SAT Vocabulary Unit 2 Flashcards

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Abstruse*

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(ADJ) obscure; profound; difficult to understand

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Belligerent

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(ADJ) given to fighting, warlike; (N) one at war, one engaged in war

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Candor

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(N) outspokenness; frankness

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Decorum

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(N) proper behavior, good taste; orderliness

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Effrontery

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(N) shameless boldness, impudence

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Facet

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(N) a phase or aspect, as of a topic; one of the small plane surfaces of a diamond

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Gaudy

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(ADJ) ostentatiously fine; showy; now esp. tastelessly fine

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Harass

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(V) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

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Imminent

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(ADJ) about to happen, threatening

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Jurisdiction

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(N) the legal right to hear and determine a cause; area of authority

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Kindle*

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(V) start a fire; inspire

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Laconic

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(ADJ) concise, using few words

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Malevolent

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(ADJ) concise, using few words

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Nebulous

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(ADJ) vague, confused, indistinct

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Paltry

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(ADJ) trifling, insignificant; mean, despicable

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16
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Ratify*

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(V) approve formally; verify

17
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Sagacious*

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(ADJ) keen; shrewd; having insight

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Tacit

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(ADJ) unspoken, silent; implied, inferred

19
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Ultimate

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(ADJ) most remote in space or time; extreme; last in consequence

20
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Vacillate

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(V) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another;