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SAT Vocab 2

Harder SAT words for nuance and tone, like corroborate, ambivalent and mitigate, practiced in full-sentence questions.

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Start hereEvidence and VerificationEvidence and Verification · Learn corroborate, substantiate, validate, authenticate, scrutinize, appraise, ascertain, discern, deduce, extrapolate through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.Start lesson

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Evidence and Verification

Vocabulary: corroborate, substantiate, validate, authenticate, scrutinize, appraise, ascertain, discern, deduce, extrapolate.

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  1. 1.1Evidence and VerificationLearn corroborate, substantiate, validate, authenticate, scrutinize, appraise, ascertain, discern, deduce, extrapolate through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Challenges to Claims

Vocabulary: refute, rebut, dispute, contest, contradict, undermine, invalidate, discredit, counter, qualify.

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  1. 2.1Challenges to ClaimsLearn refute, rebut, dispute, contest, contradict, undermine, invalidate, discredit, counter, qualify through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Explaining Relationships

Vocabulary: elucidate, explicate, articulate, delineate, contextualize, characterize, differentiate, reconcile, synthesize, juxtapose.

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  1. 3.1Explaining RelationshipsLearn elucidate, explicate, articulate, delineate, contextualize, characterize, differentiate, reconcile, synthesize, juxtapose through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Hidden Assumptions

Vocabulary: presuppose, posit, postulate, hypothesize, theorize, speculate, surmise, stipulate, predicate, presage.

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  1. 4.1Hidden AssumptionsLearn presuppose, posit, postulate, hypothesize, theorize, speculate, surmise, stipulate, predicate, presage through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Persuasion and Representation

Vocabulary: advocate, endorse, champion, espouse, persuade, exhort, implore, invoke, convey, portray.

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  1. 5.1Persuasion and RepresentationLearn advocate, endorse, champion, espouse, persuade, exhort, implore, invoke, convey, portray through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Disclosure and Concealment

Vocabulary: disclose, divulge, impart, disseminate, publicize, obscure, conceal, suppress, withhold, distort.

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  1. 6.1Disclosure and ConcealmentLearn disclose, divulge, impart, disseminate, publicize, obscure, conceal, suppress, withhold, distort through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Reducing Problems

Vocabulary: mitigate, alleviate, ameliorate, attenuate, temper, curtail, rectify, redress, offset, neutralize.

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  1. 7.1Reducing ProblemsLearn mitigate, alleviate, ameliorate, attenuate, temper, curtail, rectify, redress, offset, neutralize through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Increasing Effects

Vocabulary: exacerbate, aggravate, amplify, intensify, magnify, augment, bolster, reinforce, compound, escalate.

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  1. 8.1Increasing EffectsLearn exacerbate, aggravate, amplify, intensify, magnify, augment, bolster, reinforce, compound, escalate through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Limits and Resistance

Vocabulary: impede, hinder, hamper, obstruct, preclude, forestall, deter, thwart, circumvent, constrain.

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  1. 9.1Limits and ResistanceLearn impede, hinder, hamper, obstruct, preclude, forestall, deter, thwart, circumvent, constrain through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Establishing and Maintaining

Vocabulary: institute, enact, inaugurate, entrench, perpetuate, consolidate, stabilize, standardize, codify, formalize.

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  1. 10.1Establishing and MaintainingLearn institute, enact, inaugurate, entrench, perpetuate, consolidate, stabilize, standardize, codify, formalize through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Adjustment and Replacement

Vocabulary: recalibrate, reconfigure, restructure, reformulate, supersede, supplant, displace, assimilate, accommodate, repurpose.

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  1. 11.1Adjustment and ReplacementLearn recalibrate, reconfigure, restructure, reformulate, supersede, supplant, displace, assimilate, accommodate, repurpose through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Separation and Dispersion

Vocabulary: diverge, deviate, disperse, dissipate, fragment, segregate, isolate, detach, disaggregate, partition.

