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SAT Vocabs #1351-1400 Flashcards

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Travail

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Painfully difficult work; pain or suffering from mental or physical hardship.

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Ire

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Anger.

Irate.

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Fractious

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Disruptive or irritable.

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Groggy

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Confused, sluggish, or dizzy, as from lack of sleep or drunkenness.

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Windfall

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Unexpected good fortune.

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Implicate

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To incriminate; to show or suggest involvement.

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Illicit

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Unlawful; improper.

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Haven

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A safe place.

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Rife

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Prevalent, abundant.

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Predicament

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A troublesome or embarrassing situation.

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Consolidate

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To combine into a whole; to strengthen.

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Compulsion

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Irresistible impulse; force.

Compel.

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Malfeasance

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Wrongdoing, esp. by a public official.

Malfeasant.

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Sate

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To satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.

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Implode

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To violently collapse inward.

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Salient

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Important, prominent, most noticeable.

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Convey

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To carry or transmit; to communicate.

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Incursion

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An attack or raid; the act of entering another’s territory.

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Rifle

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To search thoroughly.

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Jargon

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The specialized terminology of a profession; incoherent speech.

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Sybarite

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One devoted to luxury.

Sybaritic.

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Sloth

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Laziness.

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Asset

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A valuable thing, quality, or resource.

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Traverse

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To travel over or through.

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Combustible

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Capable of catching fire.

Combustion.

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Rapport

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Concord; a trustful relationship; harmony.

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Nominal

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Appearing in name only; negligible or of low amount.

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Dissuade

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To discourage from a course of action.

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Effervescent

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Giving off gas bubbles; showing high spirits or excitement.

Effervesce.

Effervescence.

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Defile

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To corrupt; to desecrate or sully.

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Bulwark

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A wall or embankment used for a defensive fortification; something serving as a defense or safeguard, often figurative.

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Proclivity

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A natural or habitual tendency or inclination.

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Awry

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Away from the correct course; wrong; deviant.

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Apt

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Appropriate; having a natural tendency.

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Canny

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Clever and cautious.

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Soliloquy

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A dramatic speech delivered by a character to himself.

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Scapegoat

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One who takes blame.

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Caveat

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A warning.

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Haunt

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To visit often or continually.

A place visited frequently.

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Lament

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To grieve; to regret deeply.

A mournful song.

Lamentation.

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Prattle

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To talk idly or babble.

Inconsequential talk.

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Inclined

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Disposed; willing.

Inclination; incline.

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Panoply

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A splendid array; ceremonial dress with all accessories.

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Omnivorous

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Able to eat any kind of food.

Omnivore.

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Conundrum

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A riddle or puzzle, esp. one without a solution.

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Ruthless

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Having no compassion or pity.

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Interstices

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Small spaces between things.

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Prophecy

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A prediction.

Prophetic; prophesy.

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Insinuate

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To hint.

Insinuation.

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Credence

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Belief; mental acceptance as true or real.

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