SAT A Words abate- reduce in degree or intensity abase- lower or humiliate abash- embarrass; make ashamed abdicate- give
up; renounce aberrant- abnormal; deviant aberration- act of departing/deviating from right or normal course abet- helping or encouraging to do criminally wrong things abeyance- suspended action; suspension abhor- detest or hate abject- hopeless; extremely sad abort- to terminate abortive- unsuccessful; fruitless abrasive- unkind and rude abridge- shorten absolve- to free from guilt or blame abstain- hold back voluntarily abstemious- temperate; sparing in drink abstract- theoretical; not applied or concrete abstruse- difficult to understand; obscure abysmal- hopelessly bad acclaim- to salute with sounds of joy and approval; applaud acquit- to clear of wrong-doing acrid- unpleasantly sharp acrimony- harsh words or behavior acumen- keen perception admonitions- warning or piece of cautionary advice adamant- utterly unyielding in attitude adept- proficient; expert; very skilled adroit- cleverly skilled adulation- to show excessive admiration or devotion to adversary- person, group, or force that opposes or attacks against advocate- support or urge by argument aesthetic- pertaining to sense of beauty and pure emotions affable- friendly; easy to talk to affect- to give the appearance of; pretend
affirmation- assertion that something exists or is true affront- personally offensive word or action alacrity- cheerful readiness; brightness allay- to calm or quiet alleviate- to make easier to endure altruism- principle/practice of unselfish concern for welfare of others altruistic- selfless amalgamation- act or process of combing, uniting, merging, and coalescing ambiguous- unclear ambivalent- feeling positive and negative ambulatory- capable of walking amend- to alter or modify analogous- corresponding in some particular anarchist- one who promotes disorder or excites revolt against a rule, law or custom animosity- feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself through action antediluvian- from a much earlier time antiquated- no longer used apathy- lack of interest or concern apostate- person who forsakes beliefs appease- bring to state of peace apprehensive- uneasy or fearful approbation- approval; commendation aptitude- ability; capability arbitrary- capricious; unreasonable; unsupported archaic- antiquated articulate- made clear, distinct, and precise ascendancy- governing or controlling influence ascertain- to find out definitely ascetic- rigorously abstinent; austere aspire- to long, aim, seek ambitiously assail- to attack assiduous- working diligently
assuage- to soothe astringent- sharply pungent astute- shrewd; observant atrocious- shockingly bad atrophy- to waste away from disuse attributeattrition- reduction in number or strength audacious- bold auditory- perceived through sense of hearing augmentaural- pertaining to hearing austereautonomousaversion-