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  1. 12.1Separation and DispersionLearn diverge, deviate, disperse, dissipate, fragment, segregate, isolate, detach, disaggregate, partition through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Convergence and Interaction

Vocabulary: converge, coalesce, amalgamate, intertwine, intersect, interconnect, mediate, reciprocate, collaborate, coordinate.

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  1. 13.1Convergence and InteractionLearn converge, coalesce, amalgamate, intertwine, intersect, interconnect, mediate, reciprocate, collaborate, coordinate through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Attribution and Interpretation

Vocabulary: attribute, ascribe, impute, construe, misconstrue, conflate, misconceive, generalize, analogize, equate.

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  1. 14.1Attribution and InterpretationLearn attribute, ascribe, impute, construe, misconstrue, conflate, misconceive, generalize, analogize, equate through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Selecting and Developing

Vocabulary: elicit, engender, cultivate, foster, nurture, harness, leverage, extract, derive, cull.

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  1. 15.1Selecting and DevelopingLearn elicit, engender, cultivate, foster, nurture, harness, leverage, extract, derive, cull through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Precision and Ambiguity

Vocabulary: equivocal, unequivocal, unambiguous, indeterminate, abstruse, opaque, lucid, intelligible, comprehensible, cryptic.

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  1. 16.1Precision and AmbiguityLearn equivocal, unequivocal, unambiguous, indeterminate, abstruse, opaque, lucid, intelligible, comprehensible, cryptic through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Rigor and Weakness

Vocabulary: rigorous, meticulous, systematic, cursory, perfunctory, superficial, exhaustive, comprehensive, piecemeal, haphazard.

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  1. 17.1Rigor and WeaknessLearn rigorous, meticulous, systematic, cursory, perfunctory, superficial, exhaustive, comprehensive, piecemeal, haphazard through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Certainty and Evidence

Vocabulary: empirical, verifiable, demonstrable, incontrovertible, irrefutable, indisputable, unsubstantiated, inconclusive, provisional, putative.

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  1. 18.1Certainty and EvidenceLearn empirical, verifiable, demonstrable, incontrovertible, irrefutable, indisputable, unsubstantiated, inconclusive, provisional, putative through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Soundness and Error

Vocabulary: cogent, sound, tenable, defensible, fallacious, spurious, specious, erroneous, flawed, dubious.

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  1. 19.1Soundness and ErrorLearn cogent, sound, tenable, defensible, fallacious, spurious, specious, erroneous, flawed, dubious through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Stated and Unstated Meanings

Vocabulary: tacit, overt, latent, manifest, ostensible, purported, unexpressed, unspoken, inferential, declarative.

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  1. 20.1Stated and Unstated MeaningsLearn tacit, overt, latent, manifest, ostensible, purported, unexpressed, unspoken, inferential, declarative through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Essential and Secondary Features

Vocabulary: intrinsic, inherent, integral, indispensable, extrinsic, ancillary, extraneous, tangential, subsidiary, derivative.

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  1. 21.1Essential and Secondary FeaturesLearn intrinsic, inherent, integral, indispensable, extrinsic, ancillary, extraneous, tangential, subsidiary, derivative through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Complexity and Variation

Vocabulary: multifaceted, nuanced, heterogeneous, homogeneous, disparate, divergent, convergent, analogous, congruent, incongruous.

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  1. 22.1Complexity and VariationLearn multifaceted, nuanced, heterogeneous, homogeneous, disparate, divergent, convergent, analogous, congruent, incongruous through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Extent and Distribution

Vocabulary: pervasive, ubiquitous, predominant, sporadic, intermittent, localized, diffuse, concentrated, disproportionate, marginal.

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  1. 23.1Extent and DistributionLearn pervasive, ubiquitous, predominant, sporadic, intermittent, localized, diffuse, concentrated, disproportionate, marginal through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Duration and Development

Vocabulary: transient, enduring, protracted, incipient, nascent, embryonic, mature, obsolete, antiquated, vestigial.

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  1. 24.1Duration and DevelopmentLearn transient, enduring, protracted, incipient, nascent, embryonic, mature, obsolete, antiquated, vestigial through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Change and Flexibility

Vocabulary: malleable, pliable, adaptable, mutable, volatile, intractable, immutable, rigid, resilient, robust.

