Sat Vocabulary 1&2

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Probity

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S: honesty
A: dishonesty

complete and confirmed integrity

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Covert

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S: secret
A:overt

not openly practiced or shown

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Dupe

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to deceive or trick

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Enshroud

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to cover; enclose
S: Cover

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Exorbitant

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syn: excessive
a: fair, reasonable

going beyond what is reasonable, excessive

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vindicate

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s: clear/ justify/confirm
a: accuse, refuse, contradict

to clear of blame, suspicion or doubt.
to justify or prove the worth of

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fawn

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s: grovel
a: be insulting, ignore

to seek favour through slave-like flatterly; flatter excessively

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feign

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s: to assume, act

to give or take on a false impression of; pretend

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furtive

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s: stealthy, secret
a: forthright, aboveboard

done by stealth, secret.

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hyperbolic/ hyperbole

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s: exaggeration
a: understatement

exaggerated OR
an exaggerate figure of speech; exaggeration for effect

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illicit

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s: criminal, illegal, unlawful
a: licit, legat, lawful, permissible

not sanctioned or prohibited by custom or law; illegal; unlawful

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pretentious

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s: pompous, affected, showy
a: modest, unaffected, unpretentious

pretending to be important, intelligent or cultered.
key word: pretend

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rectitude

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s: honesty
a: dishonesty

conduct according to moral principles; strict honesty, uprightness of character

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spurious

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s: artificial, bogus
a: genuine, real

conduct according to moral principles; strict honesty, uprightness of character

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prevaricate

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s: lie

to quibble or confuse the issue in order to evade the truth ; avoid telling the truth

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perfidy/ perfidious

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s: disloyal, unfaithful
a: faithful, loyal, true

deliberate breach of faith, calculated violation of trust, treachery

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mendacious

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s: lying, falsehood
a: truth, truthfuness, honesty

Lying or untrue

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hypothesis

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something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.

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philanthropy

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s: charitable, almsgiving
a: miserly

the effort to increase the well-being of humankind, as by charitable aid or donations/ through activities to give back/ or just love for humankind in general

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indolent

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s: lazy, slothful, inert, lethargic
a: diligent, industrious

disinclined to exert oneself, not liking to work, habitually lazy

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mercenary

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s: greedy, money-motivated
a: philanthropic, munificent

working for payment only, motivated soley by a desire for monetary or material gain

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boon

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s: advantage
a: disadvantage

a timely blessing or benefit; something that is useful or helpful

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malignant

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s: malicious, malevolent, ill disposed
a: benevolent, benign, friendly

showing great malevolence; disposed to do evil/highly injurious, threatening to life, pernicious

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altruistic

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a: selfish, egoistic, egocentric, self-centered

unselfish marked by benevolence or generosity toward others

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malevolent

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s: malicious, ill-disposed
a: benevolent, amiable

having or exhibiting ill will, wishing harm to others malicious

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diabolical

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s: devilish, fiendish, wicked
a: angelic, good, saintly

of the devil; characteristic of the devil, satanic, very cruel or wicked

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benign

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s: gentle, benevolent, human, gracious
a: evil, unkind, malicious, malevolent

of a kind and gentle disposition, gracious, favorable/ of a mild type of character; not malignant

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malefactor

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s: criminal, evildoer
a: benefactor

one that has commited a crime, criminal, culprit

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beneficient

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s: benign, benevolent
a: maleficent

performing acts of kindness and charity, doing good

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slothful

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s: lazy, indolent
a: industrious, diligent

reprehensibly unwilling to carry one's share of the burden

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depraved

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s: corrupt, perverted, wretched, wicked
a: moral, virtuous, wholesome

morally corupt; perverted

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amenity

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s:politeness, courtesises, niceties, agreeableness
a: discourtesy, surliness, incivility

something that contributes to physical or material comfort/ greetings; proper manners; agreeableness.

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invidious

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s: insulting, slighting
a: fair, just, placating

tending to provoke ill will, animosity, or resentment, causing envy

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demagogue

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s: agitator, inciter, instagator, false leader of people

a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace; rabble-rousser

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infamy

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s: disreputable, disgraceful
a: illustrious, glorious, reputable, honarable

evil fame or reputation; the condition of being infamous

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magnanimous

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s: generous, greathhearted
a: measly, paltry

courageously noble in mind and heart generous in forgiving free from meanness or pettiness

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munificent

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s: generous liberal free handed
a: stingy, penurious, mean, niggardly

very liberal in giving, showing great generosity

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noxious

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s: harmful, poisonous, injurious, baneful
a: wholesome, beneficial, sanitary, salutary

injurious to heart or physical well-being or health

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nefarious

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s: evil, vile, infamous
a: good, honest, honorable

infamous by way of being extremely wicked

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odious

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s: hateful, comtemptible
a: likeable attractive lovable

deserving hatred or repugnance, very bad or unpleasant

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reprobate

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wicked person, degerate, prfligate
a: angel paragon, saint.

a morally unprincipled person, OR morally unpricipled

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virulent

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s: spiteful, malevolent, rancorous, malign
a: benign, amiable, merciful

extremely infectious of a disease or toxin, bitterly hostile antagonistic, hateful

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profligate

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s: dissolute, depraved, dissipated
a: moral, decent, upright/economical, thrifty

given over to disspation; dissolute/ recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagent, a person devoted to pleasure and luxury