SAT Vocabs #701-750

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pensive

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thinking deeply or seriously, often of sad things

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confide

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to tell something in secret

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reek

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to give off a strong, unpleasant odor; to be pervaded with something unpleasant

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salutary

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beneficial; favorable to health

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enormity

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great wickedness; an evil act

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serene

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calm and peaceful

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perfunctory

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done without care or interest or merely as a form of routine

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ghastly

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terrible; horrible

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stately

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dignified and handsome, esp. in size or proportion

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corrode

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to eat into; destroy gradually, as by a chemical process

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mundane

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typical of this world; commonplace

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precept

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a rule of action or conduct

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belligerent

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eager to fight; aggressive; engaged in warfare

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colossal

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very large

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opprobrium

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a bad reputation or disgrace gained after a specific action

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invidious

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tending to arouse hostility or resentment

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flagrant

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conspicuously bad or offensive

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hymn

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a religious song; a song of praise

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juggernaut

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a terrible, irresistible force

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hospitable

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friendly, kind, and solicitous toward guests; receptive or open

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till

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to prepare the soil for planting

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abeyance

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a suspension of activity

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stationary

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not moving

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tepid

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moderately warm; lacking force or enthusiasm

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rigor

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strictness or severity

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whet

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to sharpen; to make keen

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recrimination

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a reply to one charge with a countercharge

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evasive

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intending to avoid; misleading

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scope

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the range or extent of something

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sacred

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worthy of worship; made holy

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surreptitious

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done secretly, often of something unseemly or unethical

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redeem

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to turn in and receive something in exchange; to make up for

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immutable

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unchangeable

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slovenly

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careless about one’s own appearance

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spate

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a large number or amount of something, esp. in a brief time

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transgression

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a violation of law; the exceeding of proper boundaries

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desecrate

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to violate the religious quality of something

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etiquette

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the forms of behavior of polite society

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red tape

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procedures or forms necessary for a task, esp. excessively complicated steps as part of a bureaucratic process

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conscript

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to draft compulsorily, esp. into military service

a draftee

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ignominy

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shame; dishonor

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temerity

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excessive boldness or rashness

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monograph

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a scholarly book on a narrow subject

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turpitude

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immoral behavior

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thrift

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care in managing money or other resources

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shroud

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to conceal

something that covers

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procure

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to obtain or acquire

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desideratum

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something needed and wanted

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subsist

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to maintain life

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metaphor

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a figure of speech calling one thing another to imply likeness