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Flashcards in SAT vocab words 61-80 Deck (20)
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1
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middle class; conventional; of narrow, materialistic interests

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bourgeois

2
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sluggish, stupid, fat

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bovine

3
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boldness intended to impress or intimidate

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bravado

4
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to expand, flourish, blossom

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burgeon

5
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a small group joined in a secret intrigue; a conspiracy

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cabal

6
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to persuade, wheedle, coax

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cajole

7
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comradeship; good fellowship

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camaraderie

8
Q

a code of laws; a basis for judgement

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canon

9
Q

to lurch or toss from side to side; to lean over to one side

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careen

10
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abstinence from sex

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celibacy

11
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to condemn severely, judge, punish

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censure

12
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relating to the brain; intellectual, brainy

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cerebral

13
Q

embarrassment, humiliation, disappointment

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chagrin

14
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hot-tempered, easily angered; irritable

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choleric

15
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indirect, roundabout

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circuitous

16
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to frustrate by going around; to mislead

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circumvent

17
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secret; done secretly

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clandestine

18
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leniency, mercy (legal); mild weather

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clemency

19
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to form into one unified mass, come together

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coalesce

20
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convincing; compelling; valid

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cogent