Quizlet SAT words from 'aspirant' to 'authentic'

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  1. aspirant: One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
  2. aspiration: An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
  3. aspire: To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
  4. assailant: One who attacks.
  5. assassin: One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
  6. assassinate: To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
  7. assassination: Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
  8. assay: The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
  9. assent: To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
  10. assess: To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
  11. assessor: An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
  12. assets: pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
  13. assiduous: Diligent.
  14. assignee: One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
  15. assimilate: To adapt.
  16. assonance: Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
  17. assonant: Having resemblance of sound.
  18. assonate: To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
  19. assuage: To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
  20. astringent: Harsh in disposition or character.
  21. astute: Keen in discernment.
  22. atheism: The denial of the existence of God.
  23. athirst: Wanting water.
  24. athwart: From side to side.
  25. atomizer: An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
  26. atone: To make amends for.
  27. atonement: Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
  28. atrocious: Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
  29. atrocity: Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
  30. attache: A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
  31. attest: To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
  32. attorney-general: The chief law-officer of a government.
  33. auburn: Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
  34. audacious: Fearless.
  35. audible: Loud enough to be heard.
  36. audition: The act or sensation of hearing.
  37. auditory: Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
  38. augment: To make bigger.
  39. augur: To predict.
  40. Augustinian: Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
  41. aura: Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
  42. aural: Of or pertaining to the ear.
  43. auricle: One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
  44. auricular: Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
  45. auriferous: Containing gold.
  46. aurora: A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
  47. auspice: favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
  48. austere: Severely simple; unadorned.
  49. autarchy: Unrestricted power.
  50. authentic: Of undisputed origin.