SAT Vocabs #501-550

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insipid

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uninteresting; having no flavor

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convene

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to bring together

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fortuitous

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occurring by chance (either positive or negative)

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feasible

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capable of being alone

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guile

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slyness in dealing with others

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kin

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one’s relatives

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apology

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a defense in speech or writing of one’s beliefs

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specious

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seeming to be truthful on the surface, but actually false

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vogue

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prevailing fashion

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extrapolate

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to predict by extending known information

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turbid

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cloudy, muddy; in a state of turmoil

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turgid

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excessively ornate or complex in style; swollen, as from fluid

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redolent

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aromatic; fragrant; suggestive

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embrace

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to hug; to include as part of something larger; to support eagerly

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entrenched

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dug in

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enmesh

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to entangle or trap, as in a net or web

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comprehensive

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complete; covering broadly and all-inclusively

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fraught

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full of a particular quality

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rue

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to regret

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venturesome

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adventurous, risky, daring

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noxious

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harmful to health or the mind

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desist

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to cease; stop

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founder

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to sink below the water; to fail completely; to go lame (of horses)

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trudge

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to walk in a heavy-footed way

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disenchant

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to free from false belief

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squalid

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having a dirty or lowly appearance

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servile

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slavish; abjectly submissive

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pallid

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faint in color; pale

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assess

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to estimate

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fraternal

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showing comradeship; brotherly

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steadfast

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loyal; faithful

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decorum

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polite behavior

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repine

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to be discontented or unhappy; to long for something

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authoritarian

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demanding unquestioning obedience

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charlatan

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a fake; one who pretends to have expert knowledge

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tribulation

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great misery or distress

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telltale

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indicating or revealing information

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adverse

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opposed, difficult

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astute

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showing clever awareness, esp. with respect to one’s own concerns

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conjugal

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pertaining to marriage relationships

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reverie

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daydream

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filial

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like or relating to a daughter or son

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accomplice

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accessory; one who assists in a crime

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epic

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a long narrative poem, in a dignified style, celebrating the deeds of a hero

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demur

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to object; to disagree with something

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torrid

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parched with heat; ardent or passionate

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undermine

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to weaken

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repartee

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a quick, witty reply; a series of such replies

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elocution

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the art of public speaking, with attention to delivery

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yearn

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to desire strongly, esp. in a melancholy way