SAT week 5 Flashcards by Hannah Yamamoto | Brainscape

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colloquial

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local and informal language

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dotard

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foolish old man

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misnomer

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wrong name

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percipient

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perceptive, insightful

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quaff

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drink down quickly

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staunch

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loyal, faithful

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vilification

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blackening someone’s name

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collusion

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plotting and planning

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furtive

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hidden and secret

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insurgent

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a rebel

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misogynist

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hater of women

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perdition

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damnation

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quagmire

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marsh, bog

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vindicate

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prove right, remove blame

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attenuate

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weaken

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commandeer

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take possession of

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drivel

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nonsense

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futile

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useless, hopeless

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interminable

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never-ending

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peremptory

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in a commanding manner

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quaint

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picturesque

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stevedore

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dockworker

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augment

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increase, make bigger

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complacent

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self-satisfied, smug

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droll

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dryly amusing

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mitigate

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lessen, make less severe

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perfidy

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treachery

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quandary

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dilemma, puzzle

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stifle

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suppress

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virulent

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dangerous, harmful

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auspicious

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favorable, promising to turn out well

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drone

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monotonous voice
to speak with no emotion
male bee

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gambol

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frolic, leap, bound

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intransigence

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stubbornness

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modicum

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small amount

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perfunctory

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superficial, hasty and therefore not throrough

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stoic

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courage in pain or adversity = fortitude

indifferent to pleasure or pain

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austere

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severely plain

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concatenate

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link together

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dubious

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doubtful

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garble

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distort, confuse

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intransigent

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stubborn

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momentous

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very important

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peripatetic

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nomadic

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quarry

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something that is hunted

mine for stone

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stoke

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add fuel to, strengthen

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vitriolic

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corrosive

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aversion

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a dislike of

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concatenation

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linking into chains

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intrepid

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brave

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peripheral

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on the edge

not important

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querulous

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always complaining

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stolid

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impassive, dull

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vivacity

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liveliness, animation

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balk

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hinder and prevent

hesitate over

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conciliate

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to bring together

end a dispute

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garner

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gather, collect

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inveterate

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habitual

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moratorium

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temporary prohibition

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perjury

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telling lies under oath

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vivify

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enlighten

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banal

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common, dull

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ebullient

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very lively, cheerful

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garrulous

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talkative

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invidious

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arousing envy

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moribund

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on the point of death

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strident

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loud and harsh

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vociferous

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noise, loud in speech

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banality

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ordinariness

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condescend

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talk down to

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gaunt

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abnormally thin and weak, bony and angular

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inviolable

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cannot be invaded

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morose

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gloomy, bad tempered

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persnickety

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fastidious, fussy

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ramifications

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branches, subdivisions

outcomes

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stringent

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strict or severe