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SAT Words 3
of 1000
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accessible | (adj.) obtainable, reachable (After studying with SparkNotes and getting a great score on the SAT, Marlena happily realized that her goal of getting into an Ivy-League college was _____.) |
| acclaim | (n.) high praise (Greg’s excellent poem won the _____ of his friends.) |
| accolade | (n.) high praise, special distinction (Everyone offered _____s to Sam after he won the Noble Prize.) |
| accommodating | (adj.) helpful, obliging, polite (Though the apartment was not big enough for three people, Arnold, Mark, and Zebulon were all friends and were _____ to each other.) |
| accord | (n.) an agreement (After much negotiating, England and Iceland finally came to a mutually beneficial _____ about fishing rights off the cost of Greenland.) |
| accost | (v.)to confront verbally (Though Antoinette was normally quite calm, when the waiter spilled soup on her for the fourth time in 15 minutes she stood up and _____d the man.) |
| accretion | (n.) slow growth in size or amount (Stalactites are formed by the _____ of minerals from the roofs of caves.) |
| acerbic | (adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely _____ and began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.) |
| acquiesce | (v.) to agree without protesting (Though Mr. Correlli wanted to stay outside and work in his garage, when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner, he _____d to her demands.) |
| acrimony | (n.) bitterness, discord (Though they vowed that no girl would ever come between them, Biff and Trevor could not keep _____ from overwhelming their friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Teresa.) |
| acumen | (n.) keen insight (Because of his mathematical _____, Larry was able to figure out in minutes problems that took other students hours.) |
| acute | 1. (adj.) sharp, severe (Arnold could not walk because the pain in his foot was so _____.) 2. (adj.) having keen insight (Because she was so _____, Libby instantly figured out how the magician pulled off his “magic.”) |
| adamant | (adj.) impervious, immovable, unyielding (Though public pressure was intense, the President remained _____ about his proposal.) |
| adept | (adj.) extremely skilled (Tarzan was _____ at jumping from tree to tree like a monkey.) |
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