Sat Vocab 10

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ardor

Back 1

(n.) extreme vigor, energy, enthusiasm (The soldiers conveyed their ardor with
impassioned battle cries.)

Front 2

arid

Back 2

(adj.) excessively dry (Little other than palm trees and cacti grow successfully in
arid environments.)

Front 3

arrogate

Back 3

(v.) to take without justification (The king arrogated the right to order
executions to himself exclusively.)

Front 4

artisan

Back 4

(n.) a craftsman (The artisan uses wood to make walking sticks.)

Front 5

ascetic

Back 5

(adj.) practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious (The
priest lives an ascetic life devoid of television, savory foods, and other pleasures.)

Front 6

ascribe

Back 6

(v.) to assign, credit, attribute to (Some ascribe the invention of fireworks and
dynamite to the Chinese.)

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aspersion

Back 7

(n.) a curse, expression of ill-will (The rival politicians repeatedly cast
aspersions on each others’ integrity.)

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assail

Back 8

(v.) to attack (At dawn, the war planes assailed the boats in the harbor.)

Front 9

assiduous

Back 9

(adj.) hard-working, diligent (The construction workers erected the
skyscraper during two years of assiduous labor.)

Front 10

assauge

Back 10

(v.) to ease, pacify (The mother held the baby to assuage its fears.)