1000 SAT Words Sets 9 -12 (2)
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- artisan
- All the famous Greek philosophers were disdainful of the _______________, the man who merely made things.
- anomaly
- The _______________ of the social security system is that you sometimes have more money without a job.
- antipathy
- When Irish people express their _______________ to the British, the real target of their hatred is the English.
- antithesis
- If there is an _______________ between two things, there is a contrast between them.
- appease
- I may _______________ him with the present that goes before me, and afterwards I shall see his face; perhaps he will accept me.
- antagonism
- In their whole tense attitudes is clearly revealed the bitter _______________ between them.
- archetype
- It may be that there are certain women whose beauty is so strong, so close to the _______________ of the Queen of Beauty, that they produce an intense effect upon other human beings.
- arbitrarily
- It sometimes seems that our laws are _______________ enforced, depending on the mood of the judge on a particular day.
- antediluvian
- The researchers argued that the lab's equipment was _______________ and long overdue for replacement.
- arid
- Only some thirty _______________ summers had he seen; those summers had dried up all his physical superfluousness.
- anxiety
- His voice was full of _______________ when we spoke to him on the phone about the accident.
- arbiters
- They do not know mankind nor society, and yet they set themselves up as _______________ of the fates of the hungry millions and all the other millions thrown in.
- appropriates
- If a government or organization _______________ an amount of money for a particular purpose, it reserves it for that purpose.
- antecedents
- Charles Babbage's mechanical calculating engines were the _______________ of the modern computer.
- arcane
- Methods of this kind necessarily begin by assuming that there is something mysterious, _______________ or difficult about power which makes it ultimately an elusive concept.
- antiquated
- Compared with modern satellite dishes, ordinary TV aerials look positively _______________.
- animated
- Then his eyes get _______________, and I see he's got some great scheme in his mind.
- arboreal
- Both the red colobus and the black and white colobus monkeys eat a mixture of leaves and fruit and have a fully _______________ life.
- approbation
- The words sounded convincing, and the judge leaned forward in _______________.
- aquatic
- They say if it can be done on water, it can be done on Mission Bay, the largest _______________ playground in the world.
- arbitration
- In medieval Europe _______________ was used to settle disputes between merchants; it is now commonly used in commercial, labor-management, and international disputes.
- ascribe
- It is difficult to _______________ the popularity of the DC to any particular feature, and its continuing use is probably related to the combination of desirable or acceptable features.
- annexation
- Indonesia's _______________ of East Timor has never won the acceptance of the United Nations.
- apathy
- You can use _______________ to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
- anthology
- The new _______________ of Bob Dylan songs contains all his greatest hits and a few songs that you might never have heard before.
- anonymous
- Zeta received an _______________ love letter, but she's pretty sure it's from a guy in her English class.
- arable
- As my _______________ land was but small, suited to my crop, I got it totally well fenced in about three weeks' time.
- apprehend
- Another agent was employed instead to try to _______________ Tyndale, who once more had to disappear underground.
- archaic
- Agit-poppers convinced themselves that rock was _______________ and debased, no longer capable of functioning as a medium for radical comment. (agit-pop = popular music used to spread political ideas, opinions or information.)
- ardor
- There had been no need to cling to him with such _______________ -- no need to respond to his kiss with such wanton abandon.
- anguish
- The ravages of mental distress affected the soul of man in the same way that acute physical _______________ affected the body.
- apocryphal
- It is hard to verify whether the tales about the dreadful fish are _______________, but what is certain is that the species does exist.
- ascertain
- Our instruments are now so perfect and powerful, as to enable us to _______________ many facts of the deepest interest, with near approaches to positive accuracy.
- artifact
- The subject of the next two chapters is the _______________, that form which is the result of human labor, as opposed to equally concrete natural phenomena.
- annul
- After seeing its unforeseen and catastrophic effects, Congress sought to _______________ the law
- ascetic
- Pretending to be an _______________, he slept while in the field on a mat of straw that he had himself woven