SAT Vocabulary 3 Flashcards
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Accolade
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Praise
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Allusion
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Indirect reference
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Ambivalence
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uncertainty; having mixed feelings
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Ambivalent
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Unable to decide
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Analogy
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Comparison
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Anecdote
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Short account of something interesting; story
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Anomalous
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Odd; not fitting the pattern
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Apparition
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Ghost; something that appears
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Aspersion
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Negative feeling; damaging remark
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Belligerence
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Agression
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Bombastic
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Exaggerated; Too elaborate
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Candid
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Truthful
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Capricious
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Changeable; fickle
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Cherished
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Cared for; firmly-held
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Cliché
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Overused expression
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Conception
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- Idea; view
2. Beginning of pregnancy
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Convoluted
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Complicated or long-winded
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Credence
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Belief
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Cryptic
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Hidden
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Currency
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- Widespread acceptance
2. Money
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Decorous
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Good and correct (used of behavior)
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Denunciation
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Act of speaking out against
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Derailed
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Thrown off course
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Derivitive
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Unoriginal
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Despotic
Acting like a tyrant
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Detritus
Rubbish
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Diaphanous
Very thin and transparent
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Dictum
Often used saying
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Dilettante
Person who dabbles in the arts
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Disdainded
Showing contempt for
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Dispassionate
Unbiased; fair
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Dowager
An elderly woman of elevated status
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Dubious
Doubtful
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Egaliterian
Equal; believer of equality
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Elicit
Draw out (used mainly for information or feelings)
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Elliptical
1. Shaped like an ellipse
| 2. Indirect
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Epitomizes
Acts as a typical example of
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Equivocate
Speak ambiguously/vaguely
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Evasiveness
Trying to avoid something
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Explicitly
Very clear; nothing hidden
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Foraging
Searching for food
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Hypothetical
Based on guesswork; not proven
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Iconoclast
Person who goes against accepted authority
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Idiosyncratic
Quirky; uniquely to an individual
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Imponderable
Cannot be understood
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Indecorous
Not well behaved; lacking in dignity
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Indigence
Extreme poverty
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Inept
Clumsy
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Inherent
Inbuilt; genetic
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Intricate
Complicated
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Irrefutable
Cannot be proven
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Jingoism
Using words to stir up exaggerated patriotism
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Jubilant
Joyful
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Judicious
Fair and equal
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Lament
Express regret over something
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Loquacious
Talkative; using too many words
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Mendicancy
Begging
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Metaphorical
Not literal; figurative
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Milieu
Environment; surroundings
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Mitigated
Made less severe
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Nascent
Just begun; in an early stage of development
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Nostalgia
Longing for the past
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Obtrusive
Easily seen
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Orthographical
Concerned with writing and spelling
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Ossifed
Becoming fixed and rigid
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Ostentatious
Showy
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Palpable
Can be felt
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Pastoral
1. Concerned with the countryside
| 2. Concerned with the care a pastor gives to someone
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Pedestrian
1. Boring (adj)
| 2. Person who walks
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Perfidy
Treachery; betrayal
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Prolifigacy
Immoral and wasteful behavior
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Prohibitive
Very expensive
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Prudence
Wisdom; caution
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Pugnacious
Aggressive
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Purveyor
One who sells something or causes something to spread
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Resonance
Echo
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Respite
Break (from work, etc.)
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Resurgance
Revival
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Sparse
Thin; not thick
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Stringent
Strict
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Succumbing
Giving into; falling under the influence of
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Supercilious
Arrogant
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Tenacity
Firmness of purpose
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Transcend
Go beyond a limit
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Variegated
Multicolored
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Venerable
Worthy of respect
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Viable
Workable; able to live or grow
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Visceral
Concerned with the 'guts'; physical rather than mental
