SAT Words Flashcards

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Boisterous

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Marked by exuberance and high spirits

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Brazen

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Unrestrained by convention or propriety

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Brusque

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Rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner

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Camaraderie

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The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

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Canny

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Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

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Capacious

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Large in the amount that can be contained

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Capitulate

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Surrender under agreed conditions

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Clairvoyant

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Someone who can perceive things not present to the sense

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Collaborate

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Work together on a common enterprise or project

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Compassion

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A deep awareness of sympathy for another’s suffering

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Compromise

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An accomodation in which both sides make concessions

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Condescending

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Characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance

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Conditional

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Imposing or depending on or containing an assumption

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Conformist

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Someone who follows established standards of conduct

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Conundrum

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A difficult problem

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Convergence

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The act of coming closer

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Deleterious

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Harmful to living things

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Demagogue

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A leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions

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Digression

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A message that departs from the main subject

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Diligent

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Quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness

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Discredit

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The state of being held in low esteem

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Disdain

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Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

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Divergent

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Tending to move apart in different directions

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Empathy

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Understanding and entering into another’s feelings