219995267 | abase | to reduce or lower (verb) | |
219995268 | abdicate | to give up a position of power (verb) | |
219995269 | aberration | deviating from the normal or expected (noun) | |
219995270 | abeyance | temporary inactivity, a lull in action (noun) | |
219995271 | abject | utterly hopeless, miserable, dreadful (adj) | |
219995272 | abstruse | hard to understand, esoteric (adj) | |
219995273 | acerbic | harsh or severe, sour (adj) | |
219995274 | acquiesce | to agree, to submit to (verb) | |
219995275 | acrimony | harshness, sharpness, bitterness (noun) | |
219995276 | adulterate | to make cheaper or worse by an inclusion of cheaper, inferior elements (adj) | |
219995277 | aesthetic | pertaining to the beautiful, concerned with the instinctual instead of the scientific (adj) | |
219995278 | aggrandize | to widen in scope, make greater in power (verb) | |
219995279 | alacrity | cheerful readiness (noun) | |
219995280 | allegory | the representation of a complex concept through a physical example; treatment of one subject under the guise of another (noun) | |
219995281 | amalgamate | to merge or mix together (verb) | |
219995282 | ameliorate | to make better, to make more acceptable (verb) | |
219995283 | amortize | to liquidate or extinguish a debt or obligation (verb + direct object) | |
219995284 | anachronism | an object, person, or action makes no sense in the time frame (noun) | |
219995285 | anathema | something detested or loathed (noun) | |
219995286 | ancillary | subordinate, assisting (adj) | |
219995287 | antediluvian | extremely old, being before the Flood (Biblical) (adj) | |
219995288 | anterior | situated in the front (adj) | |
219995289 | antipathy | personal dislike or hatred for another person or object or concept (noun) | |
219995290 | apocryphal | of doubtful authorship, false, spurious (adj) | |
219995291 | apotheosis | the act of elevating someone to the level of a god (noun) | |
219995292 | approbation | approval (noun) | |
219995293 | ardent | passionate (adj) | |
219995294 | ardor | passion (noun) | |
219995295 | arduous | laborious, difficult (adj) | |
219995296 | ascetic | a person who dedicates their whole life to a renunciation of material things to lead an austerely simple life (noun or adj) | |
219995297 | aspersion | a damaging comment or criticism, slander (noun) | |
219995298 | assiduous | constant, unremitting, attentive (adj) | |
219995299 | assuage | to soothe, calm, relieve (verb) | |
219995300 | astringent | harshly biting, stern, severe (adj) | |
219995301 | atrocious | horrific, dreadful, awful (adj) | |
219995302 | atrophy | degeneration as a result of lack of use (noun and verb) | |
219995303 | attenuate | to make longer and thinner, therefore weaker (verb) | |
219995304 | augury | the practice of divination, of interpreting omens and prophesies (noun) | |
219995305 | august | venerable, eminent (adj) | |
219995306 | auspicious | promising success, indicative of future good fortune (adj) |
SAT words 10/11- AP Lit
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