Sat Vocab Flashcards

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Abate

Back 1

To Reduce, lessen

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Abdicate

Back 2

To give up a position, usually one of leadership

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Abet

Back 3

To aid, help, encourage

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Abject

Back 4

wretched, pitiful

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Abjure

Back 5

to reject, renounce

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Abnegation

Back 6

denial of comfort to oneself

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Abrogate

Back 7

To abolish, usually by authority

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Abscond

Back 8

to sneak away and hide

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Absolution

Back 9

freedom from blame, guilt, sin

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Abstain

Back 10

To freely choose not to commit an action

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Abstruse

Back 11

Hard to comprehend

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Accolade

Back 12

high praise, special distinction

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Accost

Back 13

to confront verbally

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Accretion

Back 14

slow growth in size or amount

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Acerbic

Back 15

biting, bitter in tone or taste

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Acrimony

Back 16

bitterness, discord

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Acumen

Back 17

keen insight

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Adept

Back 18

extremely skilled

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Admonish

Back 19

to caution, criticize, reprove

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Adorn

Back 20

to decorate

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Adroit

Back 21

skillful, dexterous

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Adulation

Back 22

extreme praise

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Adumbrate

Back 23

to sketch out in a vague way

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Affinity

Back 24

a spontaneous feeling of closeness

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Affront

Back 25

an insult

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Aggregate

Back 26

1. A whole or total

2. To gather into a mass

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Agrieved

Back 27

distressed, wronged, injured

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Agnostic

Back 28

believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven

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Alacrity

Back 29

eagerness, speed

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Allege

Back 30

to assert, usually without proof

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Allocate

Back 31

to distribute, set aside

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Altercation

Back 32

a dispute, fight

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Amalgamate

Back 33

to bring together, unite

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Amenity

Back 34

an item that increases comfort

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Amorous

Back 35

showing love, particularly sexual

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Amorphous

Back 36

without definite shape or type

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Analgesic

Back 37

something that reduces pain

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Anathema

Back 38

a cursed, detested person

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Anecdote

Back 39

a short, humorous account

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Animated

Back 40

lively

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Annex

Back 41

1. To incorporate territory or space

2. A room attached to a larger room or space

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Antediluvian

Back 42

ancient

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Antiquiated

Back 43

old, out of date

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Antiseptic

Back 44

clean, sterile

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Antithesis

Back 45

the absolute opposite

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Apocryphal

Back 46

fictitious, false, wrong

Front 47

Appraise

Back 47

to assess the worth or value of

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Approbation

Back 48

praise

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Appropriate

Back 49

to take, make use of

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Arable

Back 50

suitable for growing crops

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Arbitrary

Back 51

based on factors that appear random

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Arboreal

Back 52

of or relating to trees

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Arcane

Back 53

obscure, secret, known only by a few

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Archetypal

Back 54

the most representative or typical example of something

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Ardor

Back 55

extreme vigor, energy, enthusiasm

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Arrogate

Back 56

to take without justification

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Ascertain

Back 57

to perceive, learn

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Ascribe

Back 58

to assign, credit, attribute to

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Aspersion

Back 59

a curse, expression of ill-will

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Assiduous

Back 60

hard working, diligent

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Astute

Back 61

very clever, crafty

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Atone

Back 62

to repend, make amends

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Atypical

Back 63

not typical, unusual

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Austere

Back 64

very bare, bleak

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Avarice

Back 65

very bare, bleak

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Aversion

Back 66

a particular dislike for something

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Beguile

Back 67

to trick, decieve

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Bereft

Back 68

devoid of, without

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Bilk

Back 69

cheat, defraud

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Blandish

Back 70

to coax by using flattery

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Bombastic

Back 71

excessively confident, pompous

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Brazen

Back 72

excessively bold, brash

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Buffet

Back 73

to strike with force

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Burnish

Back 74

to polish, shine

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Cajole

Back 75

to urge, coax

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Calumny

Back 76

an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies

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Candor

Back 77

honesty, frankness

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Canny

Back 78

shrewd, careful

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Capacious

Back 79

very spacious

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Capitulate

Back 80

to surrender

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Capricious

Back 81

subject to whim, fickle

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Carouse

Back 82

to party, celebrate

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Carp

Back 83

to annoy, pester

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Cavort

Back 84

to leap about, behave boisterously

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Censure

Back 85

1. Harsh criticism

2. To rebuke formally

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Chastise

Back 86

to criticize severely

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Chide

Back 87

to voice disapproval

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Circuitous

Back 88

roundabout

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Circumscribed

Back 89

marked off, bounded

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Circumspect

Back 90

cautious

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Circumvent

Back 91

to get around

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Cleave

Back 92

1. To divide into parts

2. To stick together firmly

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Clemency

Back 93

mercy

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Cloying

Back 94

sickeningly sweet

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Coagulate

Back 95

to thicken, clot

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Coalesce

Back 96

to fuse into a whole

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Cobbler

Back 97

a person who makes or repairs shoes

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Coerce

Back 98

to make somebody do something by force or threat

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Cogent

Back 99

intellectually convincing

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Collateral

Back 100

1. Secondary

2. Security for a debt

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Colloquial

Back 101

characteristic of informal conversation

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Combustion

Back 102

the act or process of burning

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Commenstruate

Back 103

corresponding in size or amount

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Commodious

Back 104

roomy

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Complicit

Back 105

being an accomplice in a wrongful act

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Compound

Back 106

1. To combine parts

2. A comination of different parts

3. A walled area containing a group of buildings

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Compunction

Back 107

distress caused by feeling guilty