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SAT week 2 Flashcards

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Acrid

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Pungent

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Boorish

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Ill-mannered

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Cynical

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Believing that people only act out of selfishness

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Epistle

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A letter (tegami)

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Poignant

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Deeply moving

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Terse

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Concise

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Acrophobia

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Fear of heights

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Debility

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Weakness

Antonym: ability

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Epistolary

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Referring to a work of writing–a letter

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Languid

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Tired, slow

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Obscured

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Hidden

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Resplendent

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Shining

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Acuity

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Mental/visual sharpness

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Epitomized

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A perfect example of, characterized

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Hidebound

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Rigid in opinions

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Obsequious

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Submissive

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Polemical

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Causing debate

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Thwart

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Prevent, oppose

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19
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Equivocate

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To avoid telling the truth

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Larceny

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Theft

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Ponderous

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Slow and heavy

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Timorous

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Cowardly

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Adroit

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Skillful

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Brevity

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Being brief

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Decorum

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Dignified

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Err

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To make a mistake

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Largess

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Generousity

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Pontificate

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Speak pompously, dogmatically

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Reticate

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To hold back something

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Tirade

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Stream of verbal abuse

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Adulation

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Worship

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Histrionic

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Overly dramatic

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Laud

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Praise

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Obstreperous

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Noisy and boisterous

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Portend

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Foretell

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36
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Broach

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start to discuss

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37
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Deference

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respect

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Esoteric

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difficult to understand

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Hoary

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old

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Obtuse

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mentally dull

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Portent

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a warning sign

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Tome

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a large book

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Brusque

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blunt, abrupt

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Espouse

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promote

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Obviate

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avoid

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Poseur

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someone who puts on an act

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Torpid

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lazy, stagnant

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Bulwark

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fortification

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Odious

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Posterity

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future generations

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Rife

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Torpor

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inactive-ness

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Affable

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Hychondriac

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a person obsessed with health, having imaginary diseases

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Officious

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Posthumous

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after death

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Alacrity

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eagerness, enthusiastic

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Burgeon

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Deleterious

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Euphemism

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a nice way of saying something

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Hypocritical

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Lethargic

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Postulate

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hypothesize

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Tractable

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obedient and polite

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Alchemy

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medieval chemistry, making something into gold

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Euphony

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pleasant sounds

67
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Iconoclast

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person who opposes orthodoxy (a generally accepted theory)

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Levity

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joking about serious matters

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Olfactory

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concerned with the sense of smell

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Potable

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Alibi

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evidence that someone was not at the crime scene

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Buttress

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strengthen

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Delineation

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describing exactly

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Idiosyncrasy

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something that makes you unique

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Ruminate

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Allay

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Byline

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the line to tell you who wrote the article

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Demur

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showing reluctance

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Exacerbate

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to make worse

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Ignominious

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Liniment

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soothing lotion

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Pragmatic

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Ruse

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a trick intended to deceive

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Denounce

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Ignominy

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Lithe

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Pragmatist

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a practical person

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Saccharin

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fake sugar

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Transient

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ephemeral, short-lived

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Cajole

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Exceptionable

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causing disapproval

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Onerous

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burdensome

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Sacrosanct

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Traverse

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to move across

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Altruism

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putting others first

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Exculpate

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freeing someone from blame

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Lobbyist

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person who tries to persuade someone to support a particular cause

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Onus

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Sagacious

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Trepidation

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Callow

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Depravity

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moral corruption

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Execrable

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Immoderate

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Lofty

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Sage

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a wise person

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Deprecate

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criticize, denounce

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Exegesis

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a scholarly interpretation

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Immutable

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Opulent

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magnificently rich

111
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Precept

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the guiding principle

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Salacious

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Trite

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pedestrian

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Candor

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being honest in expression

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Exemplary

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Outstanding

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Loquacious

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Precinct

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district of a city

ACE winter 2012 (12 decks)

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