Sat Vocab: Week 2

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Anarchist

Back 1

a person who thinks all government is undesirable

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Anecdote

Back 2

a brief story of an interesting or amusing incident

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Animosity

Back 3

bitter hostility; active hatred

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Antagonistic

Back 4

one that opposes another

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Antidote

Back 5

remedy to treat the effects of poison

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antiquated

Back 6

old or outdated

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Antithesis

Back 7

the opposite ideas

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Apathy

Back 8

lack of emotions

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Apocryphal

Back 9

questionable

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Appease

Back 10

to bring to state of peace or quiet

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Appreciate

Back 11

to value or to be grateful

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Apprehension

Back 12

the act of understanding

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Arable

Back 13

fit for or used for the growing of crops

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Arbitrary

Back 14

selected at random

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Archaic

Back 15

No longer current or applicable

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Ardor

Back 16

warmth of feeling; eagerness

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Arid

Back 17

very dry; insufficient rain

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Arrogance

Back 18

an attitude of superiority on one's own importance

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Articulate

Back 19

endowed with the power of speech

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Artifact

Back 20

something made or modified by humans

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Artisan

Back 21

a skilled manual worker

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Ascendancy

Back 22

controlling influence; supremacy

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Ascetic

Back 23

practicing self-denial, especially for spiritual reasons

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Aspire

Back 24

to seek or attain a particular goal

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Assuage

Back 25

to ease pain or grief

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Astute

Back 26

sharp or clever

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Atrophy

Back 27

decrease in size

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Attentive

Back 28

regarding with care; observative

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Attribute

Back 29

to explain characteristic or character

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Audacious

Back 30

to be daring or bold

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Augment

Back 31

to make greater or more intense

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Austerity

Back 32

severe, hard, or stern

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Authenic

Back 33

not false; genuine

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Authoritarian

Back 34

obedience to authority

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Autonomous

Back 35

having the right or power to be free/independent

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Aversion

Back 36

a feeling to avoid something

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Banal

Back 37

lacking originality; stereotyped

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Bane

Back 38

poison, toxin

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Belie

Back 39

to show something to be false; disapprove

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Belittle

Back 40

to put down someone or make them seem little of less important

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Belligerent

Back 41

waging war; inclined fights

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Benevolent

Back 42

doing good; beneficient