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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; positive |
Auspicious | favorable; promising |
Autonomy | independence or freedom |
Benevolent | characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings |
Benign | having a kindly disposition; gracious |
Candor | sincerity;openness |
Candid | frank;outspoken;open and sincere |
Cathartic | cleaning,cleansing,purifying |
Collaboration | the act or process of collabrating |
Compelling | having a powerful or irrestible 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,household affair,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 |
Abbreviare | to shorten, abridge |
Abstinence | the act of refraining from pleasuable activity |
Adulation | high praise |
Adversity | misfortune, an unfavorable |
Anachronistic | out-of-dste, not attributed to the correct historical period |
Anecdote | short, usually funny account of an event |
Anonymous | nameless, without a disclosed identity |
Antagonist | foe, opponent, adversary |
Arid | extremely dry or deathly boring |
Assiduous | persistent, hard-working |
Asylum | sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge |
Camaraderie | trust, sociability amongst friends |
Censure | to criticize |
Circuitous | indirect, taking the longest route |
Clairvoyant | exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future |
Compassion | sympathy, helpfulness or mercy |
Compromise | to settle a dispute bt terms agreeable to both sides |
Condesecending | possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing |
Conditional | depending on a condition |
Conformist | person who complies with accepted rules and costoms |
Congregation | a crowd of people, an assembly |
Convergence | the state of separate elements joining or coming together |
Camaraderie | trust, sociability amongst friends |
Censure | to criticize |
Circuitous | indirect, taking the longest route |
Clairvoyant | exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future |
Compassion | sympathy, helpfulness or mercy |
Compromise | to settle a dispute bt terms agreeable to both sides |
Condesecending | possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing |
Conditional | depending on a condition |
Conformist | person who complies with accepted rules and costoms |
Congregation | a crowd of people, an assembly |
Convergence | the state of separate elements joining or coming together |
Deleterious | harmful, destructive, detrimental |
Demagogue | leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice |
Digression | the act of turning aside, straying from the main point |
Discredit | to harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace |
Disdain | to regard with scorn or contempt |
Divergent | separating, moving in different directions from a particular piont |