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Details Title: English 3 Description: SAT Words Total Flash Cards: 124 Created: 03/07/2005 15:21:26	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term alacrity Definition cheerful willingness Term appertain Definition to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation Term caustic Definition sarcastic and severe Term coerce Definition to force Term collusion Definition a secret agreement for a wrongful purpose Term conciliatory Definition tending to reconcile Term conjecture Definition a guess Term consolidate Definition to combine into one body or system Term contiguous Definition touching or joining at the edge or boundary Term didactic Definition pertaining to teaching Term discreet Definition judicious Term discreet Definition judicious Term ebullient Definition showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling Term enjoin Definition to command Term entail Definition to involve; necessitate Term exodus Definition a going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people Term frivolous Definition trivial Term gallant Definition possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit Term gamut Definition the whole range or sequence Term garrulous Definition given to constant trival talking Term germane Definition relevant Term Gordian knot Definition any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners Term caprice Definition whim Term abase Definition lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade Term abdicate Definition to give up Term abduction Definition a carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally Term aberration Definition deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course Term banal Definition commonplace Term beatify Definition to make supremely happy Term bedlam Definition madhouse Term belate Definition to delay past the poper hour Term bellicose Definition warlike Term benevolent Definition loving others and actively desirous of their well-being Term benign Definition good and kind of heart Term bequeath Definition to give by will Term cacophony Definition a disagreeable, harsh, or dicordant sound or combination of sounds or tones Term candid Definition straightforward Term capacious Definition roomy Term captivate Definition to fascinate, as by excellence, eloquence, or beauty Term debase Definition to lower in character or virtue Term defame Definition to slander Term defray Definition to make payment for Term deign Definition to deem worthy of notice or account Term demeanor Definition deportment Term demise Definition death Term denizen Definition inhabitant Term denounce Definition to point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium Term derision Definition ridicule Term disavow Definition to disclaim responsibility for Term divulge Definition to tell or make known, as something previously private or secret Term edify Definition to build up, or strengthen, especially in a concrete, compact or visible form Term effuse Definition to pour forth Term embody Definition to express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact, or visible form Term eminent Definition high in station, meit, or esteem Term enhance Definition to intensify Term entreaty Definition an earnest request Term exacerbate Definition to make more sharp, severe, or virulent Term expend Definition to spend Term fallible Definition capable of erring Term fervor Definition ardor or intensity of feeling Term fidelity Definition loyalty Term forbearance Definition patient endurance of toleration of offenses Term accredit Definition to give credit or authority to Term acquiesce Definition to comply; submit Term adroit Definition having skill in the use of bodily or mental powers Term animosity Definition hatred Term bruque Definition somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech Term cajole Definition to impose on or dupe by flattering speech Term capitulate Definition to surrender or stpulate terms Term castigate Definition to punish Term chagrin Definition keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors Term covert Definition concealed, especially for an evil purpose Term dauntless Definition fearless Term delude Definition to mislead the mind or judgment of Term distend Definition to stretch out or expand in every direction Term dubious Definition doubtful Term efficacy Definition the power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it Term effrontery Definition unblushing impudence Term foible Definition a personal weakness or failing Term gratuitous Definition vountarily; without cause or justification Term ignominious Definition shameful Term impetuous Definition impulsive Term impudence Definition insolent disrespect Term acrimony Definition sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper Term acumen Definition quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination Term altruism Definition benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest Term apparent Definition easily understood Term blatant Definition noisily or offensively loud or clamorous Term complacent Definition pleased or satisfied with oneself Term compliant Definition yielding Term copious Definition plenteous Term culpable Definition guilty Term dearth Definition scarcity, as of something customary, essential, or desirable Term defraud Definition to deprive of something dishonestly Term desist Definition to cease from action Term digress Definition to turn aside form the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter Term embroil Definition to involve in dissension or strife Term enigma Definition a riddle Term epitome Definition a simplified representation Term erratic Definition irregular Term erudite Definition very-learned Term evoke Definition to call or summon forth Term facetious Definition amusing Term admonish Definition to warn of a fault Term beseech Definition to implore Term blithe Definition joyous Term buttress Definition any support or prop Term candor Definition the quality of frankness or outspokenness Term caprice Definition a whim Term chastise Definition to subject to punitive measures Term cohesive Definition having the property of consistency Term complicity Definition participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer Term conducive Definition contributing to an end Term congenial Definition having kindred character or tastes Term contemptible Definition worthy of scorn or disdain Term cynical Definition exhibiting moral skepticism Term deceitful Definition fraudulent Term docile Definition easy to manage Term expeditious Definition speedy Term fatuous Definition idiotic Term guile Definition duplicity Term hookwink Definition to deceive Term hypocrisy Definition extreme insincerity Term illusion Definition an unreal image presented to the senses