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Vocabulary3SAT
English Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assuage | to calm; to lessen; to releive |
| Atrophy | to waste away; to dry up; to shrivel up; to deterioate |
| Augment | to increase; to make greater; to expand or extend; to enhance |
| Authoritarain | disiplinarian; an autocrat; a dictator or tyrant |
| Ballyhoo | hullabaloo; commotion |
| Banal | commonplace; unoriginal; trite; everyday |
| Bastion | fort or fortress; a stronghold; supporter; rampart |
| Bedlam | uproar; pandemonium; disorder; turmoil; madhouse |
| Benefactor | contributor; philanthropist; subsidizer; sponsor |
| Benevolent | kind; generous; warmhearted; thoughtful; altruistic; compassionate; charitable; nonprofit |
| Among | used when speaking of more that two persons or things |
| Between | used when speaking of only two |
| Amount | bulk measurement |
| Number | used to count seperate units |
| Annual | one every year |
| Biannual | happens twice a year |
| Semiannual | same as bi annual- happens twice a year |
| Biennial | happens every two years |
| Perennial | happens throughout the year, every year |
| Ant | insect |
| Aunt | relative |