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SAT Word Flash List 22
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7th Grade
09/01/2005

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clairvoyant
Definition
one who perceives far more than the normal five senses would explain; a seer
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chimera
Definition
a Greek mythic being with a lion's head, goat's body, and a serpent's tail
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eccentric
Definition
decidedly odd or unusual; aberrational
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karma
Definition
your life force that determines your fate or destiny in the next life (Hinduism, Buddhism)
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enigma
Definition
a riddle hard to puzzle out; conundrum; mystery
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vicarious
Definition
felt or experienced secondhand, through someone else or through another medium
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hypothetical
Definition
based on a hypothesis ( a logical theory) rather than on reality; conjectural
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cryptic
Definition
obscure; intentionally mysterious
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esoteric
Definition
of knowledge belonging to initiated people
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oblivious
Definition
totally unaware (usu. With "of" or "to")
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utopia
Definition
a place where everything about life is perfect
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elusive
Definition
apt to evade pursuit or definition (as "an elusive thought"); hard to pin down, identify
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