Sat Vocab

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alacrity

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eagerness, speed

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aphorism

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a wise saying; an adage; a maxim

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appropriate

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to take another's property as one's own

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arable

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able to be cultivated; farmable

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arboreal

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relating to trees

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avant-garde

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cutting edge; new; experimental

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behemoth

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a huge animal; something of great size or power

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bequest

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a gift upon one's death

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brook

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to endure; to put up with

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bungle

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to mess up

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byzantine

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ornate, fancy

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celerity

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cheerful speed

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cloying

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oversweet; saccharine

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conjecture

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a guess

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confound

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to confuse; to perplex

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denuded

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made ineffective or infertile

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desultory

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aimless; lacking a plan or purpose

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din

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noise

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dirge

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a funeral song

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discomfited

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embarrassed; disconcerted

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discretionary

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based on personal choice; showing prudence

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disingenuous

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dishonest; crafty

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effigy

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a crude likeness of a hated person

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epitaph

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words inscribed on a tomb

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expurgate

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to delete obscene or other undesirable material from a text

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extant

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existing

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felicitous

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suitable; pleasant

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galvanize

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to incite; to arouse to action

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gaunt

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thin; haggard

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gingerly

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carefully

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grovel

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to beg or plead

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harbinger

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a messenger; an omen

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incantation

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an invocation, a calling out for help or aid

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incisive

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harsh, cutting, vitriolic

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indelible

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incapable of being erased; permanent

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inexorable

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steadfast; resolute

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jaded

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bored from overindulgence

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resolute

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firmly resolved or determined, steadfast, inexorable

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jingoism

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aggressive touting (flaunting) of one's patriotism

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tout

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to flaunt

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juggernaut

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relentless force

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leviathon

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something huge

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licentious

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morally lax (lacking moral or legal restraint)

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melee

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a hand to hand fight involving several participants

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milieu

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environment

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naivete

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lack of experience or sophistication

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nihilism

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a philosophical belief involving the rejection of established values and morality

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nonplussed

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confused to the point of being unable to act or speak

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obfuscate

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to obscure the meaning of, to make confusing or unclear

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onerous

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burdensome

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opprobrium

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disgrace, disapproval

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ostensible

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seemingly, apparent

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panacea

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a cure for all ills

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partisan

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biased

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pedagogic

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instructive, relating to education

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petulant

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irritable, rude

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pontificate

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to speak in a supercilious and self-important manner

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precept

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a rule of behavior or action

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precipitate

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to hurry up; to make happen before planned

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prescience

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advance knowledge; foresight

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probity

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honesty, integrity

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profligate

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extravagant to a fault; prodigal

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pundits

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erudite (learned, scholarly) persons

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qualm

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doubt, hesitation, uneasiness

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quibble

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to find fault with, a minor objection

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refractory

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stubborn

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reprehensible

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worthy of blame

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retrograde

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going backward and therefore not progressing

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sanction (verb)

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to approve

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sophistry

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deceptive thinking; invalid arguments

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spate

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an outpouring

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subterfuge

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deception

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supplant

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to replace; to substitute for

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surfeit

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a surplus, an oversupply

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sybarite

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a pleasure-loving person

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synergistic

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working together and having a greater combined effect because of simultaneous operation

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tawdry

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cheap-looking, gaudy

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temerity

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boldness, audacity

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threadbare

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very worn, shabby

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truculent

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belligerent

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turgid

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swollen, pompous

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untenable

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unable to be defended

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tenuous

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lacking a sound basis "tenuous argument"

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venial

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forgivable, pardonable

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verisimilitude

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something that has the appearance of truth

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victuals

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food

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vignette

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a brief written description

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virile

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manly, strong

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visceral

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relating to the abdomen; instinctive rather than reasoned

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vitiate

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to impair; to render ineffective

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waylay

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to ambush

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wheedle

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to cajole or coax