SAT Words A-2
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- austere
- severely simple; unadorned
- approbation
- sanction
- avow
- to declare openly
- apotheosis
- defication
- assuage
- to cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease
- apostate
- false
- ardor
- intensity of passion or affection
- animadversion
- the utterance of critism or censure
- autocrat
- any one who claims or wields unrestriced or undisputed authority or influence
- apposite
- appropiate
- apocryphal
- of doubtful authority or authenticity
- asperity
- harshness or roughness of temper
- ascetic
- given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion
- assiduous
- unceasing; persistent
- antediluvian
- of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah
- audacious
- favorable omen
- aplomb
- confidence; coolness
- aver
- to avouch, justify or prove
- auxiliary
- one who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory
- avarice
- passion for getting and keeping riches
- argot
- a specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group
- ascribe
- to assign as a quality or attribute
- arrant
- notoriously bad
- apprise
- to give notice to; to inform
- apparition
- ghost
- aversion
- A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
- animosity
- hatred
- astringent
- harsh in diposition or character
- appease
- to soothe by quieting anger or indignation
- antidote
- anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
- apogee
- the climax
- astonement
- amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury
- arboreal
- of or pertaining to tree or trees
- astute
- keen in discernment