SAT Vocabulary (Anachronism-Baste)
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- anachronism
- Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
- anagram
- The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
- analogous
- Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form proportion, relations.
- analogy
- Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
- analyst
- One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
- analyze
- To examine minutely or critically.
- anarchy
- Absense or utter disregard of government.
- anathema
- Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
- anatomy
- The branch of morphology which treats the structure of organisms.
- ancestry
- One ancestors collectively.
- anecdote
- A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
- anemia
- Deficiency of red or blood corpuscles.
- anemic
- Affected with anemia.
- anemometer
- An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind.
- anesthetic
- Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
- anew
- Once more.
- angelic
- Saintly.
- Anglophobia
- Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
- Anglo-Saxon
- The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
- angular
- Sharp-cornered.
- anhydrous
- Withered.
- animadversion
- The utterance of criticism or censure.
- animadevert
- To pass criticism or censure.
- animalcule
- An animal of microscopic smallness.
- animate
- To make alive.
- animosity
- Hatred.
- annalist
- Historian.
- annals
- A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
- annex
- To add or affix at the end.
- annihilate
- To destroy absolutely.
- annotate
- To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
- annual
- Occurring every year.
- annuity
- An annual allowance, payment, or income.
- annunciation
- Proclamation.
- anode
- The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
- anonymous
- Oh unknown authorship.
- antagonism
- Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
- Antarctic
- Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
- ante
- In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
- antecedent
- One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
- antechamber
- A waiting room for those who seek audience.
- antedate
- To assign or affix a date earlier than the actual one.
- antediluvian
- Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
- antemeridian
- Before noon.
- antemudane
- Pertaining to the time before the world's creation.
- antenatal
- Occurring or existing before birth.
- anterior
- Prior.
- anteroom
- A room situated before and opening into another,usually larger.
- anthology
- A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
- anthracite
- Hard coal.
- anthropology
- The science of man in general.
- anthropomorphous
- Having or resembling human form.
- antic
- A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
- Antichrist
- Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
- anticlimax
- A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
- anticyclone
- An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
- antidote
- Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, diease, or the like.
- antilogy
- Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
- antipathize
- To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
- antiphon
- A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.
- antiphony
- An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
- antipodes
- A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
- antiquary
- One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
- antiquate
- To make old or out of date.
- antique
- Pertaining to ancient times.
- antiseptic
- Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive microorganisms.
- antislavery
- Opposed to human slavery.
- antispasmodic
- Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
- antistrophe
- The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy" and "the joy of home".
- antitoxin
- A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of microogranisms.
- antonym
- A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
- anxious
- Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
- apathy
- Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
- aperture
- Hole.
- apex
- The highest point, as of a mountain.
- aphorism
- Proverb.
- apiary
- A place where bees are kept.
- apogee
- The climax.
- apology
- A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
- apostasy
- A total departure from one's faith or religion.
- apostate
- False.
- apostle
- Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
- apothecary
- One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up perscriptions.
- apotheosis
- Deification.
- appall
- To fill with dismary or horror.
- apparent
- Easily understood.
- apparition
- Ghost.
- appease
- To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
- appellate
- Capable of being appealed to.
- appellation
- The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
- append
- To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
- appertain
- To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
- apposite
- Appropriate.
- apposition
- The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
- appraise
- To estimate the money value of.
- appreciable
- Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
- apprehend
- To make a prisoner of (a person)in the name of the law.
- apprehensible
- Capable of being conceived.
- approbation
- Sanction.
- appropriate
- Suitable for the purpose and circumstance.
- aqueduct
- A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
- aqueous
- Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
- arbiter
- One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
- arbitrary
- Fixed or done capriciously.
- arbitrate
- To act or give judgement as umpire.
- arbor
- A tree.
- arboreal
- Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
- arborescent
- Having the nature of a tree.
- arboretum
- A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
- arboriculture
- The cultivation of trees and shrubs.
- arcade
- A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
- archaic
- Antiquated.
- archaism
- Obsolescence.
- archangel
- An angel of high rank.
- archbishop
- The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
- archdeacon
- A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
- archaeology
- The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
- archetype
- A prototype.
- archipelago
- Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
- ardent
- Burning with passion.
- ardor
- Intensity of passion or affection.
- arid
- Very dry.
- aristocracy
- A hereditary nobility.
