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Vocab 4 Flashcards

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SAT® Prep flashcards Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Accord

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To bring into agreement or harmony

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Ambulatory

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Able to walk, not bedridden; moving from place to place

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Ameliorate

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To improve; make more tolerable

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Belie

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To show to be false; contradict; to give a false impression

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Blatantly

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Obviously, without attempt to conceal; flagrantly or noisily

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Capricious

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Unpredictable; fickle; erratic

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Complaisant

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Trying to please; obliging; complianr

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Cordial

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Friendly; gracious; heartfelt

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Diminution

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Act or process of diminishijg

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Edify

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To instruct; morally teach of correct; uplift

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Furtive

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Stealthy; sneaky; sly

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Habitable

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Capable of being lived in; livable

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Heresy

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Opinion contrary to popular belief/accepted religion

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Impugn

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To call into question; dispute; contradict (often in an insulting way)

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Impulsive

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Affected by sudden desires and emotions; acting on the spur of the moment

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Iniquitous

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Wicked; immoral; unjust

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Jettison

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To throw overboard; throw away; discard

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Orthodox

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Related to approved doctrine; traditional; conventional; conservative in belief

19
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Oxymoron

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A phrase in which the elements are apparently contradictory but is accurate or true (ex. controlled chaos or haste slowly)

20
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Peripatetic

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Nomadic; itinerant; wandering; unsettled

21
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Portend

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Indicate in advance; foretell; presage

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Refractory

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Stubborn; unmanageable; resisting control or authority

23
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Refute

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Disprove, prove false; provide contradictory evidence

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Sententious

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Opinionated; heavily moralistic; self-righteous

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Stolid

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Unemotional; unruffled

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Tantamount

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Equivalent in effect; force or value

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Temperate

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Moderate; restrained; self-controlled

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Tenable

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Defensible; valid

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Vacillate

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To waver; fluctuate; be indecisive

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