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SAT Week 3
Week 3 SAT Vocabulary Words
15
English
11th Grade
02/15/2012

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Term
Appalling
Definition


Inspiring shock, horror, disgust

 

Term
Appropriate
Definition

(v)

1: To take for oneself

2: take possession of, make use of

3: to take without permission or consent, seize, expropriate

(n) Suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.

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Antipathy
Definition

1: A natural, basic, or habitual repugnance

2: Aversion

3: A strong dislike, repugnance

4: An instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling

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Approbation
Definition

1: Approval

2: commendation, praise

3: official approval or sanction

Term
Antiquated
Definition

1: Continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past

2: old-fasioned: antiquated attitudes

3: no longer used

4: obsolete or obsolescent, aged

5: old

Term
Apathetic
Definition

1: Having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior

2: indifferent or unresponsive: an apathetic audience

Term
Apocryphal
Definition

1: Of doubtful authorship or authenticity

2: false, fictitious, wrong

3: spurious

Term
Antediluvian
Definition

1: Of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8

2: very old, old-fashioned, or out of date, antiquated

3: primitive: antediluvian ideas

4: ancient

Term
Antithesis
Definition

1: Opposition

2: contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong

3: the absolute opposite

4: The placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in "Give me liberty or give me death."

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Aquatic
Definition

1: Relating to, of, in, or pertaining to water

2: living or growing in water

3: taking place or practiced on or in water

Term
Appease
Definition

1: To bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment

2: pacify

3: soothe: to appease an angry king.

4: to satisfy, allay, or relieve

5: assuage

Term
Appraise
Definition

1: To estimate the monetary value of

2: determine the worth of

3: assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.

4: to estimate the nature, quality, importance, etc.

Term
Apprehend
Definition

1: To take into custody

2: to seize, arrest by legal warrant or authority

3: to perceive, understand, esp. intuitively, grasp

4: to expect with anxiety, suspicion or fear

5: anticipate: apprehending violence

Term
Arable
Definition

1: suitable for growing crops

2: suited to the plow and for tillage

Term
Anthology
Definition

 A book or other collection of selectd writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject

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