SAT word list 2: adulation-amend
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- adulterate
- v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
- advent
- n. arrival
- adventitious
- adj. accidental; casual
- adverse
- adj. unfavorable; hostile
- advocacy
- n. support; active pleading on something's behalf
- aerie
- n. nest of a large bird of prey (eagle, hawk)
- affected
- adj. artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress
- affidavit
- n. written statement made under oath
- affiliation
- n. joining; associating with
- affinity
- n. kinship
- affix
- v. fasten; attach; add on
- affliction
- n. state of distress; cause of suffering
- affluence
- n. abundance; wealth
- affront
- n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
- aftermath
- n. consequences; outcome; upshot
- agenda
- n. items of business at a meeting
- agent
- n. means or instrument; personal representative; person acting in an official capacity
- agglomeration
- n. collection; heap
- aggrandize
- v. increase or intensify
- aggressor
- n. attacker
- aghast
- adj. horrified
- agility
- n. nimbleness
- agitate
- v. stir up; disturb
- agnostic
- n. one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality
- agrarian
- adj. pertaining to land or its cultivation
- alacrity
- n. cheerful promptness
- alchemy
- n. medieval chemistry
- alcove
- n. nook; small, recessed section of a room
- alias
- n. an assumed name
- alienate
- v. make hostile; separate
- alimentary
- adj. supplying nourishment
- alimony
- n. payments made to an ex-spouse after divorce
- allay
- v. calm; pacify
- allege
- v. state without proof
- allegiance
- n. loyalty
- allegory
- n. story in which characters are used as symbols; fable
- alliteration
- n. repetition of beginning sound in poetry
- allocate
- v. assign
- alloy
- v. mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate
- allude
- v. refer indirectly
- allure
- v. entice; attract
- allusion
- n. indirect reference
- aloft
- adv. upward
- altercation
- n. noisy quarrel; heated dispute
- amalgamate
- v. combine; unite in one body
- amass
- v. collect
- ambidextrous
- adj. capable of using either hand with equal ease
- ambience
- n. environment; atmosphere
- amble
- n. moving at an easy pace
- ambulatory
- adj. able to walk; not bedridden
- ameliorate
- v. improve
- amenable
- adj. readily managed; willing to be led
- amend
- v. correct; change, generally for the better