SAT Vocabulary Flashcards by Kelly Lee

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flaunt

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show off

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skirt

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go around

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munificence

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generosity

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alacrity

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brisk and cheerful readiness

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vigilance

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watchfulness; attentiveness

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sullen

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bad-tempered, sulky

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vernacular

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dialect spoken by regular people

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superannuated

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outdated; obsolete

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bombastic

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high sounding but little meaning

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austere

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severe and strict in manner/attiture; ascetic

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erudite

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learned and educated

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cursory

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hasty, not detailed, superficial

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ephemera

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lasting for only a short time

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frenetic

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wild, hectic

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platitudes

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a remark with moral content but cliche

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polemics

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strong verbal written attack

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seminal

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important; strongly influential

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recondite

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little known, obscure

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beguiling

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deceptively charming

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incendiary

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provocative, flammable

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inchoate

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just begun and not fully formed

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avert

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prevent, ward off

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phosphorescent

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light emitting

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voraciousness

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insatiable

galvanizing

excite into taking action

diverting

entertaining

ingratiating

sycophantic, intended to gain approval and favor

impromptu

done without preparation

incredulity

disbelief

prognostication

prophesyzing future events

transitory

not permanent

immutable

not changing

intemperate

having lack of self control

spurned

reject with disdain

untenable

indefensable, ill-founded

expunged

obliterated, erased (something unwanted, unpleasant)

indubitable

unquestionable

erroneous

wrong, incorrect