Sat Vocab 4

Front 1

acute

Back 1

1.
(adj.)
sharp, severe
(Arnold could not walk because the pain in his foot was so
acute.)
2.
(adj.)
having keen insight
(Because she was so acute, Libby instantly
figured out how the magician pulled off his “magic.”)

Front 2

adamant

Back 2

(adj.)
impervious, immovable, unyielding
(Though public pressure was
intense, the President remained adamant about his proposal.)

Front 3

adept

Back 3

(adj.)
extremely skilled
(Tarzan was adept at jumping from tree to tree like a
monkey.)

Front 4

adhere

Back 4

1.
(n.)
to stick to something
(We adhered the poster to the wall with tape.)
2.
(n.)
to follow devoutly
(He adhered to the dictates of his religion without question.)

Front 5

admonish

Back 5

(v.)
to caution, criticize, reprove
(Joe’s mother admonished him not to ruin
his appetite by eating cookies before dinner.)

Front 6

adorn

Back 6

(v.)
to decorate
(We adorned the tree with ornaments.)

Front 7

adroit

Back 7

(adj.)
skillful, dexterous
(The adroit thief could pick someone’s pocket without
attracting notice.)

Front 8

adulation

Back 8

(n.)
extreme praise
(Though the book was pretty good, Marcy did not believe
it deserved the adulation it received.)

Front 9

adumbrate

Back 9

(v.)
to sketch out in a vague way
(The coach adumbrated a game plan, but
none of the players knew precisely what to do.)

Front 10

adverse

Back 10

(adj.)
antagonistic, unfavorable, dangerous
(Because of adverse conditions, the
hikers decided to give up trying to climb the mountain.)

Front 11

advocate

Back 11

1.
(v.)
to argue in favor of something
(Arnold advocated turning left at the
stop sign, even though everyone else thought we should turn right.) 2. (n.) a person
who argues in favor of something (In addition to wanting to turn left at every stop
sign, Arnold was also a great advocate of increasing national defense spending.)