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SAT words
50 SAT words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aestetic | having to do with the appericiation of beauty |
| adept | very skilled; proficfent |
| advocate | to speak or write in favor |
| amicable | characterazied by or showing goodwill; friendly |
| ardent | having,expressive of,or characterized by intense feeling |
| assertive | confidently agressive or self assured; positive |
| auspicious | of favorable; promising |
| autonomy | independence or freedom |
| benevolent | characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings |
| benign | having a kindly disposition; gracious |
| candor | sincerity; oppenness |
| candid | frank;outspoken; open and sincere |
| cathartic | cleaning, clensing, purifying |
| collaboration | the act or process of collaborating |
| compelling | having a powerful or irresistible effect |
| comprehensive | broad or complete in scope or content |
| contemperary | current, modern; of the present time feeling |
| distingush | to mark off as different |
| diligent | marked by painstaking effort; hardworking |
| domestic | of or pretaining to the home, the household affairs, or the family |
| eccentric | deviating from customary behavior |
| eclectic | made up of a variety of sources and styles |
| empirical | derived from or guided by experience or experiment |
| evoke | to call up or produce |
| fervent | having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit |
| gregarious | found of the company of others; sociable |
| idealize | to consider perfect |
| identity | the condition of being oneself or itself |
| impartial | not partial or biased; fair just |
| abbreviate | to shorten, abridge |
| abstinence | the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g, eating or drinking |
| adulation | high praise |
| adversity | misfourtune, an unfavorable turn of events |
| anachronistic | out-of-sate, not attributed to the correct historical period |
| anecdote | short, usually funny account of an event |
| anonymous | nameless, without a disclosed identity |
| antagoinst | foe,oppent,adversary |
| arid | extremely dry or deathly boring |
| assiduous | persistenet or hardworking |
| asylum | sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge |
| camaraderie | trust, sociablilty among friends |
| censure | to criticize harshly |
| circutious | indirect, taking the longest route |