Sat Vocabulary

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Exhilarate

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To cause someone to feel very happy or excited

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Filial

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relating to a son or daughter

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Galvanize

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to cause to become active; to cover with zinc to prevent from rusting

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Hyperbole

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language that describes something as better or worse than it really is

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Levity

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lack of seriousness; amusing quality

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Miscreant

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person who does something illegal; unbelieving; villainous

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Panacea

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something that will make everything about a situation better

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Peruse

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to look at or read in an informal way

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Sanctimonious

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pretending to be morally better than others

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Syncopate

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shorten word by dropping sounds or middle letters; displace beats or accents in a song; cut short

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Boorish

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having crude insensitivity

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Concord

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state in which people agree and exist in a peaceful way

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Conflagration

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large destructive fire; war or conflict

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Consecrate

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dedicated to a sacred purpose

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Cursory

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done or made quickly

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Dalliance

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an action that is not serious; brief romantic relationship

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Fidelity

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being faithful to your partner; degree to which something matches something else

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Infelicitous

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not appropriate or well-timed

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Intermittent

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not constant or steady

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Propensity

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tendency

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Quell

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to end, calm, or reduce

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Rhetoric

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language used intending to influence people

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Sedulous

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involving careful perseverance

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Shroud

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a cloth used to cover something (ie a dead body)

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Temporize

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to avoid making a decision in order to have more time

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Treacle

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something annoying because it's too sentimental; remedy against poison

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Abstruse

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hard to understand

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Acumen

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ability to think and make good decisions

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Arcane

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secret or mysterious; known only by few

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Byzantine

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relating to the Byzantine Empire; something done in a devious and surreptisious way

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Corrollary

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something that naturally follows another thing

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Curtail

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to reduce or limit

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Inane

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very silly or stupid

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Indiscriminate

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harming people in a careless or unfair way; not making careful choices

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Insolent

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rude or impolite

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Insurrection

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violent attempt to take control of government

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Intemperance

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lacking moderation; habitual drinking of intoxicants

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Irreverence

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lack of reverance

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Ornate

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using many fancy words; covered with decorations

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Proponent

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person who argues for or supports something

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Resolute

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very determined

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Slipshod

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very careless or poorly done

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Solicitous

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showing concern for someone's health, happiness, etc.

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Sophistry

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the use of arguments that sound correct but are really false

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Subversive

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systematic attempt to overthrow government by using people from within; cause of overthrow or destruction

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Volatile

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likely to change in an extreme or sudden way; likely to become dangerous; showing sudden changes in emotion

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Agnostic

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person who does not believe or is unsure of something (ie existence of G-d)

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Arboreal

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relating to trees

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Ascertain

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to learn or find out

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Belabor

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to talk about for too long/to repeat to frequently; to attack or criticize