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SAT Vocab Flashcards
26-45
Term | Definition |
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artifact | object made by human beings |
artisan | manually skilled worker; craftsman as opposed to artist |
ascendancy | controlling influence; domination |
ascetic | practicing self-denial; austere |
aspire | seek to attain; long for |
assuage | ease or lessen; satisfy; soothe |
audacious | daring; bold |
austere | forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented |
autonomous | self-governing |
avarice | greediness for wealth |
aversion | firm dislike |
beguile | charm; mislead or delude |
belie | contradict; give a false impression |
bolster | support; reinforce |
bombastic | pompous; using inflated language |
braggart | boaster |
calculated | deliberately planned |
candor | frankness; open honesty |
capricious | unpredictable; fickle |
charlatan | a quack; pretender to knowledge |