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SAT words
50 SAT words
Term | Definition |
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aestetic | having to do with the appericiation of beauty |
adept | very skilled; proficfent |
advocate | to speak or write in favor |
amicable | characterazied by or showing goodwill; friendly |
ardent | having,expressive of,or characterized by intense feeling |
assertive | confidently agressive or self assured; positive |
auspicious | of favorable; promising |
autonomy | independence or freedom |
benevolent | characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings |
benign | having a kindly disposition; gracious |
candor | sincerity; oppenness |
candid | frank;outspoken; open and sincere |
cathartic | cleaning, clensing, purifying |
collaboration | the act or process of collaborating |
compelling | having a powerful or irresistible effect |
comprehensive | broad or complete in scope or content |
contemperary | current, modern; of the present time feeling |
distingush | to mark off as different |
diligent | marked by painstaking effort; hardworking |
domestic | of or pretaining 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 | found 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 |
abbreviate | to shorten, abridge |
abstinence | the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g, eating or drinking |
adulation | high praise |
adversity | misfourtune, an unfavorable turn of events |
anachronistic | out-of-sate, not attributed to the correct historical period |
anecdote | short, usually funny account of an event |
anonymous | nameless, without a disclosed identity |
antagoinst | foe,oppent,adversary |
arid | extremely dry or deathly boring |
assiduous | persistenet or hardworking |
asylum | sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge |
camaraderie | trust, sociablilty among friends |
censure | to criticize harshly |
circutious | indirect, taking the longest route |