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Q6 Chung's SAT
Vocabulary 7-9-13
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Education
10th Grade
07/11/2013
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Term
pliant
 Definition
a. flexible
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pliable
 Definition
a. flexible
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lithe
 Definition
a. flexible
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supple
 Definition
a. flexible
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susceptible
 Definition
a. easily influenced by feeling
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impervious
 Definition
a. 1) not allowing water, gas, etc. to pass through; impermeable
2) not easily influenced or moved
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hermetic
 Definition
a. 1) airtight
2) not easily influenced
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porous
 Definition
a. 1) having many pores
2) easily influenced
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nonporous
 Definition
n. not easily influenced
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malleable
 Definition
a. easily influenced
Term
dogmatic
 Definition
a. 1) forcing to accept w/o questioning
[principle, doctrine, faith, etc.]
2) [person] stubborn
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dogma
 Definition
n. a dogmatic belief
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obstinate
 Definition
a. stubborn
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dogged
 Definition
a. flexible
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persistent
 Definition
a. flexible
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headstrong
 Definition
a. stubborn
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tenacious
 Definition
a. 1) holding firmly
2) stubborn
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tentative
 Definition
a. temporary; for trial
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evanescence
 Definition
n. short-livedness
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obdurate
 Definition
a. stubborn
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ephemeral
 Definition
a. lasting for a short time; temporary
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fleeting
 Definition
a. lasting for a short time; temporary
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transient
 Definition
a. lasting for a short time; temporary
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transitory
 Definition
a. lasting for a short time; temporary
Term
soporific
 Definition
a. producing sleep
n. something that produces sleep
Term
elegy
 Definition
n. sad music or literature
Term
elegiac
 Definition
a. sad; sorrowful
Term
insomnia
 Definition
n. lack of sleep
Term
somnambulate
 Definition
v. to sleep walk
Term
somnolent
 Definition
a. almost a sleep; sleepy
Term
wistful
 Definition
a. longing for; sad; sorrowful
Term
mournful
 Definition
a. sad; sorrowful
Term
lugubrious
 Definition
a. sad; sorrowful
Term
murky
 Definition
a. dark; glum; sad; sorrowful
Term
plaintiff
 Definition
n. one who sues
Term
defendant
 Definition
n. one who is sued
Term
plaintive
 Definition
a. sorrowful
Term
somber
 Definition
a. 1) dark-colored
2) sad
Term
overcast
 Definition
a. 1) darkened by clouds
2) sad
Term
dolorous
 Definition
a. sad; sorrowful
Term
dismal
 Definition
a. sad; sorrowful
Term
doleful
 Definition
a. sad; sorrowful
Term
melancholy
 Definition
a. sad; sorrowful
Term
lamentable
 Definition
a. sad; sorrowful
Term
woeful
 Definition
a. sad; sorrowful
Term
pathetic
 Definition
a. sad; sorrowful
Term
lachrymose
 Definition
a. sad; sorrowful
Term
gloomy
 Definition
a. sad; sorrowful
Term
ambulatory
 Definition
a. able to walk
Term
ambulant
 Definition
a. able to walk
Term
amble
 Definition
v. to walk slowly
Term
ambition
 Definition
n. aspiration
Term
somnambulist
 Definition
n. 1) a distracted person
2) a sleepwalker
Term
distraught
 Definition
a. distracted
Term
fitful
 Definition
a. [sleep] irregular; intermittent
Term
lachrymal
 Definition
a. of tears
Term
lachrymose
 Definition
a. tearful; sad
Term
fastidious
 Definition
a. 1) quick in finding faults
2) hard to please
3) neat
4) picky
Term
dainty
 Definition
a. pretty neat; picky
Term
finicky=finnicky
 Definition
a. picky
Term
censorious
 Definition
a. fault-finding; picky
Term
submissive
 Definition
a. obedient
Term
subordinate
 Definition
a. obedient
Term
tractable
 Definition
a. obedient
Term
compliant
 Definition
a. obedient
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ruly
 Definition
a. obedient
Term
docile
 Definition
a. obedient
Term
amenable
 Definition
a. obedient
Term
subservient
 Definition
a. obedient
Term
insubmissive
 Definition
a. disobedient
Term
insubordinate
 Definition
a. disobedient
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intractable
 Definition
a. disobedient
Term
defiant
 Definition
a. disobedient
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unruly
 Definition
a. disobedient
Term
indocile
 Definition
a. disobedient
Term
restive
 Definition
a. disobedient
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wayward
 Definition
a. disobedient
Term
mutinous
 Definition
a. disobedient
Term
insurgent
 Definition
a. disobedient
Term
recalcitrant
 Definition
a. disobedient
Term
contumacious
 Definition
a. disobedient
Term
obstreperous
 Definition
a. disobedient
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tractable
 Definition
a. that can be easily managed or controlled; obedient
Term
conform
 Definition
v. to comply with
Term
amenable
 Definition
a. willing to be guided or controlled;responsive, obedient
Term
subservient
 Definition
a. very obedient to a flattering degree
Term
restive
 Definition
a. 1) [horse] refusing to move forward
2) disobedient
Term
insurgent
 Definition
a. rebellious
n. a rebel
Term
timid
 Definition
a. easily frightened; shy
Term
timorous
 Definition
a. easily frightened; shy
Term
tremolous
 Definition
a. easily frightened; shy
Term
pusilanimous
 Definition
a. easily frightened; shy
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