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MasterVocab 51-100
SAT words
Question | Answer |
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amorphous | shapeless |
amortize | end (a debt) by setting aside money |
anathema | something loathed; curse |
anguish | severe suffering |
animosity agnst,twrds | strong dislike |
antebellum | existing before a war |
antediluvian | made a long time ago |
anthropomorphic | having human characteristics |
antidote for,agnst,to | medicine used against a poison or a disease |
antithetical | direct opposing |
apartheid | brutal racial discrimination |
aphasia | loss of the power to use or comprehend words |
aphorism | concise statement of a principle |
aplomb (to have it) | self-confidence |
apostasy | renunciation of a religion |
apostate | one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions |
apotheosis of | deification; glorification to godliness |
appease | make quiet or calm |
appellation | identifying name or title |
apprehensive | grasping; understanding; unhappy feeling about future |
apprise | give notice; to inform |
approbation | approval |
apropos (of) | appropriate to the situation; apt |
apt to (at) | well-suited; quick-witted |
arabesque | a complex ornate design |
arboreal | of connected with trees |
ardor | enthusiasm |
arduous | steep; difficult; ascent; laborious |
argot | jargon; slang |
arrant | in the highest degree |
arrogance | proud superior manner of behaviour |
articulate | speak distinctly; connect by joints |
ascend | go or come up |
ascendancy over | dominance |
ascertain | get to know |
ascribe to | consider to be the origin of or belonging to |
aseptic | surgically clean |
ashen | deadly pale |
asperity | roughness; harshness; ill temper; irritability |
aspersion | slander |
assiduous | diligent; hard-working; sedulous |
assuage | make smth (pain, desire) less |
asterisk | the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters) |
astringent | substance that shrinks |
astute | clever, quick at seeing to get an advantage |
atelier | artist's workroom |
atonement | repayment death of Jesus |
attenuate | make thin; weaken; enervate |
attune | bring into harmony |
audacious | daring; foolishly bold; impudent |