SAT Words 73-96 Flashcards

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Derogatory

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Insulting or intended to insult

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Derivative

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Something that comes from another source

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Didactic

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Instructive

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Diffidence

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Timidity or shyness

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Dilatory

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Habitually late

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Diligent

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Marked by painstaking effort; hardworking

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Dirge

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A funeral hymn or lament

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Disaffected

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Having lost faith or loyalty; discontent

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Disparage

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To speak negatively; to belittle

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Disseminate

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To scatter widely, as in sowing seed

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Distend

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To swell out or expand from internal pressure; as when overly full

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Docile

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Submissive to instruction; willing to be taught

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Dogmatic

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Stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs

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Dubious

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Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity

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Duplicitous

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Deliberately deceptive

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Ebullience

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Intense enthusiasm

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Eclectic

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Made up of a variety of sources or styles

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Effrontery

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Brazen boldness; presumptuousness

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Effusive

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Showing excessive emotion

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Embellish

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To ornament or decorate; to exaggerate

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Eminent

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Distinguished; prominent

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Empathy

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Identification with and understanding of another’s situation, feelings and motives

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Enigma

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A puzzle, mystery, or riddle

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Entourage

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A group of attendants or associates; a retinue