SAT Word List 10 Flashcards by Antonio J | Brainscape

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aesthetic

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love of beauty: artful, displeasing

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affable

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warmly polite: approachable, grouchy

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bulwark

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wall for defense: barrier

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bureaucracy

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system which controls organization: administration

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defunct

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not active/functioning

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degradation

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humiliation

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etymology

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study of historical linguistic change

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eulogize

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high praise

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hypochondriac

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worries excessively

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legion

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great number of things

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odious

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highly offensive

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officious

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dictatorial: meddling/intrusive

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posterity

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descendants

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posthumous

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after one’s death

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rife

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frequent occurence

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rigor

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severity/harshness

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totter

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walk with faltering steps