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SAT vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aesthetic | related to beauty or good taste |
| Alleviate | to make pain or a problem less severe |
| Ambivalent | having mixed feelings about something |
| Analogous | similar or comparable in some way |
| Anomaly | something that doesn’t fit the normal pattern |
| Antagonize | to make someone angry or hostile |
| Apathy | lack of interest or emotion |
| Arbitrary | based on random choice, not reason |
| Arcane | secret or understood by very few people |
| Articulate | able to speak clearly and expressively |
| Ascribe | to say something was caused by a certain thing |
| Audacious | extremely bold or daring |
| Austere | very plain, no decoration; strict |
| Banal | boring because it’s so predictable |
| Belie | to give a false impression of |
| Benevolent | kind and generous |
| Bolster | to support or strengthen |
| Candid | completely honest, even if it’s awkward |
| Capricious | changing mood or behavior suddenly |
| Catalyst | something that triggers change |
| Censure | strong official disapproval |
| Clandestine | secret, usually because it’s not allowed |
| Coerce | to force someone using threats |
| Cogent | clear, logical, and convincing |
| Compelling | extremely interesting; grabs your attention |