Unit 9 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards
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Candid
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Adj
- frank; outspoken; open and sincere
- straightforward
- honest, impartial
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Auxiliary
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Adj
-additional, supplementary, reserve
N
-a person or thing that gives aid; helper
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Cubicle
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N
-a small space or compartment partitioned off
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Drudgery
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N
-menial, distasteful, dull, or monotonous hard work
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Envoy
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N
- a diplomatic agent; messenger or representative (as of government)
- a short stanza concluding a ballade
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Escalate
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V
- to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc
- to raise, lower, rise or descend on
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Expedient
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Adj
- convenient
- tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances
- a means to an end; especially one that is convenient but considered improper
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Feign
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V
- to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of
- to make believe; pretend
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Flair
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N
- a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bend; knack
- keen, intuitive perception or discernment
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Grievous
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Adj
- (of something bad) very severe or serious; atrocious
- causing grief or great sorrow
- burdensome or oppressive
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Heterogeneous
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Adj
- different in kind; unlike; incongruous
- compose of different parts
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Horde
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N
- a large group, multitude, number; etc; a mass or crowd
- any nomadic group
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Impel
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V
-to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action
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Incredulous
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Adj
-not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical
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Inscribe
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V
- write or carve (words or symbols) on something, especially as a formal/permanent record
- write an informal dedication to someone in or on (a book)
