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SAT vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abstruse | difficult to understand abstract, complex, dark, deep, difficult |
| abase | to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem degrade, dishonor, lower |
| alleviate | to ease a pain or a burden blunt, diminish, help, relieve, soften |
| altruism | unselfish concern for the welfare of others, selflessness generosity, benevolence |
| amalgam | a combination of diverse elements; a mixture blend, mix |
| ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation uncertain, vague, unclear |
| ambivalent | simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain |
| amiable | friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured and likable |
| anachronistic | the representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order |
| apathetic | feeling or showing little emotion detached, indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested |
| arboreal | relating to or resembling a tree |
| arcane | known or understood by only a few secret, mystic |
| archaic | characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned ancient, antique, historic, old |
| ascertain | to discover with certainty as through examination or experimentation determine, discover, identify, learn |
| assimilate | incorporated and absorbed into the mind, made similar; caused to resemble absorb, appropriate, blend, comprehend, understand |
| astute | shrewd, clever crafty, sharp, smart, witty |
| augment | to make (something already developed or well under way) greater in size, extent, or quantity |
| aural | of, relating to, or perceived by the ear |
| austere | without decoration; strict bitter, harsh, rough, ruthless, stern, stiff |
| autonomy | independence; self-determination; self-government/the right of self-government independence, liberty, self government, sovereignty |
| belie | to picture falsely, misrepresent belong, camouflage, deceive, disguise, deny, and distort |
| banal | drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite average, dull, familiar, plain |
| belligerent | inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressiveness combative, hostile, quarrelsome, warlike |
| beneficial | producing/promoting a favorable result; advantageous beneficent, toward, useful |
| benign | kind and gentle affable, amiable, benevolent, favorable |
| bolster | to buoy up or hearten, to support or prop up aid, assist, boost, cushion, help, and maintain |
| bombastic | given to pompous speech or writing rhetorical, wordy, heroic |
| brevity | the quality or state of being in duration brief |
| averse | strongly disinclined afraid, against, opposed |
| affable | easygoing, friendly |
| alacrity | cheerful, willingness; eagerness rapidity, speed |
| aesthetic | having to do with the appreciation of beauty pleasing |
| adroit | dexterous; deft artful, brainy, smart, sharp |
| acumen | quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight perception, wisdom, wit |
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