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List 2 - SAT words
Freshman English list for List 2 - SAT words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |