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SAT Words
50 SAT Words
Term | Definition |
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Aesthetic | Having to do with the appreciation of beauty |
Adept | Very skilled; proficient |
Advocate | To speak or write in favor of |
Amicable | Characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly |
Ardent | Having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling |
Assertive | Confidently aggressive or self-assured; positve |
Auspicious | Favorable; promising |
Autonomy | indepedence or freedom |
Benevolent | characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings |
Benign | having a kindly dispostion; gracious |
candor | sincerity;openess |
candid | frank;outspoken;open and sincere |
cathartic | cleaning,cleansing,purifiying |
collaboration | the act or process of collaborating |
compelling | having a powerful or irresistable effect |
comprehensive | broad or complete in scope or content |
contemporary | current,modern;of the present time period |
distinguish | to mark off as different |
diligent | marked by painstaking effort; hardworking |
domestic | of or pertaining to the home,the household affairs, or the family |
eccentric | deviating from customary behavior |
eclectic | made up of a variety of sources and styles |
empirical | derived from or guided by experience or experiment |
evoke | to call up or produce |
fervent | having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit |
gregarious | fond of the company of others sociable |
idealize | to consider perfect |
identity | the condition of being oneself or itself |
impartial | not partial or biased; fair; just |
improvise | to compose and preform or deliver without previous preparation |
innotive | introducing somethimg new |
intuition | direct perception of truth |
laudatory | giving praise |
languid | lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow |
maverick | one who resists adherenceto a group |
mitigate | to lessen in force of intensity |