- aristocrat
- A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
- armada
- A fleet of war-vessels.
- armful
- As much as can be held in the arm or arms.
- armory
- An arsenal.
- aroma
- An agreeable odor.
- arraign
- To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
- arrange
- To put into definite or proper order.
- arrangement
- The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
- arrant
- Notoriously bad.
- arrear
- Something overdue ur unpaid.
- arrival
- A coming to stopping-place or destination.
- arrogant
- Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
- arrogate
- To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
- Artesian
- A very deep bored well in which water rises due to underground pressure.
- artful
- Characterized by craft or cunning.
- Arthurian
- Pertaining to King Arthut, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.
- artifice
- Trickery.
- artless
- Ingenuous.
- ascendant
- Dominant.
- ascension
- The act of rising.
- ascent
- A rising, soaring, or climbing.
- ascetic
- Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
- ascribe
- To assign as a quality or attribute.
- asexual
- Having no distinct sexual organs.
- ashen
- Pale.
- askance
- With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
- asperity
- Harshness or roughness of temper.
- aspirant
- One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
- aspiration
- An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
- aspire
- To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
- assailant
- One who attacks.
- assassin
- One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
- assassinate
- To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
- assassination
- Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
- assay
- The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
- assent
- To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
- assess
- To determine the amount (a tax or other sum to be paid).
- assessor
- An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
- assets
- Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
- assiduous
- Diligent.
- assignee
- One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
- assimilate
- To adapt.
- assonance
- Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
- assonant
- Having resemblence of sound.
- assonate
- To acord in sound, especially vowel sound.
- assuage
- To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
- astringent
- Harsh in disposition or character.
- astute
- Keen in discernment.
- atheism
- The denial of the existence of God.
- athirst
- Wanting water.
- athwart
- From side to side.
- atomizer
- An apparatus for reducing liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
- atone
- To make amends for.
- atonement
- Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
- atrocious
- Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
- atrocity
- Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
- attache
- A subordinate member of a diplomatic embaassy.
- attest
- To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
- attorney-general
- The chief law-officer of a government.
- auburn
- Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
- audacious
- Fearless.
- audible
- Loud enough to be heard.
- audition
- The act or sensation of hearing.
- auditory
- Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
- augment
- To make bigger.
- augur
- To predict.
- Augustinian
- Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
- aura
- Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emnate from persons.
- aural
- Of or pertaining to the ear.
- auricle
- One of the two chambers of the heart which receives blood from the veins.
- auricular
- Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
- auriferous
- Containing gold.
- aurora
- A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
- auspice
- Favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
- austere
- Severely simple; unadorned.
- autarchy
- Unrestricted power.
- authentic
- Of undisputed origin.
- authenticity
- The state or quality of being geunuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
- autobiography
- The story of one's life written by himself/herself.
- autocracy
- Absolute government.
- autocrat
- Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
- automaton
- Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
- autonomous
- Self-governing.
- autonomy
- Self-government.
- autopsy
- The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
- autumnal
- Of or pertaining to autumn.
- auxiliary
- One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
- avalanche
- The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
- avarice
- Passion for getting and keeping riches.
- aver
- To assert as a fact.
- averse
- Relunctant.
- aversion
- A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
- avert
- To turn away or aside.
- aviary
- A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
- avidity
- Greediness.
- avocation
- Diversion.
- avow
- To declare openly.
- awaken
- To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
- awry
- Out of the proper form, direction, or position.
- aye
- An expression of assent.
- azalea
- A flowering shrub.
- azure
- The color of the sky.
- Baconion
- Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
- bacterium
- A microbe.
- badger
- To pester.
- baffle
- To foil or frustrate.
- baliff
- An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
- baize
- A single-colored napped woolen fabric use for table-covers, curtains, etc.
- bale
- A large package used for transportation or storage.
- baleful
- Malignant.
- ballad
- Any popular narrative poem, often with an epic subject and usually in lyric form.
- balsam
- A medical preparation, aromatic or oily, used for healing.
- banal
- Commonplace.
- baracole
- A boat-song of Venetian gandoliers.
- barograph
- An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
- barometer
- An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
- barring
- Apart from.
- bariton
- Having a register high than bass and lower than tenor.
- bask
- To make warm by genial heat.
- bass
- Low in tone or compass.
- baste
- To cover with melted fat, or gravy, while cooking.
- antecede
- To precede.