SAT VOCAB WORDS Flashcards by Lydia Ray | Brainscape

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Nefarious

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Extreme wickedness.

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Vernacular

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Everyday speech; 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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Intensify; improve

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Hinderance

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Something that delays action or progress

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Efface

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To erase; rub out

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Glutton

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Someone who consumes too much food or drink

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Hiatus

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A break or vacation

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Querulous

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Grumbling; grumpy

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Engender

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To create; to cause

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Obliterate

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To destroy completely

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Copious

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Abundant; plentiful

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Obscure

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Dark; unknown; hard to understand

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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 call or pacify

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Artisan

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A person who is 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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Lethargic

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Sluggish; lazy

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Recondite

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Hard to understand; over ones head

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Conspicuous

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Standing out; obvious

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Archaic

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Ancient; outdated

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Delineate

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To describe accurately

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Imminent

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Just about to happen

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Predator

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One that preys or destroys

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Coalesce

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To fuse or unite

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Exult

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To celebrate

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Exalt

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To glorify

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Extraneous

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Irrelevant; unnecessary

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Incantation

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A chant

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Assuage

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To soothe; to relieve

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Insuperable

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Incapable of being overcome or solved

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Assiduous

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Hardworking, busy

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Indulgent

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Lenient, yielding to desire.

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Avarice

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Greed for money or riches, specifically for money not just greedy.

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Squander

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To waste

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Penarious

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Stingy; Relating to great poverty

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Debunk

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To prove wrong

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Eccentric

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Unconventional, a little kooky

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Corroborate

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To confirm; to back up with evidence

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Amorous

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Feeling loving

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Decorous

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Proper and in good taste

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Expedite

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To speed up the progress

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Idyllic

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Naturally peaceful

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Juxtapose

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To place side by side

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Incandescent

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Brilliant; giving off heat or light

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Exasperate

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To annoy thoroughly

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Discordant

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Lacking in harmony

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Volatile

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Highly unstable; explosive

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Distend

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To swell; to expand

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Fecund

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Fertile;productive