SAT Vocab. : A-list
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- abate
- to reduce
- abet
- to aid; to act as an accomplice
- abjure
- to renounce under oath; to abstain from
- abnegate
- to give up
- abrogate
- to annul; abolish by authortative behavior
- abstemious
- done sparingly
- accede
- ecpress approval
- acclivity
- incline or upward slope
- accretion
- growth in size
- actuate
- to activate; put into motion
- acumen
- sharpness of insight, mind
- adamant
- stubbornly unyielding
- adept
- extremely skilled
- adjudicate
- act as a judge, settle a matter
- adjure
- to appeal to
- admonish
- to caution or warn gently to correct something
- adroit
- skillful
- adulation
- excessive flattery or admiration
- adumbrate
- to give a hint of something to come
- aggregate
- collective mass; sum total
- algorithm
- an established precedure for solving a problem or equation
- alimentary
- pertaining to food, or digestion
- allay
- to lessen, ease
- amity
- friendship
- amorphous
- having no definite form
- animus
- a feeling of animosity or ill will
- anodyne
- a scource of comfort, a medicine that relieves pain
- anomaly
- a deviation from the common rule, something that is difficult to classify
- anthropomorphic
- suggesting human characteristics for animals and inanimate things
- antiquated
- too old to be fashionable or useful
- aphorism
- a short statement of a principle
- aplomb
- self-confident assurance; poise
- apostate
- one who renounces a religious faith
- apposite
- strikingly appropriate or well adapted
- apprise
- to give notice to; inform
- appropriate
- to assign to a particular purpose
- arcane
- secret, obscure
- arrears
- unpaid, overdue debts or bills
- arrogate
- to claim without justification
- askance
- with disapproval
- assent
- to agree, as to a proposal
- atavistic
- characteristic of a formal era, ancient
- autocrat
- a dictator
- aver
- to declare to be true, to affirm
- avuncular
- like an uncle in behavior, especially in kindness and warmth
- awry
- crooked, askew, amiss