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SAT Vocabulary Challenging List I 201~291 Flashcards

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1
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polarize

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create conflict

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ponderous

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serious, heavy, clumsy

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populace

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general public

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predilection

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preference, partiality

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premonition

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a feeling of evil to come, forboding

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prescient

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psychic

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presumption

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assumption

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presumptive

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probable, likely

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pretense, pretension

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doubtful claim

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prodigal

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recklessly wasteful or extravagant

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populous

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having a large population

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profane

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irreverent, showing disrespect for religion

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profligate

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recklessly wasteful or extravagant

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propitiate

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appease, make peace with

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prostrate

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lying face downwards, exhausted

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pugnacious

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aggressive, belligerent

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quandary

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a state of doubt or uncertainty

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quiescent

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quiet, inactive

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rarefy

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make thin or less compact

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rebuff

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reject

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21
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recourse

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the act of turning into someone/something for assistance

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22
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recrimination

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to accuse in return

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remission

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reduction, pardon

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renegade

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someone who deserts a cause

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replete

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abundantly supplied

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reprieve

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relief, pardon

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reprove

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criticize

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respite

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resplendent

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resplendent

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splendid

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resurgent

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rise again

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31
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rhapsodize

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narrate or say with great enthusiasm

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32
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saccharine

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overly sweet

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sacrilegious

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disrespecting something sacred

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sacrosanct

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sacred

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salutary

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favorable to health, beneficial

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sardonic

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scornfully mocking

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scour

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clean by scrubbling vigorously

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seclusion

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privacy, isolation

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seditious

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provoking rebellion against established authority

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sedulous

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diligent, assiduous

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sermonize

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preach, express moral judgement

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skinflint

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cheap

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skirt

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evade

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sleight

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dexterity

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slovenly

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untidy, careless

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solemnize

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perform a formal ceremony, make serious or grave

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sovereign

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self-governing

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sparseness

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the state of being spase or scanty

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specious

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seemingl reasonable but incorrect

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sportive

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playful

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stalwart

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courageous

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stipulate

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specify as a condition of an agreement

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stoic

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someone indifferent to pain or pleasure

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stolid

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showing no emottion or interest

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stratified

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layered, hierarchical

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stymie

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obstruct

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subjugate

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conquer

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supposition

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hypothesis

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surreptitious

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secretive

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swoon

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faint

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synchrony

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coincidence in time

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synergy

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cooperative action that produces an enhanced result

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tacit

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implied

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taciturn

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silent, uncommunicative

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tandem

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conjunction

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tantamount

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equivalent

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tawdry

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cheap, gaudy

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tempestuous

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stormy

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tight-fisted

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cheap

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timorous

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apprehensive, timid

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titillating

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exciting

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treacly

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overly sweet or sentimental

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tremulous

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timid

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trenchant

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scathing, clear, effetive

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trove

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a collection of valuable items

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unassuming

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modest, not arrogant

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undefiled

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immaculate, pure

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unsightly

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ugly

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upbraid

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belittle

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valorous

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courageous

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venerate

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to view with great respect

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verity

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truth

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verve

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flamboyant style

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vignette

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sketch, description

85
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vilify

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spread negatibe innformation about, defame

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vitiriolic

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bitter, destructive

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vituperative

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bitterly

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voluble

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talking easily

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winnow

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sorting, filtering

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witticim

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witty remark

91
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zenith

A

highest point

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