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Vocabulary3SAT
English Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Assuage | to calm; to lessen; to releive |
Atrophy | to waste away; to dry up; to shrivel up; to deterioate |
Augment | to increase; to make greater; to expand or extend; to enhance |
Authoritarain | disiplinarian; an autocrat; a dictator or tyrant |
Ballyhoo | hullabaloo; commotion |
Banal | commonplace; unoriginal; trite; everyday |
Bastion | fort or fortress; a stronghold; supporter; rampart |
Bedlam | uproar; pandemonium; disorder; turmoil; madhouse |
Benefactor | contributor; philanthropist; subsidizer; sponsor |
Benevolent | kind; generous; warmhearted; thoughtful; altruistic; compassionate; charitable; nonprofit |
Among | used when speaking of more that two persons or things |
Between | used when speaking of only two |
Amount | bulk measurement |
Number | used to count seperate units |
Annual | one every year |
Biannual | happens twice a year |
Semiannual | same as bi annual- happens twice a year |
Biennial | happens every two years |
Perennial | happens throughout the year, every year |
Ant | insect |
Aunt | relative |