SAT Words 217-240 Flashcards
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Soporific
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Inducing or tending to induce sleep
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Sophistry
A
Plausible but misleading or fallacious argument
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Specious
A
Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false
3
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Sporadic
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Occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern in order or time
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Squander
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To spend wastefully
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Squelch
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To crush as if by trampling; squash
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Staid
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Unemotional; serious
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Stratify
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To layer or separate into layers
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Strident
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Loud, harsh, grating or shrill
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Stymie
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To thwart or stump
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Substantiate
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To support with proof or evidence; verify
11
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Subterfuge
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A deceptive stratagem, flimflam, bamboozle, con, scam, hoodwink
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Supercilious
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Disdainful, arrogant, haughty
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Superfluous
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Extra; unnecessary
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Supplant
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To usurp the place, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics
