sat secondary meaning week 1: 0-50

Absolve

To release someone from a duty or obligation.

Abstract

To extract or remove (often data or a summary).

Accessible

(Of a text) Easy to understand or appreciate.

Accommodation

A settlement or compromise between opposing parties.

Acerbic

Sharp and forthright in speaking or writing.

Acknowledge

To admit the validity of an opposing argument (concede).

Acquisition

The act of learning or developing a skill or habit.

Admonish

To advise or urge someone earnestly.

Adroit

Mentally quick or resourceful in an argument.

Advocate

A person who pleads on someone else's behalf (legal/social).

Aesthetic

A set of principles underlying a specific artistic movement.

Affable

Easy to talk to; approachable.

Affectation

A studied display of a quality or feeling that is not real.

Affinity

A similarity of characteristics suggesting a relationship.

Agitate

To campaign to arouse public concern about an issue.

Alacrity

Speed or efficiency in responding to a request.

Alienate

To cause someone to become unsympathetic or hostile.

Alleviate

To make a problem or deficiency less hard to bear.

Allusion

A stylistic device used to call something to mind.

Altruism

The belief in or practice of concern for the well-being of others.

Ambiguous

Double-edged; having a double meaning.

Ambivalent

Being unable to choose between two courses of action.

Ameliorate

To improve a situation or condition.

Amiable

Diffusing tension; agreeable.

Anachronism

A thing that is old-fashioned or belongs to an earlier period.

Analogous

Sharing a function but having a different evolutionary origin.

Anecdote

A brief account used as evidence (often seen as 'non-scientific').

Anomaly

A data point that contradicts a hypothesis.

Antagonism

The inhibition of one substance/organism by another.

Antipathy

A fundamental opposition between two things.

Apathy

A state of indifference or suppression of passion.

Appease

To satisfy an appetite or a feeling.

Apprehension

The act of understanding or grasping an idea.

Arbitrary

(Of power) Unrestrained and autocratic in use.

Archaic

(Of a word) No longer in everyday use but kept for special effect.

Ardent

Burning; glowing (often used to describe literary feeling).

Articulate

Having joints or segments (in biology).

Artifact

A flaw in data caused by the equipment or technique used.

Artisan

Relating to food or goods made in a traditional way.

Ascendancy

Dominant influence or sway.

Ascetic

Severe or austere in appearance or manner.

Aspire

To rise high; to tower (literary use).

Assuage

To satisfy an appetite or desire.

Astute

Shrewd; showing an ability to notice things others miss.

Atrophy

The gradual decline in effectiveness due to underuse.

Attenuate

To make thin or slender in physical form.

Augment

To increase the size or value of something.

Austere

Lacking comforts or luxuries; plain and unadorned.

Authoritarian

Favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority.

Autonomous

Acting independently or having the freedom to do so.