Sat Group #2

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altruistic

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1. thinking of other
2. unselfish

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ambivalent

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1. feeling at least two different ways about something.
2. experiencing contradictory emotions.

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anachronism

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1. something happening out of its proper time frame.

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annul

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1. to void or cancel as though something never happened
2. to nullify

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antiquated

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1. aged
2. obsolete

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arable

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1. farmable
2. plowable or fit for growing things

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assiduous

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1. diligent
2. persistent

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atrophy

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1. wasting away
2. diminution

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austere

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1. stern, strict or ascetic
2. bare

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cankerous

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1. crabby or disagreeable
2. unpleasant or quarrelsome

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carp

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1. to complain
2. to find fault

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censure

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1. blame
2. rebuke or disapproval

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charlatant

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1. a fake or fraud
2. a quack

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chimerical

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1. fanciful, fantastic
2. imaginary

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curmudgeon

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1. a grouchy person
2. a crab

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dearth

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1. harmful
2. shortage

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deleterious

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1. harmful
2. injurious

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demagogue

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1. a false leader
2. a leader who appeals to the emotions of followers

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depraved

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1. corrupt
2. immoral

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dilatory

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1. late or slow
2. procrastinating (think or dilating the time in which one does something, which would make the action slower.)

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dogmatic

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1. authoritative
2. rigid, unyielding

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edifice

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1. a building
2. often, a huge impressive building

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elucidate

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1. to clarify
2. to make clear

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enigma

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1. a puzzle
2. something confusing

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ephemeral

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1. short-lived
2. transitory

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epitome

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1. an ideal of example
2. a representative

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esoteric

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1. difficult to understand
2. understood by few people

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garrulous

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talkative

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gregarious

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1. friendly
2. sociable

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haughty

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1. overly proud and egotistical
2. arrogant

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hedonistic

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1. pleasure-seeking
2. concerned with physical gratification

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hyperbole

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1. exaggeration
2. extravagant statement, such as "I could eat a horse."

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illusory

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1. unreal
2. deceptive

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imperious

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1. haughty
2. overbearing

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laconic

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1. using few words
2. terse or to the point, concise

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malevolence

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1. spite
2. ill will

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misanthrope

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1. someone who hates mankind

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munificent

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1. generous
2. having a giving nature

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neophyte (synonyms: tyro, novice)

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1. a newcomer
2. a beginner

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ostentatious

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1. showy
2. pretentious

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paragon

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1. a model
2. an ideal; something perfect or excellent

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paucity

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1. scarcity
2. dearth, lack

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pedestrian

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1. ordinary, common or everyday (as an adjective)
2. walker (as a noun)

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pejorative

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1. negative (the Latin word peior means worse)
2. derogatory

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penury

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1. neediness
2. poverty or lack

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primeval

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1. ancient
2. original

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prosaic

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1. ordinary or everyday
2. straightforward or unimaginative

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puerile

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1. childish
2. immature

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querulous

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1. complaining

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salutary

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1. favorable
2. healthy or wholesome

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spurious

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1. false
2. inauthentic

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stymie

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1. to get in the way of; to block (as a verb)
2. an obstacle (as a noun)

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surfeit

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1. excess (as a noun)
2. to fill to excess (as a verb)

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tacit

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1. implicit or understood without being stated
2. silent or not talking

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taciturn

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1. quiet
2. not at all talkative

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tepid

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1. lukewarm
2. neither hot nor cold

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terse

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1. concise or employing few words
2. to the point