Sat Vocab List #1 Part 2

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annals

Back 1

historical records or events

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sate

Back 2

to appease something to the full, to cause overabundance

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vehement

Back 3

intensely emotional, bitterly antagonistic

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squalid

Back 4

marked by filthiness or poverty

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impecunious

Back 5

having little or no money

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trenchant

Back 6

keen, sharp, sharply perceptive, distinct

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desultory

Back 7

passing from one thing to another(conversation), random

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discursive

Back 8

lengthy with digressions, rational

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abrogate

Back 9

to end an agreement or contract formally and publicly

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ponderous

Back 10

moving heavily, dull, heavy-looking

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reticence

Back 11

reserved, reluctant

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ubiquitous

Back 12

existing everywhere

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dubious

Back 13

unsure about outcome, possibly dishonest or immoral, of uncertain quality

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duty

Back 14

adj. - done as a duty, being on duty

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exemplary

Back 15

setting or serving as an example

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portend

Back 16

be an omen to something bad, indicate

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fervor

Back 17

intensity, great heat

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potentate

Back 18

somebody with power and authority

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prate

Back 19

unimportant chatter

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innate

Back 20

present since birth, intergral, coming from mind not outside

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insinuate

Back 21

to imply something, worm your way in

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loath

Back 22

reluctant

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loathe

Back 23

to despise

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punctilious

Back 24

careful about correct behaviour, showing care in small details

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lofty

Back 25

very high, behaving in a superior manner

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indubitable

Back 26

not to be doubted, obvious

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expurgate

Back 27

edit something by removing offensive parts

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incorporeal

Back 28

having no physical form, atttached to something material (a copyright)

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insolvent

Back 29

bankrupt (person)

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feint

Back 30

deceptive action, fake attack

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intransigence

Back 31

refusing to compromise, unyielding person

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itinerant

Back 32

traveling on job, not in one place

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didactic

Back 33

with a contained message, tending to give instruction even when it is not welcome or needed

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pragmatic

Back 34

concerned with practical results, learning lessons from history

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antithetical

Back 35

contrasting with earlier proposition, expressing exact opposite