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Seen In HSPT Practice Tests 1 Flashcards

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Chasm

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  • abyss

- deep hole

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Stature

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Standing

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Renounce

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  • disavow

- give up

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Tedious

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  • monotonous

- boring

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Extol

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  • acclaim

- praise

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Unique

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  • one of a kind

- singular

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Abode

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  • residence

- home

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Obstinate

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  • dogged

- reluctant

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Rectify

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Correct

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Retract

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  • deny

- take back

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Rational

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Logical

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Dissuade

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  • disapprove

- discourage

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Ornate

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  • elaborate

- fancy

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Avid

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  • ardent

- loved to…

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Haggard

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  • scrawny

- worn, tired

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Meander

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  • rambling

- wīnd

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Supple

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  • lithe (flexible)

- ability to bend

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Quack

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  • fraud
  • person who pretends to be a doctor
  • fake
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Incessant

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Constant

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Prodigious

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Great/huge

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Vagrant

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  • loiter

- tramp

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Steadfast

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  • stand firm to a principle/cause

- unchanging

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Loath

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  • unwilling/reluctant
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Laden

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Loaded

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Futile

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  • pointless

- useless

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Repast

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Meal

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Solace

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  • to lessen sadness

- to comfort

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Loathe

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  • hate/detest
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Dejected

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  • depressed

- feeling sad

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Oppression

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  • heavily burdened
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Aerie

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High nest

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Admonish

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  • to warn

- to caution

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Disburse

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  • to spend

- to pay out

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Brusque

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Short and rude

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Demise

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  • end of

- death/decease

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Garner

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To gather

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Defame

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  • to talk bad about

- slander

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Lucrative

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Profitable

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Astute

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  • shrewd (sharp)

- clever, cunning, ingenious

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Hovel

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  • hut

- small dwelling house

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Gossamer

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  • thin
  • flimsy
  • a cobweb or a thread
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Coddle

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  • pamper

- treat tenderly

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Truncate

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  • cut short
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Precocious

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  • quick

- unusually advance or mature, especially mental development

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Indigent

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  • needy

- lacking food, clothing, and other necessities in life

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Pinnacle

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  • highest point

- lofty peak

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Feasible

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  • capable of being done
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Palatable

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Tasty

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