Busted: Sat Vocab

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brunt

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· weight or burden

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contravene

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· disobey

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effervescence

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· sparkle

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execrable

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· terrible or disgusting

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fastidious

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· careful or attentive

"I am so fast that I am unable to pay attention to my surroundings."

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flabbergasted

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· stunned

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fortuitous

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· lucky

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incendiaries

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· people who stir up trouble

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infuse

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· fill or introduce

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pealed

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· rang

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contravene

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· disobey

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ribald

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· vulgar or bawdy

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sequestered

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· isolated or apart

"When we take on quests, we sometimes become isloated from society."

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sinuous

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· graceful

"Like the graph of sine" Very smooth and constant.

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uncanny

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· unnatural or extraordinary

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adamant

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· stubborn

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aplomb

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· self-confidence or ease

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dunce

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· fool or idiot

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eschewing

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· avoiding

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evinced

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· displayed

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felicitous

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· fortunate

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harangue

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· lecture or criticism

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paradigm

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· example or model

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pertinacious

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· constant
2 : stubbornly unyielding or tenacious
OBSTINATE

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preen

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· swell with pride

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prescient

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· prophetic
FORESIGHT

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propensity

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· tendency

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requisite

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· required or necessary

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sardonic

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· mocking or scornful

"You smell like sardines!!!"

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bevy

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· crowd

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billowed

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· fluttered or waved

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callow

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· immature

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curt

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· abrupt or rude

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nefarious

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· evil or wicked

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queries

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· questions

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rancid

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· rotten

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ruse

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· trick or hoax

"The sellers tried to sell reused items for a new price."

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scathing

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· mocking or wounding

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cowed

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· scared or intimidated

"I am a coward and I am scared of cows."

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fatuous

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· stupid or childish

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gamely

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· eagerly or cheerfully

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insinuate

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· weasel a way into

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livid

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· furious

"She was so livid that she seemed like the word backwards-- D-I-V-I-L"

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quotidian

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· daily

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vapid

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· dull or bland

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bastion

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· stronghold

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beseeched

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· begged or pleaded

"We begged him to stop his screech because it was so loud and unbearable."

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blithely

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· casually

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girth

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· size or thickness

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hedonist

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· someone who seeks pleasure

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patronizing

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· condescending or belittling

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peevish

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· cranky or irritable

"I just got pee-ed on so I am pretty cranky. Don't mess with me."

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preponderance

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· excess or surplus

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selfdeprecating

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· self-critical

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clemency

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· forgiveness

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eddy

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· gust or current

"Eddy's fart was like a noisome, toxic gust in the classroom."

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ensconce

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· install

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mordantly

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· bitingly or sarcastically

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mutinous

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· defiant

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peccadillo

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· small crime or wrongdoing

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poignant

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· moving or touching

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pecuniary

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· financial

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regale

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· entertain or please

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saccharine

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· overly and falsely sweet

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snubs

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· ignores or rejects

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tantamount

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· roughly the same as

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unwary

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· innocent or unsuspecting

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coddle

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· overprotect or fuss over

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contagion

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· virus

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deft

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· nimble or quick
- skilled/ adriot

"Beethoven was deft at the piano even though he was deaf."

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inadvertently

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· by accident

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lackluster

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· lifeless or mediocre

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pinnacle

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· height or peak

syn. apex, zenith
ant. danir

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abysmal

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· very bad

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bridle

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· get angry or annoyed

"Bride gets pissed off at wedding"

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despondent

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· miserable or pessimistic

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emblazoned

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· inscribed or decorated

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fractious

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· touchy or irritable

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ingnue

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· naïve or inexperienced girl

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laconic

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· quiet or curt

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lax

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· careless

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lumbered

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· walked heavily

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pauper

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· poor person

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balmy

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· mild or pleasant

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capacious

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· large or roomy

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cavorting

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· horsing around

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coy

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· shy or timid

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dawdle

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· hang around or waste time

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dilatory

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· slow

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fiasco

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· disaster or mess

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qualms

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· doubts or worries

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shilling

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· selling or promoting

"THe guy is selling the hill for a shilling. That's a great bargain."

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unalloyed

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· pure or absolute