SAT Vocabulary 5 Flashcards
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Abashed
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Ashamed or sorry
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Allusion
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Indirect reference
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Annihilated
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Wiped out
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Anomalies
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Oddities; things that don’t fit the pattern
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Antipodes
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Places on opposite sides of the globe
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Apprehension
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Worry; nervousness
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Arduous
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Hard and difficult
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Articulate
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Express well with words
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Assuage
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Make less
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Auspicious
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Fortunate; indicative of a successful outcome
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Avuncular
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Acting like an uncle; kindly
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Axiom
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Something that is taken to be true; basic idea that can’t be questioned
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Banal
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Dull; unoriginal
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Bellicose
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Agressive
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Benign
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Kindly
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Bereft of
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Without; deprived of
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Bifurcation
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Division into two
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Blatantly
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Obviously
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Cacophonous
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Very noisy; unpleasant sounding
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Cantakerous
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Irritable and difficult to please
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Captivating
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Fascinating
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Chided
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Scolded
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Clairvoyant
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Able to see into the future/another dimension
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Coddled
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Over-protective; kept warm
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Comely
Attractive
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Complacent
Smug; over-confident
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Conducive to
Suitable for; leading to
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Convival
Sociable and friendly
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Cornucopia
Literally a horn filled with fruits, etc; symbol of plenty
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Cosmopolitan
Composed of varied nationalities
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Decipher
Decode; work out meaning
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Deferential
Showing respect
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Deterrent
Something that puts one off; a preventive
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Dichotomies
Divisions into two parts
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Diffident
Shy; hesitent
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Digression
Getting off point
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Discriminating
1. Able to make fine distinctions between; having good taste
| 2. Favoring one side/group over another
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Docile
Placid; easily lead
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Elite
The upper levels in a society; privileged
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Equitable
Fair and equal
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Equivocal
Ambiguous; can be interpreted in more than one way
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Exhilarating
Exciting
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Fathom
1. Work out; understand
| 2. Measure of depth
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Fervent
Passionate
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Filial
Concerned with the relationship between child and parent
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Foreboding
Sense of doom
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Funerary
Concerned with funerals
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Galvanized
1. Stirred into action; stimulated
| 2. Coated with zinc
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Grandiose
Exaggerated; too great; on a grand scale
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Haughty
Arrogant
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Hilarious
Very funny
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Hyperbole
Over-exaggeration
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Impetuous
Impulsive
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Indecipherable
Cannot be decoded; cannot be worked out
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Irresolute
Lacking firmness; inability to decide or commit
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Levity
Lack of seriousness; humor
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Loquacious
Talkative
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Mediocre
Average
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Mellifiluous
Pleasant sounding
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Miscreants
Wrong-doers
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Mitigated
Made less severe
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Naïve
Unsophisticated; simple and inexperienced
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Nonchalant
Assuming an appearance of not-caring; indifferent
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Obliterated
Wiped out
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Ousted
Pushed out of a position
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Pacifists
People who avoid war
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Panacea
Remedy for all ills
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Paradoxically
To counter what one might think; contradictory
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Perusal
Careful reading
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Placid
Calm and peaceful
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Presumptuous
Assuming too much; arrogant
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Profiteer
Someone who seeks to make unjustified points
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Propagandist
Someone who spreads ideas
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Proximity
Closeness
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Qualification
Something added to modify an opinion
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Reconcile
To bring disputing sides back together; overcome bad feeling
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Reticent
Shy; unwilling to share information
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Reverential
Showing respect
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Revisionists
People who revise; anti-revolutionaries
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Sanctimonious
Hypocritically holy; making a pretense of religious feeling
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Stoic
Brave; able to tolerate whatever life throws at you
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Symbiotic
Mutually advantageous; close relationship
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Syncopated
With strongly accented rhythm
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Tacit
Unspoken; Understood not even thought expressed in words
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Taunted
Teased; mocked
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Temperate
Mild; moderate
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Understatement
Making something seem less important than it is
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Unqualified
Without hesitation; complete and total
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Unrelenting
Never giving up; non-stop
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Unwarrented
Unjustified
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Watershed
1. Area between two water basins
| 2. Turning point
