Sat Vocab: Sparknotes

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analgesic

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n. something that reduces pain

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antediluvian

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adj. ancient

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apocryphal

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adj. fictitious, false, wrong

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approbation

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n. praise

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arbiter

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n. someone who can resolve a dispute

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blandish

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v. to coax by using flattery

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candor

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n. honesty, frankness

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canny

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adj. shrewd, careful

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capacious

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adj. very spacious

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capitulate

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v. to surrender

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carouse

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v. to party, celebrate

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carp

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v. to annoy, pester

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clemency

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n. mercy

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commensurate

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adj. corresponding in size or amount

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complicit

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adj. being an accomplice in a wrongful act

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compunction

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n. distress caused by feeling guilty

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consonant

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adj. in harmony

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demarcation

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n. the marking of boundaries or categories

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desiccated

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adj. dried up, dehydrated

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disaffected

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adj. rebellious, resentful of authority

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discursive

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adj. rambling, lacking order

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disrepute

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n. a state of being held in low regard

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dissemble

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v. to conceal, fake

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efficacious

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adj. effective

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effulgent

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adj. radiant, splendorous

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egregious

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adj. extremely bad

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elicit

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v. to bring forth, draw out, evoke

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emend

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v. to correct or revise a written text

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emote

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v. to express emotion

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epistolary

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adj. relating to or contained in letters

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evince

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v. to show, reveal

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exalt

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v. to glorify, praise

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execrable

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adj. loathsome, detestable

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exhort

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v. to urge, prod, spur

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expiate

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v. to make amends for, atone

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expurgate

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v. to remove offensive or incorrect parts

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exult

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v. to rejoice

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illicit

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adj. forbidden, not permitted

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impecunious

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adj. poor

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implicit

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adj. understood but not outwardly obvious, implied

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inane

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adj. silly and meaningless

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incarnate

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adj. 1. existing in the flesh, embodied.v. 2. to give human form to

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indigent

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adj. very poor, impoverished

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ineffable

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adj. unspeakable, incapable of being expressed through words

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inimical

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adj. hostile, enemy-like

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invective

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n. an angry verbal attack

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juxtaposition

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n. the act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison

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knell

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n. the solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death

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legerdemain

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n. deception, slight-of-hand

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limpid

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adj. clear, transparent

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linchpin

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n. something that holds separate parts together

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maelstrom

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n. a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects

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manifold

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adj. diverse, varied

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panacea

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n. a remedy for all ills or difficulties

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pathology

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n. a deviation from the normal

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pejorative

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adj. derogatory, uncomplimentary

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preponderance

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n. superiority in importance or quantity

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prepossessing

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adj. occupying the mind to the exclusion of other thoughts or feelings

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prescribe

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v. to lay down a rule

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privation

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n. lacking basic necessities

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proclivity

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n. a strong inclination towards something

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profligate

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adj. dissolute, extravagant

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prurient

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adj. eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex

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pulchritude

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n. physical beauty

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recapitulate

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v. to sum up, repeat

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redoubtable

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adj. 1. formidable. 2. commanding respect

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reprobate

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adj. evil, unprincipled

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restitution

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n. restoration to the rightful owner

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restive

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adj. resistant, stubborn, impatient

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rhapsodize

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v. to engage in excessive enthusiasm

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salve

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n. a soothing balm

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semaphore

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n. a visual signal

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seminal

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adj. original, important, creating a field

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solicitous

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adj. concerned, attentive

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solipsistic

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adj. believing that oneself is all that exists

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somnolent

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adj. sleepy, drowsy

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toady

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n. one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors

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torrid

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adj. giving off intense heat, passionate

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utilitarian

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adj. relating to or aiming at usefulness

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vapid

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adj. lacking liveliness, dull

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verdant

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adj. green in tint or color

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vituperate

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adj. to berate

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yoke

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v. to join, link