SAT Vocab

Abate

To become less active or intense

Aberration

A departure from what is normal

Abhor

To hate or detest

Abstain

Yo refrain from doing something

Abstruse

Difficult to understand

Accolade

An award or special distinction

Acumen

Keen insight or judgement

Adamant

Unyielding, refusing to be persuaded

Admonish

To caution or advise against.

Adversity

Difficulties/Misfortune

Aesthetic

Relating to beauty or the arts

Advance

To put forward a claim

Assert

Put forward an argument or state that something is true

Conjecture

Hypothesis

Pre supposition

Idea assumed before hand about a subject

Surmise

To assume/ draw conclusion without strong evidence

Ameliorate

To make something better

Anachronistic

Out of its proper historical time

Anomaly

Something that deviates from the norm

Antagonistic

Showing active opposition or hostility

Apathy

Lack of interest or concern

Affable

Friendly and Easy to talk to

Alleviate

To make a pain or problem less severe

Ambiguous

Open to more than one interpretation

Ambivalent

Having mixed or contradictory feelings

Ameliorate

To make something better

Arbitrary

Based on random choice rather than reason

Archaic

Very old or old fashioned

Artois

Involving strenuous effort, difficult

Articulate

To express an idea fluently and clearly

Assiduous

Showing great care and perseverance

Assiduous

Showing great care and perseverance

Assuage

To make an unpleasant feeling less intense

Atrophy

To waste away due to underuse

Audacious

Showing a willingness to take bold risks

Augment

To make something greater by adding to it

Auspicious

Conducive to success, favorable

Austere

Severe or strict in manner or appearance

Autonomy

The right or

Condition of self Government

Banal

So lacking in originality as to be boring

Belie

To give a false impression of