Sat Vocabulary

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Dispassionate

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Not influenced by emotions

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Dowager

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Woman who's inherited property from her dead husband; old, formal and serious woman

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Idiosyncratic

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Unusual way in which a person behaves; peculiar characteristic

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Milieu

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Thy physical or social setting where people live or where something happens

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Obtrusive

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Bothering people by appearing when not invited; noticeable in an annoying way

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Orthography

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The way in which words of a language are spelled

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Ossify

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unable able to change; to become hard

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Perfidy

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the act of betraying someone

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Profligate

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very wasteful

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Pugnacious

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showing readiness or desire to fight

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Purveyor

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Person/Business that sells or provides something

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Respite

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Short period of break-time from difficult task

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Transcend

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To rise above the normal limits

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Variegated

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having marks of different colors; full of variety

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Visceral

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coming from strong emotions and not logic

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Blanch

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to boil for a short period of time; to suddenly have less color in your face because you're afraid or embarrassed

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Delinquiency

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crimes or morally wrong acts; not making payments in the required time

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Didactic

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intended to teach people something

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Disingenuous

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Not truly honest; giving false appearance of being honest or sincere

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Disposition

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the usual attitude or mood of a person or animal; tendency to think in a particular way

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Dissent

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to publicly disagree with an official opinion, etc.

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Effusive

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expressing a lot of emotion

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Flotsam

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floating pieces from shipwreck

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Harbor

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part of ocean next to land; place of safety and comfort

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Indigenuos

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produced or existing in a certain region or environment

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Ineffable

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too great or powerful to be expressed

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Mercurial

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changing moods very quickly; changing often; very lively and quick

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Mollify

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to make less angry; to calm down

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Phlegmatic

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not easily upset, excited, or angered

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Preeminent

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better than others

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Prognosis

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judgement about what will happen in the future

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Raiment

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clothing; garments

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Remonstrance

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protest or compliance about something

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Retrenchment

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cutting of expenses

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Sundry

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made up of different things

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Tenable

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capable or being defended against attack or criticism

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Tenuous

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Not certain, definite, or strong

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Vector

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quantity with size and direction; course of an airplane

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Antipode

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the exact opposite or contrary

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Arduous

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very difficult

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Auspicious

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suggesting that future success is likely

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Axiom

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a principle that people accept as true

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Banal

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boring and ordinary; not interesting

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Chide

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to express mild disapproval of; scold gently

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Convivial

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relating to social events where people can eat, drink, etc.

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Cornucopia

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great amount or source of something; container shaped like horn and full of fruits and flowers

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Cosmopolitan

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person who has lived in and knows many different parts of the world

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Deference

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way of behaving that shows respect for someone

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Dichotomy

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difference between two opposite things

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Diffident

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lacking confidence; very careful about acting or speaking