AP Language & Composition: SAT Flashcards
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| 7703057626 | Desecrate | To treat with disrespect. | 0 | |
| 7703057627 | Deprecate | To express strong disapproval of. | 1 | |
| 7703057628 | Deleterious | Causing harm or damage, injurious. | 2 | |
| 7703057629 | Disparity | Lack of equality, difference. | 3 | |
| 7703057630 | Distraught | In a state of mental conflict or confusion. | 4 | |
| 7703057631 | Dissipated | Indulging excessively in sensual pleasures. | 5 | |
| 7703057632 | Devious | Showing a skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals. | 6 | |
| 7703057633 | Despondent | Feeling or showing extreme discouragement. | 7 | |
| 7703057634 | Despot | Monarch with unlimited power. | 8 | |
| 7703057635 | Desiccant | A substance that has a high affinity for water and is used as a drying agent. | 9 | |
| 7703057636 | Devoid | completely lacking, destitute or empty. | 10 | |
| 7703057637 | Devolve | Transfer or delegate to a lower level. | 11 | |
| 7703057638 | Diatribe | A denunciation : bitter verbal attack. | 12 | |
| 7703057639 | Didactic | Intended to instruct. | 13 | |
| 7703057640 | Diffuse | Spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people. | 14 | |
| 7703057641 | Dilapidate | Reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect. | 15 | |
| 7703057642 | Diminution | Reduction of the size, extent, or importance of something: a lessoning. | 16 | |
| 7703057643 | Discerning | Showing good judgement and understanding. | 17 | |
| 7703057644 | Disdain | The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect. | 18 | |
| 7703057645 | Disparage | To discredit, to belittle. | 19 |