SAT week 1 Flashcards by Hannah Yamamoto

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Hamper

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In the way

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Enfranchise

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Give voting rights

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Noxious

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–toxious

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Placid

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Placid backwards c.a.l

Calm

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Remuneration

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Paying for work done

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Bilk

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Cheat

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Engender

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Cause

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Abasement

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Degradation, humiliation

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Harangue

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Noisy attacking speech

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Replete

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Opposite of deplete

Full

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Abrogate

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Bro I’m not your bro

Cancel, deny

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Enigma

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A puzzle, mystery

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Plaudit

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–applause

To praise

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Reprehensible

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Reprehend-to criticize

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Absolution

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–solution, absolve

Forgiveness, pardon

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Tawdry

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Gaudy, poor quality

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Obdurate

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–Duration

Stubborn

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Ensconce

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–sconce

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Blighted

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The blighted flight

Destroyed, damaged

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Credulous

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Gullible

Fool into being credible

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Lachrymose

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Latin-lachrim

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Repudiate

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Shun

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Tedium

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teddy bear

Boredom

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Abstemious

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–abstain

Blithe

--Blake lively, gossip girl Carefree

Crepuscular

--creeper, vampire | Active at dawn and dusk

Objective and subjective

Unbiased and biased

Rescind

Retract

Temper

To soften

Blunderbuss

1. Weapon | 2. Clumsy person

Hedonism

Hedon-pleasure

Oblique

Indirect, slanting

Resignation

--resigning Acceptance of fate

Tenacious

Tenacity | Persistent

Accolade

--the escalade Tribute, honor

Ephemeral

Ephemerous Short lived

Acquiesce

Agree, give in

Bombast

Pompous language

Curtail

--cut tail | To cut short

Epicure

Epicurious Enjoys food and drink

Heed

To listen to

Lampoon

Ridicule

Tenuous

Opposite of strenuous Flimsy