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SAT Vocabulary Unit1
SAT Vocabulary Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abate | become less in amount or intensity; make less active or intense |
| abdicate | to give up power as monarch or emperor; to give up duties or obligations |
| aberration | a state or condition markedly different from the norm; a disorder in one's mental state |
| abstain | choose not to consume; refrain from voting |
| adversity | a state of misfortune or affliction; a stroke of ill fortune or bad luck |
| aesthetic | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste; aesthetically pleasing |
| amicable | characterized by friendship and good will |
| anachronistic | chronologically misplaced |
| arid | lacking sufficient water or rainfall; lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless |
| asylum | a shelter from danger or hardship; a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
| benevolent | showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; intending or showing kindness |
| bias | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation; a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric |
| boisterous | full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline |
| brazen | unrestrained by convention or politeness; made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness) |
| brusque | marked by rude or peremptory shortness |
| camaraderie | the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability |
| canny | showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others |
| capacious | large in capacity |
| capitulate | surrender under agreed conditions |
| clairvoyant | perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses; foreseeing the future |
| collaborate | work together on a common enterprise of project; cooperate as a traitor |
| compassion | a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering; the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it |
| compromise | to settle a dispute by both sides agreeing or making concessions; expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute |
| condescending | characteristic of acting superior to others, patronizing others |
| conditional | imposing or depending on a special set of circumstances; qualified with reservations |
| conformist | adhering to established customs or doctrines;marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles |
| convergence | the act of coming closer; a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena |
| deleterious | harmful to living things |
| demagogue | a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices |
| digression | a turning aside of your purpose or attention concern; a message that departs from the main subject |
| diligent | quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness; characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks |
| discredit | damage the reputation of; reject as false; refuse to accept |
| disdain | look down on with scorn; reject with contempt |
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