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List 2 - SAT words
Freshman English list for List 2 - SAT words
Question | Answer |
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skillful, accomplished, highely competent, good at it | adroit |
to corrupt or make impure (liquids) | adulterate |
to sketch, outline in a shadowy way | adumbrate |
nook or nest built high in the air | aerie |
pertaining to beauty or art, skillful grouping in art | aesthetic |
friendly, easy to approach | affable |
pretentious, phony, abberation | affected |
fondness, liking, similiarity | affinity |
personal offense, insult | affront |
to make larger or greater in power | aggrandize |
collective mass or sum; total | aggregate |
to afflict, distrress | aggrieve |
well coordinated, nimble | agile |
one who odubts that God exists | agnostic |
relating to farming or rual matters | agrarian |
cheerful willingness, eagerness; speed | alacrity |
medieval cheical philosophy aimed at trying to change metal into gold 9alachemists were the first scientists) | alchemy |
mechanical problem- solving procedure | algorithm |
to lessen, ease, or sooth (fear) | allay |
allowance, portion, share | allocation |
to entice by charm; attract | allure |
indirect reference | allusion |
quality of making many indirect references | allusiveness |
noisy dispute, a fight | altercation |
unselfish cancern for others' welfare | altruism |