SAT 3500 List 2

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adulation -- amend
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  1. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
    (n) flattery; admiration

    adulate
  2. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
    (v) make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
  3. advent
    arrival that has been awaited
    (n) arrival
  4. adventitious
    associated by chance and not an integral part
    (adj) accidental; casual
  5. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
    (n) opponent
  6. adverse
    in an opposing direction
    (adj) unfavorable; hostile

    adversity
  7. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
    (n) poverty; misfortune
  8. advocacy
    active support of an idea or cause
    (n) support; active pleading on something's behalf
  9. advocate
    speak, plead, or argue in favor of
    (v, n) urge; plead for
  10. aerie
    the lofty nest of a bird of prey, such as a hawk or eagle
    (n) nest of a large bird of prey (eagle, hawk)
  11. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
    (adj) artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful

    aesthete
  12. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
    (adj) easily approachable; warmly friendly
  13. affected
    influenced
    (adj) artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress

    affectation
  14. affidavit
    written declaration made under oath
    (n) written statement made under oath
  15. affiliation
    the act of becoming formally connected or joined
    (n) joining; associating with
  16. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
    (n) kinship
  17. affirmation
    the act of asserting or stating something
    (n) positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
  18. affix
    attach to
    (v) fasten; attach; add obn
  19. affliction
    a cause of great suffering and distress
    (n) state of distress cause of suffering
  20. affluence
    abundant wealth
    (abundance; wealth
  21. affront
    a deliberately offensive act
    (n, v) insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
  22. aftermath
    the consequences of an event, especially a catastrophic one
    (n) consequences; outcome; upshot
  23. agenda
    a list of matters to be taken up, as at a meeting
    (n) items of business at a meeting
  24. agglomeration
    a jumbled collection or mass
    (n) collection; heap
  25. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
    (v) increase or intensify
  26. aggregate
    gather in a mass, sum, or whole
    (v) gather; accumulate

    aggregation
  27. aggressor
    someone who attacks
    (n) attacker
  28. aghast
    struck with fear, dread, or consternation
    (adj) horrified
  29. agility
    the gracefulness of a quick and nimble person or animal
    (n) nimbleness
  30. agitate
    try to stir up (e.g., public opinion)
    (v) stir up; disturb
  31. agnostic
    a person who claims the existence of God is unknowable
    (n, adj) one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality
  32. agrarian
    relating to rural matters
    (adj) pertaining to land or cultivation
  33. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
    (n) cheerful promptness
  34. alchemy
    a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
    (n) medieval chemistry

    alchemist
  35. alcove
    a small recess opening off a large room or garden
    (n) nook; small, recessed section of a room
  36. alias
    a name that has been assumed temporarily
    (n, adv) an assumed name
  37. alienate
    arouse hostility or indifference in
    (v) make hostile; seperate
  38. alimentary
    of or providing nourishment
    (adj) supplying nourishment
  39. alimony
    support paid by one spouse to another after separation
    (n) payment by a husband to his divorced wife (or vice versa)
  40. allay
    lessen the intensity of or calm
    (v) calm; pacify
  41. allege
    report or maintain
    (v) state without proof

    allegation
  42. allegiance
    the loyalty that citizens owe to their country
    (n) loyalty
  43. allegory
    a short moral story
    (n) story in which characters are used a symbols; fable

    allegorical
  44. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
    (v) relieve
  45. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
    (n) repetition of beginning sound in poetry
  46. allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose
    9v) assign
  47. alloy
    a mixture containing two or more metallic elements
    (n) a mixture as of metals
  48. alloy
    make a mixture containing metallic elements
    (v) mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate
  49. allude
    make an indirect reference to
    (v) refer indirectly
  50. allure
    dispose or incline or entice to
    (v, n) entice; attract
  51. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
    (n) indirect reference
  52. aloft
    upward
    (adv) upward
  53. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
    (adj) apart; reserved
  54. altercation
    a noisy, angry argument or fight between people
    (n) noisy quarrel; heated dispute
  55. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
    (adj) unselfishly generous; concerned for others

    altruism
  56. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
    (v) combine; unite in one body
  57. amass
    collect or gather
    (v) collect
  58. ambidextrous
    equally skillful with each hand
    (adj) capable of using either hand with equal ease
  59. ambience
    the atmosphere of an environment
    (n) environment; atmosphere
  60. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
    (adj) unclear or doubtful in meaning

    ambiguity
  61. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
    (n) the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

    ambivalent
  62. amble
    walk leisurely
    (n, v) moving at an easy pace
  63. ambulatory
    able to walk about
    (adj) able to walk; not bedridden
  64. ameliorate
    make better
    (v) to improve
  65. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
    (adj) readily managed; willing to be led
  66. amend
    make revisions to
    (v) correct; change generally for the better
Created on 六月 26, 2013 (updated 七月 7, 2014)

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