Sat Vocabulary - Mrs T - Set 2

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sporadic

Back 1

occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances

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folly

Back 2

lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight

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hypocrisy

Back 3

lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight

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admonishment

Back 4

to indicate duties or obligations to

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altruism

Back 5

unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others

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devious

Back 6

moving without a fixed course

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irrevocable

Back 7

not possible to revoke

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indefensible

Back 8

incapable of being maintained as right or valid

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boisterous

Back 9

marked by or expressive of exuberance and high spirits

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innocuous

Back 10

producing no injury

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enigmatic

Back 11

of, relating to, or resembling an enigma : MYSTERIOUS

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adulatory

Back 12

excessive or slavish admiration or flattery

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reprehensible

Back 13

worthy of or deserving reprehension : CULPABLE

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inexplicably

Back 14

incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for

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repented

Back 15

to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one's life

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discerned

Back 16

to detect with the eyes

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inherently

Back 17

involved in the constitution or essential character of something

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pedants

Back 18

: something suspended

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philistines

Back 19

a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values

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ascetics

Back 20

something suspended

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paragons

Back 21

a model of excellence or perfection

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apologist

Back 22

one who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something

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aeshetics

Back 23

a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty

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indifference

Back 24

lack of difference or distinction between two or more things

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ostracize

Back 25

to exclude from a group by common consent

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desecrate

Back 26

to treat disrespectfully, irreverently, or outrageously

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colloquial

Back 27

of or relating to conversation

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sycophants

Back 28

answer

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kelptomaniacs

Back 29

answer

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dilettantes

Back 30

an admirer or lover of the arts

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zealots

Back 31

a fanatical partisan

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parsimony

Back 32

the quality of being careful with money or resources

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conservatism

Back 33

disposition in politics to preserve what is established

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impertinent

Back 34

not restrained within due or proper bounds especially of propriety or good taste

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equivocal

Back 35

subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse

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maelstrom

Back 36

a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius

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labyrinth

Back 37

place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys

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conflagration

Back 38

a disasterious fire

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torpor

Back 39

a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility

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carnage

Back 40

the flesh of slain animals or men

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exemplary

Back 41

serving as a pattern

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iridescent

Back 42

having a lustrous or attractive quality or effect

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indolent

Back 43

causing little or no pain

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obdurate

Back 44

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

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unwonted

Back 45

being out of the ordinary

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arbitrary

Back 46

depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by law

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plausible

Back 47

superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious

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volatile

Back 48

superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious

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veracious

Back 49

truthfull or honest

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innocuous

Back 50

not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility

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negligible

Back 51

so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention

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purported

Back 52

so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention

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scrutinizes

Back 53

to examine closely and minutely

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substantiates

Back 54

to give substance or form to

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truculence

Back 55

the quality or state of being truculent

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incredulity

Back 56

the quality or state of being incredulous : DISBELIEF

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acquiescence

Back 57

the act of acquiescing

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reluctance

Back 58

the quality or state of being reluctant

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gregarious

Back 59

tending to associate with others of one's kind

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ardent

Back 60

characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity

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repressed

Back 61

to hold in by self-control

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prudent

Back 62

marked by wisdom or judiciousness

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tonic

Back 63

producing or adapted to produce healthy muscular condition and reaction of organs

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minor

Back 64

inferior in importance, size, or degree : comparatively unimportant

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enervating

Back 65

to reduce the mental or moral vigor of

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detrimetal

Back 66

obviously harmful

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aberration

Back 67

failure of a mirror, refracting surface, or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image

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disdain

Back 68

a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : SCORN

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caricature

Back 69

exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics

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disinclination

Back 70

a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion

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paradox

Back 71

a tenet contrary to received opinion

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rebuke

Back 72

to criticize sharply

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calumny

Back 73

a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation

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dearth

Back 74

scarcity that makes dear

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insurgence

Back 75

an act or the action of being insurgent : INSURRECTION

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plethora

Back 76

a bodily condition characterized by an excess of blood and marked by turgescence and a florid complexion

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inhibition

Back 77

an inner impediment to free activity, expression, or functioning

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misanthrope

Back 78

a person who hates or distrusts humankind

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oligarch

Back 79

a member or supporter of an oligarchy

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anomaly

Back 80

the angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun

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nonentity

Back 81

something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination

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clemency

Back 82

disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due b : an act or instance of leniency

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predisposes

Back 83

to dispose in advance

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prose

Back 84

the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing

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gusto

Back 85

an individual or special taste