SAT word list 4: apotheosis-astigmatism
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- apotheosis
- n. elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something
- appall
- v. dismay; shock
- apparatus
- n. equipment
- apparition
- n. ghost; phantom
- appellation
- n. name; title
- append
- v. attach
- application
- n. diligent attention
- apposite
- adj. appropriate; fitting
- appraise
- v. estimate value of
- appreciate
- v. be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
- apprehend
- v. arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive
- apprenticeship
- n. time spent as a novice learning a trade from a skilled worker
- apprise
- v. inform
- approbation
- n. approval
- appropriate
- v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use
- apropos
- prep. adj. adv. with reference to; regarding
- aptitude
- n. fitness; talent
- aquatic
- adj. pertaining to water
- aquiline
- adj. curved, hooked
- arbiter
- n. a person with power to decide a dispute; judge
- arbitrator
- n. judge
- arboretum
- n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited
- arcade
- n. a covered passageway
- arcane
- adj. secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
- archaeology
- n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
- archetype
- n. prototype; primitive pattern
- archipelago
- n. group of closely located islands
- archives
- n. public records; place where public records are kept
- arduous
- adj. hard; strenuous
- aria
- n. operatic solo
- arid
- adj. dry; barren
- aristocracy
- n. hereditary nobility; privileged class
- armada
- n. fleet of warships
- aromatic
- adj. fragrant
- arousal
- n. awakening; provocation (of a response)
- arraign
- v. charge in court; indict
- array
- v. clothe; adorn
- arrears
- n. being in debt
- arrest
- v. stop or slow down; catch someone's attention
- arroyo
- n. gully
- arsenal
- n. storage place for military equipment
- artifice
- n. deception; trickery
- artless
- adj. without guile; open and honest
- ascertain
- v. find out for certain
- ascribe
- v. refer; attribute; assign
- aseptic
- adj. preventing infection; having a cleansing effect
- ashen
- adj. ash-colored
- asinine
- adj. stupid
- askance
- adj. with a sideways or indirect look
- askew
- adj. crookedly; slanted; at an angle
- asperity
- n. sharpness (of temper)
- aspersion
- n. slander; slur; derogatory remark
- aspirant
- n. adj. seeker after position or status
- assail
- v. assault
- assay
- v. analyze; evaluate
- assent
- v. agree; accept
- assert
- v. declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly
- assessment
- n. evaluation; judgement
- assimilate
- v. absorb; cause to become homogeneous
- assumption
- n. something taken for granted; taking over or taking possession of
- assurance
- n. promise or pledge; certainty; self-confidence
- asteroid
- n. small planet
- astigmatism
- n. eye defect that prevents proper focus