SAT Words Flashcards
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Enhance
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To intensify or improve
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Glutton
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Someone who consumes too much food or drink
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Tout
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To publicly brag
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Brawn
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Muscular strength
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Delineate
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To describe accurately
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Nefarious
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Extreme wickedness
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Efface
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Erase or to rub it out
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Hinder
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To delay progress
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Vernacular
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Every day speech or slang
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Hiatus
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A break or vacation
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Querulous
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Grumbling or grumpy
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Engender
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To create or to cause
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Obliterate
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To destroy completely
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Copious
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Abundant or plentiful
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Obscure
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Dark, Unknown, or hard to understand
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Extol
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To praise highly
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Pugnacious
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Eager to fight
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Quell
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To pacify or calm
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Artisan
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A person who is skillful with his or her hands
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Kindle
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To start a fire, ignite, or arouse
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Bucolic
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Charmingly rural
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Pretentious
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Making ridiculous claims
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Gullible
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Easily deceived
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Convivial
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Fond of partying; festive
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Discreet
Sneaky or unnoticeable
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Discrete
Disconnected, separate, or distinct
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Fabricate
To lie
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Gesticulate
To make gestures when talking
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Laud
To praise or to applaud
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Belabor
To repeat or to an absurd extent
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Corrobate
To confirm; to back up with evidence
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Amorous
Feeling loving
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Decorous
Proper; in good taste
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Expedite
To speed up the progress of
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Idyllic
Naturally peaceful
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Juxtapose
To place side by side
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Incandescent
Brilliant; giving off heat and light
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Exasperate
To annoy thoroughly
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Discordant
Lacking harmony and agreement
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Volatile
Highly unstable; explosive
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Distend
To swell; to expand
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Fecund
Fertile; productive
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Sage
A wiseman; to be wise through experience and reflection
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Vacuous
Lacking ideas or intelligence
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Deride
To ridicule
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Assail
To attack with with words or force
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Benevolent
Generous; kind
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Scrutinize
To examine very carefully
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Histrionic
Overly dramatic
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Didactic
Intended to teach; morally instructive
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Reiterate
To say again; to repeat
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Conflagration
Huge fire; inferno
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Induce
Cause to happen
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Soporific
Causing sleep; very boring
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Anarchy
Lawlessness; an absence of government or control
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Strident
Shrill; high pitched
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Nonchalant
Not showing any concern or worry
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Malleable
Easy to shape or bend
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Ludicrous
Absurd; ridiculous
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Abridge
To shorten or condense
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Lethargy
Sluggishness; laziness
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Recondite
Hard to understand; over one's head
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Conspicuous
Standing out; obvious
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Archaic
Outdated; ancient
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Imminent
Just about to happen
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Predator
One that prays or destroys
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Coalesce
To fuse or unite
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Exalt
To glorify or praise
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Exult
To celebrate
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Extraneous
Irrelevant; unnecessary
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Incantation
A chant or spell
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Assuage
To soothe; to relieve
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Insuperable
Incapable of being overcome or solved
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Assiduous
Hard-working; busy
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Indulgent
Lenient; yielding to desire
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Avarice
Greed for money or riches
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Squander
To waste
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Penurious
Stingy; relating to great poverty
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Debunk
To prove wrong
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Eccentric
Unconventional; a little kooky
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Desiccate
To dry out
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Diverse
Different; various
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Loquacious
Talking a lot or too much
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Maudlin
Wallowing in self-pity
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Farcical
Absurd; ludicrous
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Vibrant
Lively; full of vitality
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Virulent
Extremely poisonous; full of hate
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Contemptuous
Expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect
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Enigma
A mystery
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Labyrinth
A maze
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Prevaricate
Do you deviate from the truth
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Imperceptive
Difficult to perceive by the senses; barely noticeable
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Lucid
Clear; easy to understand
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Repudiate
To reject; to disown; to renounce
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Superficial
Relating to the surface; shallow
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Primordial
Formed long ago; primitive
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Mellifluous
Sweetly flowing
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Provincial
Limited in outlook; narrow
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Contrite
Admitting or feeling guilt
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Incessant
Unceasing
