SAT Essay: Healthy Pets, Literally Vocabulary – Flashcards
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Adept
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adj; highly skilled or able
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Anesthetic
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adj; of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia (loss of feeling in a person's body or part of the body through the use of drugs)
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Charm
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n; a quality that causes someone or something to be very likeable : an attractive quality
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Chronic
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adj; continuing or occurring again and again for a long time
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Circumscribed
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adj; limited in the size or amount of (something)
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Comrade
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n; a close friend you have worked with, been in the military with, etc.
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Confidante
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n; a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others.
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Daredevil
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n; one who is recklessly and often ostentatiously daring
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Devotion
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n; a feeling of strong love or loyalty : the quality of being devoted
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Fauna
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n; all the animals that live in a particular area, time period, or environment
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Feeble
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adj; very weak : not good enough
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Flora
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n; plant or bacterial life
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Forlorn
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adj; sad and lonely due to isolation or desertion : nearly hopeless
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Generalities
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n; a statement that is not specific or detailed
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Heinous
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adj; very bad or evil : deserving of hate
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Hinder
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v; to slow the progress of something : to hold back
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Hypertension
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n; high blood pressure
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Imminent
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adj; being about the happen
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Lagging (Lag)
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v; to stay or fall behind : to weaken gradually
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Lest
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conj; for fear that
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Rabid
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adj; affected with rabies : going to the extreme to express a feeling, interest, or opinion
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Soprano
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adj; the highest female singing voice : having a high sound range
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Subterfuge
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n; deceptive device : the use of tricks to hide, avoid, or get something
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Tyrannous
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adj; unjustly severe : marked by cruel and unfair treatment
