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apprehension
- fear; discernment; capture
arable
- fit for growing crops
arbitrary
- unreasonable or capricious; randomly selected without any reason; based solely on one's unrestricted will or judgment
archaic
- antiquated
ardor
- heat; passion; zeal
arid
- dry; barren
arrogance
- pride; haughtiness
articulate
- effective; distinct
artifact
- object made by human beings; either handmade or mass-produced
artisan
- manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist
ascendancy
- controlling influence
ascetic
- practicing self-denial; austere
aspire
- seek to attain; long for
assuage
- ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
astute
- wise; shrewd
atrophy
- waste away
attentive
- considerate; thoughtful; paying attention
attribute
- ascribe; explain
audacious
- daring; bold
augment
- increase; add to
austerity
- sternness; severity; strict economy; lack of luxuries
authentic
- genuine
authoritarian
- subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will
autonomous
- self-governing
aversion
- firm dislike
banal
- hackneyed; commonplace; trite
bane
- cause of ruin; curse
belie
- contradict; give a false impression
belittle
- disparage; make fun of
belligerent
- quarrelsome
benevolent
- generous; charitable
benign
- kindly; favorable; not malignant
bequeath
- leave to someone by a will; hand down
biased
- slanted; prejudiced
bland
- soothing; mild; dull
blasphemy
- irreverence; sacrilege; cursing
bolster
- support; reinforce
braggart
- boastful person
brawn
- muscular strength; sturdiness
brevity
- conciseness; briefness
buttress
- support; prop up
cacophonous
- discordant; inharmonious
cajole
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
calculated
- deliberately planned; likely
candor
- frankness
capricious
- unpredictable; fickle
caricature
- distortion; burlesque
censorious
- critical
censure
- blame; criticize
certitude
certainty
Author
iamsly
ID
166725
Card Set
SAT2
Description
SAT
Updated
2012-08-20T18:51:17Z
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