SAT 1 Barron's Basic Word List 5
Terms
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- astral
- adj. relating to the stars
- astringent
- adj. binding; causing concentration
- astronomical
- adj. enormously large or extensive
- astute
- adj. wise; shrewd; keen
- asunder
- adv. into parts; apart
- asylum
- n. place of refuge or shelter; protection
- asymmetric
- adj. not identical on both sides of a dividing line
- atavism
- n. resemblance to a remote ancestor rather than to parents; deformity reting after passage of two or more generations
- atheistic
- adj. denying the existence of God
- atlas
- n. a bound volume of maps, charts, or tables
- atone
- v. make amends for; pay for
- atrocity
- n. brutal deed
- atrophy
- n.wasting away
- attain
- v. achieve or accomplish; gain
- attentive
- adj. alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
- attenuate
- v. make thin, weaken
- attest
- v. testify, bear witness
- attribute
- v. ascribe; explain
- attrition
- n. gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment
- atypical
- adj. not normal
- audacious
- adj. daring, bold
- audit
- n. examination of accounts
- auditory
- adj. pertaining to the sense of hearing
- augment
- v. increase, add to
- augury
- n. omen; prophecy
- august
- adj. impressive, majestic
- aureole
- n. sun's corona; halo
- auroral
- adj. pertaining to the aurora borealis
- auspicious
- adj. favoring success
- austere
- adj. forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unoramented
- authenticate
- v. prove genuine
- authoritarian
- adj. subordinating the individual to the state; completly dominating another's will
- authorative
- adj. having the weight of authority; peremptory and dictorial
- autocratic
- adj. having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial
- automaton
- n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
- autonomous
- adj. self-governing
- autopsy
- n. examination of a dead body; post-mortem
- auxiliary
- adj. helper, additional or subsidiary
- avalanche
- n. great mass of falling snow and ice
- avarice
- n. greediness for wealth
- avenge
- v. take vengeance for something (or on behalf of someone)
- averse
- adj. reluctant; disinclined
- aversion
- n. firm dislike
- avert
- v. prevent; turn away
- aviary
- n. enclosure for birds
- avid
- adj. greedy; eager for
- avocation
- n. secondary or minor occupation
- avow
- v. declare openly
- avuncular
- adj. like an uncle
- awe
- n. solemn wonder
- awry
- adv. distorted; crooked
- axiom
- n. self-evident truth requiring no proof
- azure
- adj. sky blue
- babble
- v. chatter idly
- bacchanalian
- adj. drunken
- badger
- v. pester; annoy
- badinage
- n. teasing conversation
- baffle
- v. frustrate; perplex
- bait
- v. harass; tease
- baleful
- adj. deadly; having a malign influence; ominous
- balk
- v. foil or thwart; stop short; refuse to go on
- ballast
- n. heavy substance used to add stability or weight
- balm
- n. something that relieves pain
- balmy
- adj. mild; fragrant
- banal
- adj. hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality
- bandy
- v. discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly
- bane
- n. cause of ruin; curse
- bantering
- adj. good-natured ridiculing
- barb
- n. sharp projection from fishhook, etc; openly cutting remark