indiscriminate - SAT Word

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indiscriminate 
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This word "indiscriminate" often comes up in the SAT. Of the choices below which is the closest in meaning?
voluble
above-board
admissible
blanket




Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'indiscriminate':
  Not making or based on careful distinctions; unselective.
  Unrestrained or wanton; profligate.
  Random; haphazard.
  Confused; chaotic.


Antonym of word 'indiscriminate' :
  discriminate

Usage of the word 'indiscriminate' in Sentences :
  indiscriminate killing.
  Never before in the history of warfare had destruction been so indiscriminate and so universal.
  The black poplar has a natural lean which has caused indiscriminate felling of trees that are considered to be unsafe.
  indiscriminate bombing of the country.
  He said: " There are still badgers on my farm, it is not indiscriminate killing.
  indiscriminate slaughter of the buffalo has brought many evils in its train.
  indiscriminate baptism.
  Hudson's prose throughout is densely adjectival and often indiscriminate.
  indiscriminate breeding.

Usage of the word 'indiscriminate' in popular media :
Washington Post   —
 the traps are totally indiscriminate, and are killing our wildlife. .... read more ››
 at least i hope it was a joke. ) fortunately it's not completely indiscriminate. .... read more ››

Wall Street Journal   —
 he also called for an immediate halt to what he called gadhafi's "disproportionate use of force and indiscriminate attacks on civilian targets." .... read more ››




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