SAT Essay Vocabulary

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adroit  Speak Example sentences
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surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
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difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
atrophy  Speak Example sentences
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disappointed, defeated
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wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
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unoriginal; derived from another source
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make uneasy or anxious; trouble
belie  Speak Example sentences
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contradict; give a false impression
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expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
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unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
benevolent  Speak Example sentences
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secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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contradict; give a false impression
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generous in providing aid to others; charitable
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
censorious  Speak Example sentences
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critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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mental keenness; quickness of perception
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accelerate; quicken
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
disquiet  Speak Example sentences
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surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
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yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
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make uneasy or anxious; trouble
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unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
efface  Speak Example sentences
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portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
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propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior
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rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
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extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
egalitarian  Speak Example sentences
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a party of persons having a common end in view
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sudden realization
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belief in equality
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disappointed, defeated
enigma  Speak Example sentences
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belief in equality
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puzzle; difficult problem
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mental keenness; quickness of perception
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relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional
epiphany  Speak Example sentences
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sudden realization
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list each one; mention one by one
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disappointed, defeated
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contradict; give a false impression