Sat Vocab Set 1

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abstruse

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adj. hard to understand, recondite, esoteric

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aesthetic

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adj. having to do with the appreciation of beauty

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alleviate

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v. to ease a pain or a burden

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ambiguous

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adj. open to more than one interpretation

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ambivalent

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adj. simultaneously feeling opposit feelings

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amenable

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adj.
"1. ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
2. liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible: You are amenable for this debt.
3. capable of or agreeable to being tested, tried, analyzed, etc. "

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amiable

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adj. good-natured and likable

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ample

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adj. describing a large amount of something

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arid

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adj. describing a dry, rainless climate

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assiduous

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adj. hard-working

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asylum

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n. a place of retreat or security

"1. (esp. formerly) an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance.
2. an inviolable refuge, as formerly for criminals and debtors; sanctuary: He sought asylum in the church.
3. International Law. a. a refuge granted an alien by a sovereign state on its own territory.
b. a temporary refuge granted political offenders, esp. in a foreign embassy.

4. any secure retreat. "

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benevolent

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adj. kind, generous

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benign

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adj. kind and gentle

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biased

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adj. predjudiced

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brittle

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adj. easily broken when subjected to pressure

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brusque

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adj. describing a rudely abrupt manner

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camaraderie

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n. good will between friends

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cantankerous

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adj. grumpy, disagreeable

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capricious

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adj. impulsive and unpredictable

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catalog

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v. to make an itemized list of

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caustic

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adj. bitingly sarcastic or witty

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convoluted

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adj (p. part.) intricate; complex
"coiled"

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decorous

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adj. proper, marked by good taste

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diligent

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adj. marked by painstaking effort, hard working

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disdain

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v. to regard or treat with contempt, to look down on

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dubious

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adj. doubtful, of unlikely authenticity

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effusive

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adj. describing unrestrained emotiinal expression, gushy

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emulate

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v. to try to equal or excel, especially through imitation

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fabricated

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adj (p. part) made, concocted in order to deceive

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garrulous

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adj (p part) given to excessive, rambling talk

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gregarious

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adj. enjoying the company of others, sociable

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haughty

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adj. condescendingly proud

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impetuous

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adj. characterized by sudden energy or emotion
esp. rash, forceful or passionate, whimsical

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inconsequential

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adj. unimportant

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insightful

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adj. perceptive
*pertains more to seeing beneath the surface/ understanding the true nature of a thing. esp. in regards to understanding emotional or pyschological and underlying motives

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intuitive

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adj. knowing or perceiving quickly and readily
*is more natural and instinctive, without normal reasoning process, just know

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liquid

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adj. flowing readily

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milk

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v. to draw or extract profit or advantage from

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nocturnal

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adj. of or occurring in the night

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obscure

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v. to conceal or to make indistinct
adj. relatively unknown

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ostentatious

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adj. describing a showy or pretentious display

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parody

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n. an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect

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pervasive

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adj. having the quality or tendency to be everywhere at the same time

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plagiarism

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n. the act of passing off as one's own the ideas or writing of another

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prophetic

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adj. foretelling or predicting future events

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spurious

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adj. not genuine, false

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suppressed

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adj. subdued, kept from being circulated

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surreptitious

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adj. done by secretive means

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thwart

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v. to prevent the occurence of

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timorous

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adj. shy, timid