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SAT Words 6
of 1000
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amalgamate | (v.) to bring together, unite (Because of his great charisma, the presidential candidate was able to _____ all democrats and republicans under his banner.) |
| ambiguous | (adj.) uncertain, variably interpretable (Some people think Caesar married Cleopatra for her power, others believe he was charmed by her beauty. His actual reasons are ______.) |
| ambivalent | (adj.) having opposing feelings (My feelings about Calvin are _____ because on one hand he is a loyal friend, but on the other, he is a cruel and vicious thief.) |
| ameliorate | (v.) to improve (The tense situation was ______d when Sam proposed a solution everyone could agree upon.) |
| amenable | (adj.) willing, compliant (Our father was _____ when we asked him to drive us to the farm so we could go apple picking.) |
| amenity | (n.) an item that increases comfort (Bill Gates’s house is stocked with so many _____s, he never has to do anything for himself.) |
| amiable | (adj.) friendly (An _____ fellow, Harry got along with just about everyone.) |
| amicably | friendly (Claudia and Jimmy got divorced, but _____ and without hard feelings.) |
| amorous | (adj.) showing love, particularly sexual (Whenever Albert saw Mariah wear her slinky red dress, he began to feel quite _____.) |
| amorphous | (adj.) without definite shape or type (The effort was doomed from the start, because the reasons behind it were so ______ and hard to pin down.) |
| anachronistic | (adj.) being out of correct chronological order (In this book you’re writing, you say that the Pyramids were built after the Titanic sank, which is _____.) |
| analgesic | (n.) something that reduces pain (Put this _____ on the wound so that the poor man at least feels a little better.) |
| analogous | (adj.)similar to, so that an analogy can be drawn (Though they are unrelated genetically, the bone structure of whales and fish is quite _____.) |
| anarchist | (n.) one who wants to eliminate all government (An _____, Carmine wanted to dissolve every government everywhere.) |
| anathema | (n.) a cursed, detested person (I never want to see that murderer. He is an _____ to me.) |
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