SAT Vocab Flashcards

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Paucity

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Scarcity, Rarity, Shortage

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Quarrel

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Heated Argument or Disagreement

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Disparate

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Different, Contrasting

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Surmised

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Guess, Suspect, Deduce

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Contrived

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Forced, Deliberately Created

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Posited

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Assumed as a Fact, Set as Premise of Argument

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Fabricate

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Fake, Counterfeit
Or to make, create

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Exemplify

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Be a typical example of

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Discernible

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Perceptible, Detectable

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Repudiates

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Refuse, Reject

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Recants

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Abandonment

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Renounce

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Abandon, Stop Consuming

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Elusive

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Difficult to find, catch, or achieve

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Imminent

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About to happen

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Operative

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Functioning, have effect

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Latent

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Dormant, Hidden, Concealed

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Waive

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Refrain from using, Renounce

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Concede

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Admit something is true or valid after denying or resisting
Giving in
Accepting

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Nuanced

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Have subtle shades of meaning or expression
Implication
Has great background meaning/message

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Presume

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Assume

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Profusion

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An abundant amount

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Verisimilitude

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Seeming true or real

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Disconcerting

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Causing one to feel unsettled
Disturbing

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Imperceptible

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Undetectable

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Strenuously

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Requiring great physical exertion

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Prevail

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Prove to be more powerful than opposing forces
Be victorious

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Interjected

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Say something abruptly

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Novel

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New or unusual in an interesting way

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Unobtrusive

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Not conspicuous
Not attracting attention

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Peripheral

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Outer, Border
Far from center or focus

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Inadequate

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Lacking quality or quantity required

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Underscore

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Emphasize

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Inexplicable

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Cannot be explained or accounted for

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Indifference

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No interest or sympathy
Unconcerned

Mediocre - not good or bad

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Responsiveness

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Reacting quickly and positively

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Comprise

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To be made up of

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Engulf

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Cover completely, Flood, Immerse

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Beneficiary

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Someone that derives an advantage