babble

29 pronouncement

formal declaration

30 proponent

supporter

31 prosaic

lacking imagination, dull

32 rebuttal

defense, counterargument

33 recant

reject

34 repudiate

reject

35 rescind

annul, retract

36 rhetoric(al), rhetorician

(related to) elegant speech/writing, elegant speaker/writer

37 scrutinize, scrutiny

examine carefully

38 simile

comparison

39 tangential

digressive, irrelevant

40 treatise

extensive written argument about some topic

41 verbose

wordy, long-winded

42 aura

air, feeling

43 bombastic

pompous

44 buoyant

cheerful, floating

45 callous

insensitive

46 cantankerous(ness)

irritable

47 capricious

fickle

48 caustic

bitter

49 convivial

sociable, lively

50 demonstrative

openly emotional