Sat Vocab 7

Front 1

analgesic

Back 1

(n.) something that reduces pain (Put this analgesic on the wound so that the
poor man at least feels a little better.)

Front 2

analogous

Back 2

(adj.) similar to, so that an analogy can be drawn (Though they are unrelated
genetically, the bone structure of whales and fish is quite analogous.)

Front 3

anarchist

Back 3

(n.) one who wants to eliminate all government (An anarchist, Carmine
wanted to dissolve every government everywhere.)

Front 4

anathema

Back 4

(n.) a cursed, detested person (I never want to see that murderer. He is an
anathema to me.)

Front 5

anesthesia

Back 5

(n.) loss of sensation (When the nerves in his spine were damaged, Mr.
Hollins suffered anesthesia in his legs.)

Front 6

annex

Back 6

1. (v.) to incorporate territory or space (After defeating them in battle, the
Russians annexed Poland.) 2. (n.) a room attached to a larger room or space (He
likes to do his studying in a little annex attached to the main reading room in the
library.)

Front 7

annul

Back 7

(v.) to make void or invalid (After seeing its unforeseen and catastrophic effects,
Congress sought to annul the law.)

Front 8

anomaly

Back 8

(n.) something that does not fit into the normal order (“That rip in the spacetime
continuum is certainly a spatial anomaly,” said Spock to Captain Kirk.)

Front 9

antagonism

Back 9

(n.) hostility (Superman and Bizarro Superman shared a mutual
antagonism, and often fought.)

Front 10

antecedent

Back 10

(n.) something that came before (The great tradition of Western culture had
its antecedent in the culture of Ancient Greece.)