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PSAT Flashcards WA.6-10
These are the flashcards for my PSAT class,lists WA.6-10.
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10th Grade
01/24/2013
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Default
 Definition
inaction or neglect
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meteroic
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sudden,rapid,dramatic
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pernicious
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injurious,hurtful
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empirical
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from experience or experiment
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tome
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a large book
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ambivalent
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vague
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ostentatious
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showy
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trenchant
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clear-cut
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prodigious
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extraordinary
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irrevocable
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unalterable
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apocryphal
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doubtful orgin
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derelictious
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reckless and deliberate
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vicarious
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acting through someone else
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inexorable
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unyielding
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virtuoso
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special skill in arts
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trounce
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to beat severely
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unwarranted
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not authorized
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grandiose
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grand,important
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hoary
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ancient
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ignominious
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discredited
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transcend
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rise above
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wallow
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indulge
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internecine
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mutually destructive
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jaundiced
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prejudice
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eschew
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keep away
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illustrious
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famous
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implacable
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not appeased
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rancid
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unpleasant
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raucous
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rowdy
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pungent
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strong smell
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resolute
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determined
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sedentary
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doing nothing
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cower
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to crouch
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tangent
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off topic
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byline
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who the author is
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variegated
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diverse
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disseminate
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scatter
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facetious
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not serious but funny
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inveterate
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a habit
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inclement
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stormy
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allay
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lessen
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mollify
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soften
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colloquial
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informal
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noxious
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harmful
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innocuous
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harmless
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onerous
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troublesome
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parry
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avoid
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vagaries
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unpredictable
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unstinting
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generous
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entrenched
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establish firmly
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