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SAT Vocabulary (Blue Book) > Test 1 > Flashcards

Test 1 Flashcards

1
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Accolade

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Praise

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Allusion

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Indirect reference

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Ambivalence

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Uncertainty; having “mixed” feelings

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Ambivalent

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Unable to decide

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Analogy

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Comparison

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Anecdote

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Short account of something interesting; story

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Anomalous

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Odd; not fitting the pattern

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Apparition

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Ghost; something that ‘appears’

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Aspersion

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Negative feeling; negative remark

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Belligerence

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Aggression

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Bombastic

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Too elaborate; exaggerated

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12
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Candid

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Truthful

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Capricious

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Changeable; fickle

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Cherished

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Cared for; firmly held

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15
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Cliche

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Over-used expression

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Conception

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  1. idea, view

2. beginning of pregnancy

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Convoluted

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Complicated or long-winded

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18
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Credence

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Belief

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Cryptic

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Hidden

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20
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Currency

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  1. Widespread acceptance

2. Money

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21
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Decorous

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good and correct (used of behaviour)

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22
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Denunciation

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Act of speaking out against

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Derailed

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Thrown off course

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24
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Derivative

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Unoriginal

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Despotic

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Acting like a tyrant

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Detritus

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Rubbish

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Diaphanous

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Very thin and transparent

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Dictum

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Often-used saying

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29
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Dilettante

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Person who dabbles in the arts

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30
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Disdained

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Showed contempt for

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31
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Dispassionate

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Unbiased; fair

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32
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Dowager

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An elderly woman of elevate social status

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Dubious

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Doubtful

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34
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Egalitarian

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Equal;Believe in equality

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Elicit

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Draw out( mainly used for info or feelings)

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Elliptical

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  1. Shaped like an ellipse

2. Indirect

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Epitomizes

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Acts as a typical example of

38
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Equivocate

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Speaks ambiguously/vaguely

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Evasiveness

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Trying to avoid something

40
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Explicitly

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Very clear; nothing hidden

41
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Foraging

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Searching for food

42
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Hypothetical

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Based on guesswork; not proven

43
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Iconoclast

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Person who goes against accepted authority

44
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Idiosyncratic

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Quirky; unique to an individual

45
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Imponderable

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Cannot be understood

46
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Indecorous

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Not well-behaved; lacking in dignity

47
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Indigence

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Extreme poverty

48
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Inept

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Inherent

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Inbuilt; genetic

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Intricate

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Complicated

51
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Irrefutable

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Cannot be proved wrong

52
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Jingoism

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Using words to stir up exaggerated patriotism

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Jubilant

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Judicious

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Fair and equal

55
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Lament

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Express regret over something

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Loquacious

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Talkative; using too many words

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Mendicancy

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Metaphorical

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Not literal; figurative

59
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Milieu

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Environment; surrounding

60
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Mitigated

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Made less severe

61
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Nascent

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Just begun; in an early stage of development

62
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Nostalgia

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Longing for the past

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Obtrusive

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Easily seen

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Orthographical

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Concerned with writing and spelling

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Ossified

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Become fixed and rigid

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Ostentatious

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Palpable

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Can be felt

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Pastoral

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  1. Concerned with the countryside

2. Concerned with the care a pastor gives to someone

69
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Pedestrian

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  1. Boring (Adj).

2. someone who walks

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Perfidy

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Treachery; betrayal

71
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Profligacy

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Wasteful and immoral behaviour

72
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Prohibitive

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Very expensive

73
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Prudence

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Wisdom; caution

74
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Pugnacious

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Aggressive

75
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Purveyor

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One who sells something or causes something to spread

76
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Resonance

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Respite

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Break (from work etc.)

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Resurgence

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Sparse

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Thin; not thick

80
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Stringent

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Succumbing

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Giving to; falling under the influence of

82
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Supercilious

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Tenacity

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Firmness of purpose

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Transcend

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Go beyond a limit

85
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Variegated

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Multicolored

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Venerable

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Worthy of respect

87
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Viable

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Workable; able to live or grow

88
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Visceral

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Concerned with the ‘guts’ ; physical rather than mental

SAT Vocabulary (Blue Book) (10 decks)

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