SAT Word List 3
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ibkid_2013 on April 22, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 amenities (n) | convenient features; courtesies |
| amiable (adj) | agreeable; lovable |
| amiss (adj) | wrong; faulty |
| amity (n) | friendship |
| amnseia (n) | loss of memory |
| amnesty (n) | pardon |
| amoral (adj) | nonmoral |
| amorous (adj) | moved by sexual love; loving |
| amorphous (adj) | formless; lacking shape or definition |
| amphibian (adj) | being able to live on both land and water |
| amphitheater (n) | oval building with tiers of seats |
| ample (adj) | abundant |
| amplify (v) | broaden or clarify by expanding |
| amputate (v) | cut off part of body; prune |
| anachronistic (ajd) | having an error involving time in a story (Julius Caesar) |
| analogous (adj) | comparable |
| analogy (n) | similarity; parallelism |
| anarchist (n) | person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate the abolishing authority |
| anathema (n) | solemn curse; someone or something regard as a curse |
| ancestry (n) | family descent |
| anchor (v) | secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place |
| anecdote (n) | short account of an assuming or interesting event |
| anemia (n) | condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles |
| anesthetic (n) | substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness |
| anguish (n) | acute pain; extreme suffering |
| angular (adj) | sharp-cornered; stiff in manner |
| animated (adj) | lively; spirited |
| animosity (n) | active enmity (feeling of dislike) |
| animus (n) | hostile feeling or intent |
| annals (n) | records; history |
| annex (v) | attach; take possession of |
| annihilate (v) | destroy |
| annotate (v) | comment; make explanatory notes |
| annul (v) | make void |
| anoint (v) | consecrate; to devote or honor something |
| anomalous (adj) | abnormal; irregular |
| anomaly (n) | irregularity |
| anonymity (n) | state of being nameless |
| anonymous (adj) | having no name |
| antagonism (n) | hostility; active resistance |
| antecede (v) | precede |
| antecedents (n) | preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background |
| antediluvian (adj) | antiquated; extremely ancient |
| anthem (n) | song of praise or patriotism |
| anthology (n) | book of literary selections by various authors |
| anthropocentric (adj) | regarding human beings as the center of the universe |
| anthropoid (adj) | man-like |
| anthropologist (n) | a student of history and science of mankind |
| anticlimax (n) | letdown in thought or emotion...descent in power, feeling, or strong thoughts |
| antidote (n) | medicine to counteract a poison or disease |
| antipathy (n) | aversion; dislike |
| antiquated (adj) | old-fashioned; obsolete |
| antiseptic (n) | substance that prevents infection |
| antithesis (n) | contrast; direct opposite of or to |
| apathy (n) | lack of caring; indifference |
| ape (v) | imitate or mimic |
| apex (n) | tip; summit; climax |
| aphorism (n) | pithy maxim (in a few words describing a general truth) |
| aplomb (n) | poise; assurance; maintained self-confident |
| apocalyptic (adj) | prophetic; pertaining to revelations |
| apocryphal (adj) | untrue; made up |
| apolitical (adj) | having an aversion or lack of concern political affairs |
| apologist (n) | one who writes in defense of a cause or institution |
| apostate (n) | one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs |
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