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SAT Vocab Flashcards
26-45
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| artifact | object made by human beings |
| artisan | manually skilled worker; craftsman as opposed to artist |
| ascendancy | controlling influence; domination |
| ascetic | practicing self-denial; austere |
| aspire | seek to attain; long for |
| assuage | ease or lessen; satisfy; soothe |
| audacious | daring; bold |
| austere | forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented |
| autonomous | self-governing |
| avarice | greediness for wealth |
| aversion | firm dislike |
| beguile | charm; mislead or delude |
| belie | contradict; give a false impression |
| bolster | support; reinforce |
| bombastic | pompous; using inflated language |
| braggart | boaster |
| calculated | deliberately planned |
| candor | frankness; open honesty |
| capricious | unpredictable; fickle |
| charlatan | a quack; pretender to knowledge |