SAT Vocab #1 & 2 Flashcards by Liz Tucker | Brainscape

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Nefarious

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Extreme wickedness

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Delineate

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To describe accurately

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Vernacular

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Everyday speech or slang

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Brawn

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Muscular strength

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Tout

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Publicly brag

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Enhance

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Improve or intensify

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Hinder

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Something that delays an action

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Efface

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To erase or rub out

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Glutton

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To consume too much food

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Hiatus

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A break with the length of a vacation

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Querulous

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Cranky or grumpy - argumentative

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Engender

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To cause or create

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Obliterate

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To destroy completely

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Copious

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Abundant and plentiful

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Obscure

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Dark; hard to understand or grasp; Unknown

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Pugnacious

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Eager to fight

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Quell

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To calm and/of pacify

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Artisan

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A person skillful with his or her hands

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Kindle

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To start a fire; ignite; arouse

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Sage

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Wiseman; wise through experience and reflection

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Volatile

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Highly unstable; explosive

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Juxtapose

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To place side-by-side; to show differences through comparison

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Histrionic

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Overly dramatic

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Discordant

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Lacking agreement or harmony

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Exasperate

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To annoy thoroughly

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Scrutinize

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To examine very carefully

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Benevolent

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Generous or kind

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Corroborate

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To confirm; to back up with evidence

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Incandescent

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Brilliant; giving off heat and/or light

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Didactic

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Intended to teach; morally instructive

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Assail

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To attack with words or force

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Fecund

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Fertile; productive

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Deride

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To ridicule or insult

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Idyllic

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Naturally peaceful or beautiful

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Distend

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To expand or swell

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Amorous

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Feeling loving; sexual sense

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Expedite

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To speed up a progress

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Decorous

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Proper; in good taste

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Vacuous

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Lacking intelligence