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SAT Vocabulary Fall 2019 Set 2
Complacent
Counterproductive
SAT Vocabulary Fall 2019 Set 2
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Counterproductive
advancing the achievement of a goal
hindering the achievement of a goal
to be productive
to produce greatly on counters
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Complacent
To agree while ignoring one's true feelings toward something
To remember where one places items
An uncanny recollection of facts
Satisfied with no desire to change or improve
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Egregious
extremely good
being generous to a fault
living life to the extreme
extremely bad
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Candid
Direct, blunt
A discrete camara
a terrible storm
Fruit encased in candy
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The elephant in the room
There is an obvious problem everyone wants to talk about
There is much happiness in the air
There is an obvious problem nobody wants to talk about
The room is large enough to house an elephant
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Conviction
Firm tofu
A firm belief in something
To put off important work
To rely on others
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Deplete
to overuse a statement
to overuse over time usually resources
to delete errors
a cliché
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Dilemma
formal shipping of Dylan and Emma
a problem usually requiring a choice between two or more options
A Turkish dill pickle
to work on something intently
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Deference
to develop a false perception of something
to lose one's hearing over time
to have respect or regard for something or someone
To allow others to decide for you
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Corroborate
To provide sustenance
Corn on the cob
To provide evidence for; to back up a claim
To brush too harshly
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Dominion
power and authority; a legal territory
a blooming onion
a nickname
to feel out of place
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Conceive
A cooking device used by chefs
A type of conifer tree
To be out of ideas
To imagine or come up with
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Deficient
not enough in degree or amount
to be in agreement with
not in agreement with
to be plentiful in degree or amount
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She wouldn’t hurt a fly
A person who uses pesticides
A person who breeds flies
A person who has flies as pets
A person who is kind and generous
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To butter someone up
To eat one's food with butter
To put on clothes that are too tight
To be nice to someone to get something from them
To be mean to someone for no reason
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Capitalize
To earn one's own money
The most important city of a country
To use to your advantage
To write a letter as an uppercase
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It’s raining cats and dogs
It’s raining heavily
When cats and dogs play in the rain
There are many street cats and dogs
There are many cats and dogs being given away
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To let the cat out of the bag
To reveal a secret
When a cat swats others from the inside of a paper bag
To have takeout
To let a cat outside
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Capture: Choose the incorrect answer
To depart reluctantly
To captivate, mesmerize; to catch or seize
To trap or take possession of
To successfully represent or imitate
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Diligence
the quality of being committed to a task
not being careful
Artificial intelligence
the outright refusal to work hard
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To put all of your eggs in one basket
To be efficient
When you risk everything for one thing
To eat eggs from the countryside
To be responsible
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Convey
To be convincing
To see things through rose colored glasses
To pass on or transfer information
To pass away
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To go cold turkey
To give up an addiction suddenly
To go for turkey sandwiches
To feel cold suddenly
To hunt for a Thanksgiving turkey
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Concede
To outrightly refuse to do something
To think very highly of oneself
To be forced to agree or surrender
To happily oblige
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Counterargument
An argument that has gotten out of hand
An argument used to criticize or dismantle another argument
To place items on a counter
An argument in support of an argument
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Dismay
to change one's opinion
to be named after a relative named May
stress or consternation; to fill with woe or apprehension
a disconnected telephone line
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Diminish
to have a plentiful supply
the act of conserving resources
the habit of having lights at the lowest wattage
to become smaller in scope or degree
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A fish out of water
To feel clean and fresh
To go fly fishing
To feel out of place, strange
To be out of breath
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Condone
To believe one is always right
To arrive on time
A bell tower
To overlook, approve, or allow
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To bite off more than one can chew
To break one's front teeth
To choke on one's food
To do too many things, or to do something that is too difficult
To enjoy one's food very much
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Candor
A war like call used in the Middle Ages
An extinct bird from the Triassic era
A canning factory
The trait of being honest and frank
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Dubious
to have a strong bias about something
to create a nickname for someone
doubtful, questionable
dubbed movies
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Butterflies in one's stomach
Never to tell a lie
To be quite nauseous
To be quite nervous
To be quite hungry
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Complement
To tell the truth about something difficult
To make perfect or complete
To be encouraging to someone
To let someone know they did something well
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Coarse
What happens when one coughs a lot
Indicating a rough texture; lacking refinement or sophistication
To agree wholeheartedly
A path one takes toward a goal
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To be in a bit of a pickle
To enjoy salty foods
Snack at the movie theater
To be in the restroom for too long
To have a problem
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Eloquent
having refined or expressive communication skills
to elope
to be late on the rent
having terrible communication skills
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Clout
to clear one's throat
A special advantage or power
A condiment added to sauerkraut
White water vapor drifting across the sky
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Demonstrate
to do as an example; gives evidence for
to let one sink or swim
to leave one guessing
to be surrounded by evil spirits
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Dire
to be confident
to be filled with hope
hopelessness and dangerous or fearful
the good life
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Discord
Agreement
To erase a recording
When guitar strings break
Disagreement
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To open a can of worms
To try to solve a problem, but somehow make it worse
To go fishing
To try to solve a problem, but it solves itself
To try to solve a problem, but it was never a problem in the first place
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Desolate
a chocolate malt shake
to be alone
bare, barren, empty
to arrive late
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Dreary
to come up from behind someone
sad, gloomy, dull
happy and inspiring
chocolate drizzle on ice cream
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Cultivate
To have knowledge of many cultures
To be cultured
to foster the growth of something
to be a member of a cult
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In a nutshell
To keep things tidy
To purchase small earrings
To give a summary
A nut-based pie crust
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Competent
To be in quite a bit of pain
To kick someone while punching them
Sufficiently qualified
To be painfully honest
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A piece of cake
When something is very easy
When something takes a lot of work
Marie Antoinette's favorite snack
To be extremely happy
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Eccentric
peculiar or odd; deviating from the norm
to enter a room stealthily
to be centered
to perform excellently and flawlessly
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Devise
to give sound advice
a machine like a cell phone
to deviate from the norm
to come up with (a plan)
