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Made by: Muhammed Haithem Albeik |
SAT GROUP 3 |
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Ambivalence |
Lack of clarity; wavering; being undecided |
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Cantankerous |
Bad-tempered; quarrelsome |
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Exemplify |
To serve as agood example |
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Derogatory |
Uncomplimentary |
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Impecunious |
Having no money |
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Lucid |
Clear |
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Ornate |
Highly dicorated |
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Precipice |
Steep slope |
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Salubrious |
Health-giving |
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Traunt |
Shirker; someone absent without permission |
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Ambulatory |
Able to walk around (used of hospital patients) |
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Capacious |
Spacious |
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Desecrate |
To damage or pollute a holly place |
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Exhaustive |
Complete and thorough |
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Impious |
Wicked; profane |
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Ludicrous |
Ridiculous; silly |
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Orthodox |
Conventional |
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Preciptious |
Done in a hurry |
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Salutary |
Something wich teaches you a lesson; beneficial |
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Truncate |
Cut short |
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Ameliorate |
Make better |
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Capitulate |
Surrender; give in to |
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Desecration |
Spoiling something holy |
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Exonerates |
Acquites; absolves; removes blame |
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Impoverished |
Destitue; poor |
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Lukewarm |
1. Unenthusiastic; 2. Neither hot nor cold |
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Ossify |
1. Turn to bone 2. Become fixed and rigid |
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Preclude |
Prevent or make impossible |
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Sanctimonious |
Hypocritically holy |
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Tumult |
Uproar; noise |
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Amelioration |
Improvement |
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Carping |
Constant criticism |
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Desist |
Stop; discontinue; cease |
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Exorcism |
Getting free/rid of; eliminating (espically demons) |
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Impromptu |
Unrehearsed; spontaneous |
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Lummox |
Clumsy person |
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Ostentatious |
Showy |
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Precocious |
developing early |
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Sanction |
give approval to |
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Turpitude |
depravity |
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Amiable |
friendly |
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Cartographer |
person who makes maps |
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Despondent |
having no hope; miserable |
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Expatriate |
refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country |
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Inadvertent |
not intentional |
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Luscious |
juicy; moist; succulent |
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Oust |
push out of a position |
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Predecessor |
one who came before |
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Sanguinary |
bloodthirsty; bloody |
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Tyro |
novice; beginner |
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Amity |
Friendship |
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Castigate |
scold strongly |
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Destitution |
hardship; poverty; misery |
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Expedient |
convenient; practical |
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Incantation |
chant; invocation; prayer |
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Lynch |
assassinate; kill; illegal hanging |
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Overt |
obvious; not hidden |
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Predicament |
dilemma; difficult situation |
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Sanguine |
optimistic; cheerful |
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Ubiquitous |
found everywhere; omnipresent |
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Amorphous |
lacking in shape |
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Catharsis |
purging of pent-up emotions |
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Deter |
put off; prevent |
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Expedite |
make faster |
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Incarceration |
putting in prison |
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Machinations |
plots and plans |
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Overwrought |
worked up; in an emotional state |
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Preeminent |
famous; outstanding |
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Sardonic |
mocking |
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Unalloyed |
undiluted; total |
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Analgesic |
medicine to combat pain |
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Caucus |
type of private political meeting |
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Deteriorate |
worsen; decline |
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Exposition |
clear explanation |
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Incessant |
without stopping |
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Maelstrom |
whirlpool; storm in the ocean |
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Palatable |
good to eat; agreeable |
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Prerogative |
right or privilege |
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Savant |
person with knowledge |
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Unctuous |
oily; using excessive flattery |
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Analogous |
comparable |
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Caustic |
burning |
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Detrimental |
harmful |
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Extol |
praise |
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Incipient |
just beginning |
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Magnanimous |
generous; big-hearted |
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Palisade |
fence made of posts |
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Prescient |
having fore-knowledge |
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Scale |
to climb |
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Undermined |
damaged; attacked |
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Anarchy |
chaos; lack of government |
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Cavalcade |
procession of vehicles |
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Devoured |
greedily eaten/consumed |
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Extradite |
deport from one country back to the home country |
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Inclination |
tendency; a leaning toward |
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Magnate |
powerful businessman |
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Palliative |
a remedy that improves but doesn't cure |
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Presentiment |
a feeling that something might happen |
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Scapegoat |
person on whom blame is placed for faults of others. |
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Underscore |
emphasize |
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