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SAT List #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to calm; to lessen; to relieve | Assuage |
| to waste away; to dry up; to shrivel up, to deteriorate | Atrophy |
| to increase; to make greater;to expand or extend; to enhance | Augment |
| disciplinarian; an autocrat; a dictator; a tyrant | Authoritarian |
| hullabaloo; commotion | Ballyhoo |
| commonplace; unoriginal; trite; everyday | Banal |
| fort or fortress; a stronghold; supporter; rampart | Bastion |
| uproar; pandemonium; disorder; turmoil; madhouse | Bedlam |
| kind; generous; warmhearted; thoughtful; altruistic; compassionate; charitable; nonprofit | Benevolent |
| used when speaking of more than two persons or things | Among |
| Used when speaking of only two | between |
| bulk measurement | Amount |
| used to count separate units | Number |
| one every year | Annual |
| happens twice a year | Biannual |
| same as biannual-happens twice a year | Semiannual |
| happens every two years | Biennial |
| happens throughout the year | Perennial |
| Insect | Ant |
| relative | Aunt |