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SAT Words 6

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amalgamate (v.) to bring together, unite (Because of his great charisma, the presidential candidate was able to _____ all democrats and republicans under his banner.)
ambiguous (adj.) uncertain, variably interpretable (Some people think Caesar married Cleopatra for her power, others believe he was charmed by her beauty. His actual reasons are ______.)
ambivalent (adj.) having opposing feelings (My feelings about Calvin are _____ because on one hand he is a loyal friend, but on the other, he is a cruel and vicious thief.)
ameliorate (v.) to improve (The tense situation was ______d when Sam proposed a solution everyone could agree upon.)
amenable (adj.) willing, compliant (Our father was _____ when we asked him to drive us to the farm so we could go apple picking.)
amenity (n.) an item that increases comfort (Bill Gates’s house is stocked with so many _____s, he never has to do anything for himself.)
amiable (adj.) friendly (An _____ fellow, Harry got along with just about everyone.)
amicably friendly (Claudia and Jimmy got divorced, but _____ and without hard feelings.)
amorous (adj.) showing love, particularly sexual (Whenever Albert saw Mariah wear her slinky red dress, he began to feel quite _____.)
amorphous (adj.) without definite shape or type (The effort was doomed from the start, because the reasons behind it were so ______ and hard to pin down.)
anachronistic (adj.) being out of correct chronological order (In this book you’re writing, you say that the Pyramids were built after the Titanic sank, which is _____.)
analgesic (n.) something that reduces pain (Put this _____ on the wound so that the poor man at least feels a little better.)
analogous (adj.)similar to, so that an analogy can be drawn (Though they are unrelated genetically, the bone structure of whales and fish is quite _____.)
anarchist (n.) one who wants to eliminate all government (An _____, Carmine wanted to dissolve every government everywhere.)
anathema (n.) a cursed, detested person (I never want to see that murderer. He is an _____ to me.)
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