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  1. 25.1Change and FlexibilityLearn malleable, pliable, adaptable, mutable, volatile, intractable, immutable, rigid, resilient, robust through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Magnitude and Restraint

Vocabulary: profound, acute, pronounced, marked, nominal, minute, imperceptible, appreciable, substantive, restrained.

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  1. 26.1Magnitude and RestraintLearn profound, acute, pronounced, marked, nominal, minute, imperceptible, appreciable, substantive, restrained through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Conformity and Departure

Vocabulary: orthodox, unorthodox, anomalous, atypical, aberrant, idiosyncratic, eccentric, customary, established, emergent.

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  1. 27.1Conformity and DepartureLearn orthodox, unorthodox, anomalous, atypical, aberrant, idiosyncratic, eccentric, customary, established, emergent through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Intention and Motivation

Vocabulary: deliberate, inadvertent, calculated, spontaneous, impulsive, pragmatic, opportunistic, altruistic, disinterested, self-serving.

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  1. 28.1Intention and MotivationLearn deliberate, inadvertent, calculated, spontaneous, impulsive, pragmatic, opportunistic, altruistic, disinterested, self-serving through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Evaluation and Tone

Vocabulary: disparaging, dismissive, condescending, patronizing, laudatory, commendatory, conciliatory, deferential, reverent, irreverent.

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  1. 29.1Evaluation and ToneLearn disparaging, dismissive, condescending, patronizing, laudatory, commendatory, conciliatory, deferential, reverent, irreverent through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Commitment and Skepticism

Vocabulary: ambivalent, reticent, circumspect, wary, incredulous, credulous, dogmatic, adamant, unwavering, resolute.

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  1. 30.1Commitment and SkepticismLearn ambivalent, reticent, circumspect, wary, incredulous, credulous, dogmatic, adamant, unwavering, resolute through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Expression and Argument Style

Vocabulary: eloquent, succinct, concise, terse, verbose, discursive, digressive, emphatic, understated, rhetorical.

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  1. 31.1Expression and Argument StyleLearn eloquent, succinct, concise, terse, verbose, discursive, digressive, emphatic, understated, rhetorical through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Temperament and Social Response

Vocabulary: complacent, apathetic, detached, impassive, stoic, earnest, fervent, zealous, exuberant, sanguine.

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  1. 32.1Temperament and Social ResponseLearn complacent, apathetic, detached, impassive, stoic, earnest, fervent, zealous, exuberant, sanguine through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Power and Agreement

Vocabulary: authoritative, authoritarian, coercive, collaborative, reciprocal, equitable, egalitarian, hierarchical, unilateral, multilateral.

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  1. 33.1Power and AgreementLearn authoritative, authoritarian, coercive, collaborative, reciprocal, equitable, egalitarian, hierarchical, unilateral, multilateral through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Possibility and Dependence

Vocabulary: contingent, conditional, requisite, inevitable, imminent, conceivable, attainable, viable, untenable, prohibitive.

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  1. 34.1Possibility and DependenceLearn contingent, conditional, requisite, inevitable, imminent, conceivable, attainable, viable, untenable, prohibitive through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Difficulty and Consequence

Vocabulary: onerous, arduous, formidable, daunting, precarious, fraught, deleterious, innocuous, salutary, propitious.

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  1. 35.1Difficulty and ConsequenceLearn onerous, arduous, formidable, daunting, precarious, fraught, deleterious, innocuous, salutary, propitious through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Reasoning and Knowledge

Vocabulary: conjecture, supposition, presumption, axiom, tenet, proposition, deduction, extrapolation, synthesis, paradox.

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  1. 36.1Reasoning and KnowledgeLearn conjecture, supposition, presumption, axiom, tenet, proposition, deduction, extrapolation, synthesis, paradox through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Uncertainty and Qualifications

Vocabulary: ambiguity, ambivalence, contingency, caveat, reservation, anomaly, discrepancy, inconsistency, fallacy, counterexample.

