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SAT Vocab
A-D
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| abstemious | moderate, sober |
| abstruse | complex |
| accolade | tribute |
| acquiesce | to give in |
| acrid | bitter |
| acuity | sharpness |
| acute | keen |
| adulation | adoration |
| adversity | hardship |
| aesthetic | concerning the art of beauty |
| affable | friendly |
| alacrity | cheerful promptness |
| altruism | benevolence |
| ambiguous | unclear |
| ameliorate | to improve |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| anarchy | chaos |
| anecdote | a short, funny story |
| anomaly | irregularity, aberration |
| apathy | lack of interest |
| apiary | place where bees are kept |
| apprehensive | worried |
| assiduous | dilligent or sedulous |
| assuage | to reduce pain |
| astute | keen |
| atrophy | to waste away from lack of use |
| augment | to increase |
| austere | severe |
| autonomy | independence |
| aversion | intense dislike |
| aversion | intense dislike |
| aviary | enclosure for birds |
| banal | commonplace |
| bastion | stronghold |
| beguile | mislead or charm |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| belligerent | agressive or bellicose |
| benevolent | kindly |
| benign | kindly |
| blasphemy | to show disrespect for a religion |
| bolster | support, buttress |
| cacophonous | harsh sounding, dissonant |
| candor | frankness |
| capricious | fickle, whimsical |
| carping | critical |
| censorious | critical |
| censure | to criticize |
| charlatan | mountebank |
| coalesce | amalgamate |
| cogent | relevant |
| colloquial | informal |
| complacent | smug |
| compliance | giving in to a request |
| conciliate | to soothe anger |
| conciliatory | mollifying |
| condone | overlook, excuse |
| conjecture | speculation |
| contemporaneous | simultaneous |
| contrite | apologetic |
| convivial | sociable |
| craven | cowardly |
| credulous | gullible |
| cursory | superficial |
| daunt | discourage, dismay |
| debunk | demystify |
| decorum | poise, propriety, seemliness |
| defer | comply |
| deference | a show of respect |
| degradation | debasement |
| deleterious | harmful, noisome |
| demure | priggish, prim |
| denounce | condemn |
| depravity | corruption, wickedness |
| deprecate | deplore, disparage |
| derision | ridicule |
| desecrate | to show disrespect to something sacred |
| didactic | instructive |
| diffident | shy |
| digression | straying from the topice |
| dilatory | laggardly |
| discern | to differentiate, to have insight |
| disdain | contempt |
| disingenuous | insincere |
| disparage | belittle |
| disparity | inequality |
| dissent | disagreement |
| dissonance | lack of harmony |
| dogmatic | overbearing |
| drone | to talk on and on |
| dubious | doubtful |