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SSAT 3000 HARD 2534-2567 Flashcards

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Triumvirate

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Government run by three persons together

Threesome, triad

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Prolixity

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Too great length

Wordy, verbose

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Diluvien

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Of or having to do with a flood

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Elicitation

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Drawing forth

Extraction, evocation

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Vignette

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A literary sketch

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Penitence

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Sorrow for sinning or doing wrong

Regret, penance

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Digitate

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Having separate or divided fingers and toes

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Pestiferous

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Bringing disease or infection

Plague, contagious

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Meritorious

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Deserving reward or praise

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Suppositional

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Of or based on considering something as possible

Alleged, supposed

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Saccharine

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Overly sweet

Cloying, sentimental

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Sanguineous

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Of or like blood

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Ostentation

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A showing off

Flashiness, pageantry

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Contraband

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Goods imported into a country illegally

Bootleg, smuggled

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Polemicize

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To carry on a dispute or controversy

Argue, conflict

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Solubility

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Quality of dissolving or of being easily dissolved

17
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Hepatic

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Of or having to do with the liver

18
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Blazon

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Make known

Proclaim, announce

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Vaticinante

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To predict or prophesy

Foresee, divine

20
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Bipedalism

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Possession of or moving upon two feet

21
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Sordid

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Marked by baseless or grossness

Sullied, besmirched

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Belligerency

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Waging war or fond of fighting

Pugnacious, bellicosity

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Egoistic

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Seeking the welfare of oneself only

Selfish, conceited

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Palpability

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Quality of being tangible

Corporeality, embodiment

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Symptomatic

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Being a sign

Emblematic, symbolic

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Superficiality

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Quality or condition of being on or of the surface

Skin-deep, shallow

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Asserate

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State positivity

Declare, maintain

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Virtuosity

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The character, ability or skill of a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field

Skill adroitness

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Diametrically

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Directly

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Fetish

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Anything regarded by a primitive people for its supposed magic purpose

Amulet, charm

31
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Subservient

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Slavishly polite and obedient

Submissive,servile

32
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Gentility

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Being born of good family and social position

Sophistication, cultivation

33
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Homonym

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Word having the same pronunciation and spelling but a different meaning

34
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Slanderous

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Speaking or spreading false statements with the intent of harming someone’s reputation

Libelous, defamatory

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