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SAT Vocabulary > Words 8/8/12 > Flashcards

Words 8/8/12 Flashcards

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abase

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to humiliate

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abate

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to reduce

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aberration

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deviation from the norm

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abeyance

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temporary suspension

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accoutrements

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accessories

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acrimony

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bitterness towards something

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acumen

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good judgment

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affable

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friendly

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alacrity

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eagerness

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apocryphal

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of doubtful authority

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arcane

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mysterious

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asseverate

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to declare earnestly

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assiduity

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attention, concentration

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avaricious

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greedy

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belie

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to misrepresent

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belligerent

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hostile

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bereaved

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deprived

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bombastic

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pompous

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calumny

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attempting to ruin someone else with rumors

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capricious

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erratic, moody

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censure

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to criticize harshly

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21
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Charlatan

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fake

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circumspect

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careful

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cogitation

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contemplation

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conciliatory

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agreeable

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comport

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to behave

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concord

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agreement

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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contiguous

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sharing an edge, touching

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cosmopolitan

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sophisticated, worldly

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deride

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taunt

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31
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defunct

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not existing/functioning

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32
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deleterious

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harmful

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33
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depravity

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something evil

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34
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diatribe

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insulting speech

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35
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didactic

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educational

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36
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diffidence

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hesitancy

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disaffected

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discontent

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discerning

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perceptive

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disconcert

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to disarrange, agitate

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dissipated

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corrupted

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duplicitous

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deceptive

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ebullient

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enthusiastic

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effrontery

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boldedness

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eminent

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distinguished

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emolument

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salary

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ensconce

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to settle securely

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environs

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surroundings

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epitome

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representative

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esoteric

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understood by only a small group

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exacerbate

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to irritate

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exorbitant

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way too much

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expounding

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explaining in detail

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extol

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to praise highly

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exude

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to emit

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fastidious

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difficult to please

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felicitous

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suitable, opportune

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flagrant

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extremely noticeable

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flippant

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disrespectfully humorous

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garish

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in bad taste

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gauche

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no social grace

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gesticulate

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to motion wildly

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gormandizing

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eating ravenously

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gratuitous

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unnecessary

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hapless

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unfortunate

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heinous

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wicked

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iconoclast

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one who rejects common beliefs

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idolatrous

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excessive worshipping

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ignominiously

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disgraceful

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imperturbable

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calm

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impetuous

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rash

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impinge

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to impact

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imprecations

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curses

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impugn

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to attack as false

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incipient

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in first stage

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incontrovertible

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not open to question

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inculcate

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teach by repetition

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indelible

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can’t be eliminated

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indict

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to charge officially with crime

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indoctrinate

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to teach fundamentals

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inept

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not enough

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inestimable

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too valuable to be measured

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inscrutable

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difficult to understand

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insidious

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harmful, like in ambush

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insipid

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tasteless

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insolent

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insulting

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insular

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isolated

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interim

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temporary, time between events

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interpose

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to come between

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intransgience

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not willing to compromise

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inundate

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to swamp

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invocation

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to call for assistance

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jocular

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joking manner

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judicious

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with good judgment

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knell

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sound of a bell (death)

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laceration

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a cut

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lampoon

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publicly mock

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larceny

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theft

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levity

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joking manner, lighthearted

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absolution

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pardon

SAT Vocabulary (14 decks)

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