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MasterVocab 51-100
SAT words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amorphous | shapeless |
| amortize | end (a debt) by setting aside money |
| anathema | something loathed; curse |
| anguish | severe suffering |
| animosity agnst,twrds | strong dislike |
| antebellum | existing before a war |
| antediluvian | made a long time ago |
| anthropomorphic | having human characteristics |
| antidote for,agnst,to | medicine used against a poison or a disease |
| antithetical | direct opposing |
| apartheid | brutal racial discrimination |
| aphasia | loss of the power to use or comprehend words |
| aphorism | concise statement of a principle |
| aplomb (to have it) | self-confidence |
| apostasy | renunciation of a religion |
| apostate | one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions |
| apotheosis of | deification; glorification to godliness |
| appease | make quiet or calm |
| appellation | identifying name or title |
| apprehensive | grasping; understanding; unhappy feeling about future |
| apprise | give notice; to inform |
| approbation | approval |
| apropos (of) | appropriate to the situation; apt |
| apt to (at) | well-suited; quick-witted |
| arabesque | a complex ornate design |
| arboreal | of connected with trees |
| ardor | enthusiasm |
| arduous | steep; difficult; ascent; laborious |
| argot | jargon; slang |
| arrant | in the highest degree |
| arrogance | proud superior manner of behaviour |
| articulate | speak distinctly; connect by joints |
| ascend | go or come up |
| ascendancy over | dominance |
| ascertain | get to know |
| ascribe to | consider to be the origin of or belonging to |
| aseptic | surgically clean |
| ashen | deadly pale |
| asperity | roughness; harshness; ill temper; irritability |
| aspersion | slander |
| assiduous | diligent; hard-working; sedulous |
| assuage | make smth (pain, desire) less |
| asterisk | the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters) |
| astringent | substance that shrinks |
| astute | clever, quick at seeing to get an advantage |
| atelier | artist's workroom |
| atonement | repayment death of Jesus |
| attenuate | make thin; weaken; enervate |
| attune | bring into harmony |
| audacious | daring; foolishly bold; impudent |