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  1. 37.1Uncertainty and QualificationsLearn ambiguity, ambivalence, contingency, caveat, reservation, anomaly, discrepancy, inconsistency, fallacy, counterexample through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Processes and Mechanisms

Vocabulary: mechanism, impetus, catalyst, precursor, trajectory, progression, fluctuation, equilibrium, threshold, continuum.

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  1. 38.1Processes and MechanismsLearn mechanism, impetus, catalyst, precursor, trajectory, progression, fluctuation, equilibrium, threshold, continuum through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Institutions and Social Patterns

Vocabulary: precedent, convention, orthodoxy, ideology, autonomy, hierarchy, hegemony, disparity, reciprocity, legitimacy.

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  1. 39.1Institutions and Social PatternsLearn precedent, convention, orthodoxy, ideology, autonomy, hierarchy, hegemony, disparity, reciprocity, legitimacy through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Language and Critical Interpretation

Vocabulary: connotation, denotation, nuance, allusion, analogy, rhetoric, irony, satire, exposition, critique.

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  1. 40.1Language and Critical InterpretationLearn connotation, denotation, nuance, allusion, analogy, rhetoric, irony, satire, exposition, critique through definitions and 30 context sentences; review 10 word-and-meaning flashcards and answer 30 original practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 1

Vocabulary: capricious, ephemeral, obfuscate, galvanize, fastidious, superfluous, dispassionate, polarizing, paucity, anachronistic.

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  1. 41.1Medium Yield Nuance 110 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 2

Vocabulary: prosaic, acquiesce, acerbic, amorphous, apprehensive, arcane, ascetic, assuage, audacious, autonomous.

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  1. 42.1Medium Yield Nuance 210 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 3

Vocabulary: aversion, banal, belligerent, benevolent, burgeon, callous, castigate, clandestine, cognizant, confound.

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  1. 43.1Medium Yield Nuance 310 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 4

Vocabulary: copious, dearth, debilitating, decorous, defamatory, demur, deride, despondent, devoid, diffident.

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  1. 44.1Medium Yield Nuance 410 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 5

Vocabulary: disingenuous, disparage, dogged, duplicity, eclectic, elusive, embellish, enigmatic, equivocate, erratic.

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  1. 45.1Medium Yield Nuance 510 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 6

Vocabulary: esoteric, evanescent, exorbitant, facetious, frenetic, garrulous, gregarious, hackneyed, haughty, hedonist.

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  1. 46.1Medium Yield Nuance 610 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 7

Vocabulary: impetuous, implacable, incisive, indolent, inexorable, ingenuous, inimical, inscrutable, insipid, intrepid.

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  1. 47.1Medium Yield Nuance 710 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 8

Vocabulary: inundate, irascible, laconic, lament, laudable, loquacious, magnanimous, malevolent, maverick, mellifluous.

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  1. 48.1Medium Yield Nuance 810 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 9

Vocabulary: mendacious, mercurial, mitigating, mollify, munificent, nefarious, neophyte, obdurate, obsequious, obstinate.

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  1. 49.1Medium Yield Nuance 910 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 10

Vocabulary: officious, ostentatious, palpable, panacea, paradoxical, paragon, parsimonious, pejorative, pernicious, petulant.

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  1. 50.1Medium Yield Nuance 1010 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 11

Vocabulary: philanthropic, piquant, placid, platitude, plethora, ponderous, pretentious, pristine, prodigious, profligate.

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  1. 51.1Medium Yield Nuance 1110 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 12

Vocabulary: profuse, pugnacious, punctilious, quixotic, rancor, recalcitrant, redundant, remiss, renounce, reprehensible.

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  1. 52.1Medium Yield Nuance 1210 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.
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Medium Yield Nuance 13

Vocabulary: sagacious, salubrious, sanctimonious, scrupulous, seditious, circumscribe, expedient, intransigent, stringent, equanimity.

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  1. 53.1Medium Yield Nuance 1310 words, 30 context sentences, 10 word-and-meaning flashcards, and 30 new practice questions.