College Board SAT Practice Test 2
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boomerang
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backfire
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saturating
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cause something to become thoroughly soaked in liquid so no more can be absorbed
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dispassionate
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free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm
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tenable
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defensible; justifiable
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insubstantial
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not substantial or real; lacking substance
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impugned
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dispute the truth, validity of honesty (of a statement or motive)
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flotsam
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wreckage of ship or its cargo found floating on water
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reconnaissance
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military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain (make sure of) strategic features
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decimate
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kill or destroy a large percentage of
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raiment
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clothing
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jettisoned
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throw or drop something from an aircraft or ship
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sustenance
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food or drink regarded as nourishment
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irascible
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having a tendency to be easily angered
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churlish
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rude; boorish
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laconic
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using very few words
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stature
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1) a person's natural height 2) importance or reputation gained by achievement
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robust
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strong and healthy; rigorous
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mercurial
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subject to sudden unpredictable changes in mood or mind
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corrosive
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tending to cause corrosion
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disingenuous
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not candid or sincere
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implacable
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unable to be placated (make someone less angry or hostile)
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phlegmatic
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having a unemotional and stolidly calm disposition
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verbose
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using more words than needed
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edifying
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providing moral instruction
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succinct
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briefly and clearly expressed
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prognosis
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the likely course of a disease
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retrench
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cut down, reduce
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unequivocal
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leaving no doubt; unambiguous
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effusive
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expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, approval in an unrestrained and heartfelt manner
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incorrigible
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not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed
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ephemeral
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lasting a very short time
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esoteric
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understood by or meant for a select few
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multifacted
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having many facets
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emigrate
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leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another
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sprawl
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to be stretched or spread out in awkward manner
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gaudy
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extravagantly bright or showy, typically in a tasteless way
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stringent
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strict, precise, exacting
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dissent
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hold or express opinions that are at variance with those commonly expressed
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bucolic
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rustic; pastoral
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lugubrious
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looking or sounding sad and dismal
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sundry
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of various kinds; several
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chicanery
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trickery to achieve a purpose
