SAT Words Flashcards

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Tenuous

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weak or fine

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nebulous

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unclear

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incarcerated

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imprisoned

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avarice

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greed

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insatiable

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impossible to satisfy

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loftiness

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an exaggerated sense of one’s importance

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uncouth

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lacking good manners; uncomfortable

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Nonwithstanding

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inspite of/ nevertheless

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sepulcher

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a small room or monument in which a dead person is burried

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Relinquished

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voluntarily give up

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veracity

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accuracy

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precarious

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likely to fall or collapse

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pedestrian

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dull and unconcerned

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boon

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something helpful or beneficial

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duress

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threats; constrain illegally to force someone to do something; forcible restraint/imprisonment

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16
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disingenuous

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no candid usually pretending to know less than they actually do

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stoic

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someone who can endure pain without showing emotion

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prosaic

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style of prose and not poetry; unromantic, commonplace

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fracas

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noisy quarrel

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condescended

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showing superiority

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concerted

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united; coordinated