Sat Vocab List 9

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Indelible

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unable to erase; permanent

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Inexorable

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steadfast; resolute

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Inflammatory

Back 3

likely to excite rage or disorder

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Insular

Back 4

isolated; remote

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Intemperate

Back 5

excessive; immoderate

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Interlocutor

Back 6

one who participates in conversation or dialogue

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Austerity

Back 7

strict economy

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Intractable

Back 8

hard to manage or control

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Jingoism

Back 9

aggressive touting of one’s patriotism

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Juggernaut

Back 10

relentless force

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Legion

Back 11

a very large number

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Licentious

Back 12

morally lax

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Mawkishness

Back 13

overly sweet sentimentality

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Melee

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a hand-to-hand fight involving several participants

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Mendacity

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deceit, dishonest, fabrication

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Milieu

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environment

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Munificence

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generosity with money

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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

Back 20

to obscure the meaning

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Oblique

Back 21

indirect; slanted

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Obstreperous

Back 22

unruly; clamorous; boisterous; bad-tempered; argumentative

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Onerous

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burdensome

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Opprobrium

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scorn; contempt

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Ostensible

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apparent

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Panacea

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a cure-all

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Pathos

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empathy; sympathetic pity

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Pedantic

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narrowly or pretentiously learned

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Perfidious

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disloyal; traitorous

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Petulant

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irritable

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Plaudits

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applause; praise

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Pontificate

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to speak in a supercilious and self-important manner

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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) person

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Qualm

Back 36

doubt; hesitation; uneasiness

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Quibble

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to find fault with

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Raiment

Back 38

clothing; apparel; attire

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Rectitude

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the quality of being right, moral, or good

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Refractory

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stubborn

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Relegate

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to demote to an inferior position

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Sanctimonious

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pretending to be religious

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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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Specious

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false; not authentic; spurious

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Stupefy

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to stun

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Subterfuge

Back 47

deception

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Surfeit

Back 48

a surplus; an oversupply

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Sybarite

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a pleasure-loving person

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Table

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to set aside an issue to be discussed at a later time

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Tawdry

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cheap-looking; gaudy

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Temerity

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reckless boldness

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Treacle

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overly sentimental

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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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Unctuous

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inky, oily

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Unheralded

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unannounced

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Untenable

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unable to defend

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Vaunt

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to brag or boast

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Venial

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forgivable, pardonable

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Verisimilitude

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probability; something that has the appearance of truth

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Vestigial

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very small

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Victuals

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food

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Virile

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manly, strong

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Vitiate

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to impair; to render ineffective

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Vitriolic

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harsh; biting; caustic

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Watershed

Back 67

a defining moment, a turning point

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Waylay

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to ambush

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Wheedle

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to cajole or coax

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Windfall

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an unexpected gain or boon

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Winsome

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attractive

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Zephyr

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a light breeze