Sat Vocab 1

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Abhor

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1. to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.

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Abstruse

Back 2

1. hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
2. Obsolete. secret; hidden.

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Balk

Back 3

1. to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually fol. by at): He balked at making the speech.

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Cacophony

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1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.
3. Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.

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Decorous

Back 5

characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.

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Ebb

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1. the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow ).
2. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay: the ebb of a once great nation.
3. a point of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb.

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Fabricated

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1. to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
2. to make by assembling parts or sections.
3. to devise or invent (a legend, lie, etc.).
4. to fake; forge (a document, signature, etc.).

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Garish

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1. crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
2. excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings.
3. dressed in or ornamented with bright colors.
4. excessively bright; glaring.

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Illusory

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1. causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
2. of the nature of an illusion; unreal.

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Jaded

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1. dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
2. worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse.
3. dissipated: a jaded reprobate.

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Kin

Back 11

1. a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.

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Latent

Back 12

1. present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential: latent ability.

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Machination

Back 13

1. an act or instance of machinating.
2. Usually, machinations. crafty schemes; plots; intrigues.

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Oblivious

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1. unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually fol. by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
2. forgetful; without remembrance or memory: oblivious of my former failure.