Flashcards. Picture These SAT Words in a Flash

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Picture this: Adverse City Picture this: a duel nation
In aduel nation, duelers
Adversity in Adverse City.
receive adulation.
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tickles my aesthetic sense. advocates vegetable rights.
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adversity adu lation
poverty; misfortune flattery; adm iration
• Some people believe that adversity improves • Rock stars often receive widespread adulation
the character, making one a stronger and for a short period of time.
more understanding person.
• On some collegecampuses there aremovements
• During a war, civilians as well as soldiers to place less stress on intercollegiate athletics
usually experience adversity. so that good students would receive as much
adulation as good athletes.
• The stoic philosophers of ancient Greece
believed that facing adversity calmly is a • After World War II, General Dwight D.
great virtue. Eisenhower received so much adulation
for leading the Allies to victory that it
helped him be elected president of the
United States.
aesthetic advocate
pertaining to art or beauty urge; plead for
• To be successful, an interior decorator • The government of the United States
needs to have a well-developed aesthetic advocates democracy as the best political
sense. system for all countries.
• Awell-designed house combines practical • People who advocate increased immigration
and aesthetic elements so that it is pleasing to Australia argue that the country has
both to look at and to live in. enough resources to support far more people
than it does now.
• Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that
studies such questions as what makes • The advocates of a higher minimum wage
something beautiful. supported their case by saying that it is
nearly impossible for a person to survive
on the present minimum wage.
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Picture this: a firm mate Picture this: Af a bull
Af, a bull so affable-his "bull mates"
Afirm mate makes an affirmation.
think him laughable.
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Picture this: a leaf he ate Picture this: a gray gate
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Beyond a gray gate lies
A leaf he ate to alleviate his hunger.
the aggregate wealth of Gray's estate.
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affirmation affable
assertion; confi rmation easily approachable; warmly friendly
• Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance is an • Judges at beauty contests often choose one
affirmation of our loyalty to our country. of the contestants as the most affable.
• Many religions require converts to make an • People who work in sales are frequently
affirmation of belief in the teachings of their affable individuals who enjoy talking to
new religion. many types of people.
• Our principal, Mr. Delaney, asked each of us • The young teacher was so affable he became
to make an affirmation of our determination his students' friend but lost their respect.
to make our best effort in all our subjects.
alleviate aggregate
relieve; make more bearable total
• The United Nations is working to alleviate • The Roman Empire was an aggregate of many
poverty in the world. states under the Emperor.
• Many people find that exercise is a good • The aggregate wealth of a country includes
way to alleviate the effects of stress. the assets of individuals, companies, and
other organizations.
• To alleviate traffic congestion, cities such
as London and Singapore impose a fee on • The aggregate strength of the various branches
motorists driving into downtown areas of the U.S. armed services is immense.
during busy periods.
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AITrue-his stick selects
Aloofa being aloof.
those he's altruistic to.
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Picture this: am Rea Valens Picture this: am big you us
I realltj don't like tni-s one •..
con-sideration•. .And then agai
doee look . . . On the other han
"I am BeaValens and ambivalence "Who should say'I am big?' You? Us?
ismy motto." It's not ambiguous who isbigger!"
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altruistic aloof
unselfishly generous; concerned for others apart; reserved
• When one country gives aid to another • Shy individuals usually like to remain aloof
country it is generally for reasons that in large gatherings of people.
are not entirely altruistic.
• The new student was aloof for a fewweeks,
• Many people are attracted to teaching adjusting to her new classmates.
for altruistic reasons rather than financial
ones. • Some managers remain aloof from their
workers, while others prefer to be "one of
• A mother's love is often cited as an example the gang."
of altruism.
ambiguous
ambivalence
the state of having contradictory or unclear or doubtful in meaning
conflicting emotional attitudes
• When writing an essay, try to avoid making
• Because he knew that teaching gives a steady
ambiguous statements.
income whereas writing usually does not,
it was with considerable ambivalence that
• The language used in advertising is often
he gave up teaching to become a freelance
deliberately ambiguous.
writer.
• Homonyms-words that sound the same
• Joan was attracted to Ted, so she finally
but mean different things-are sometimes
agreed to a date with him; however, she did
ambiguous when used in speech; pair/pare/
so with some ambivalence because of his
pear is an example of this.
reputation for being self-centered.
• Salwas ambivalent about whether to try
out for the football team or the soccer
team because he enjoyed playing each
sport equally.
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Picture this: Anna kissed Picture this: am Orphous
What areyou?
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Anna kissed a brave young Czar who "I am Orphous, an amorphous
saved her from an anarchist. mass of dust and gas."
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Picture this: ant tag on Picture this: Ann O'Malley
Oe-stroy af( human-s!
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Antagonism from ants Ann O'Malley, the only girl who lived in
with tags on them. the valley, was an anomaly.
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amorphous
anarchist
a person who seeks to overtu rn
formless; lacking shape or definition
the establ ished government; an
advocate of abolishing authority
• This modern painting is amorphous; I can't
• Governments regard anarchists as dangerous
figure out what it's supposed to be.
because they represent a threat to the
existence of the state.
• The company's plan to expand is at present
amorphous, but it should begin to take
• Anarchists generally believe that governments
shape at a series of meetings next month.
infringe on rights that human beings enjoy
naturally.
• This essay is so amorphous that it isn't
possible to determine its main argument.
• Mr. Jones, our principal, seems to regard any
student who argues for letting students have
avoice in the running of the school as an
anarchist.
anomaly
antagonism
irregu larity
actively expressed hosti Iity
• An anomaly in a person's heartbeat should
• Antagonism developed between the twins,
be investigated by a physician.
Billand John, after they discovered that
each of them had asked the same girl to
the dance. • The Earth's atmosphere causes anomalies
in telescopic observation of other planets.
• According to psychologists, some antagonism
between siblings is natural as each child seeks • Because Fred had always come to work on
time, his boss regarded it as an anomaly
parental affection and approval.
when he arrived an hour late one day.
• Jason knew that he might antagonize his
history teacher ifhe criticized her teaching
methods, but he decided that he had no
choice because he wasn't learning much
in the class.
antediluvian
(an tih duh 100 vee un)
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antidotes to places remote. of antediluvian times.
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Bya path he sat in apathy. Aunty equated Wes with her old flame Jess.
What an antiquated mind.
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antediluvian
antidote
medicine to counteract a poison antiquated; extremely old
or disease; something that
rei ieves a harmfu I effect
• The origins of Egypt are lost in the mists
• Researchers are trying to find an antidote
of antediluvian times.
for the common cold, but so far they have
had only limited success.
• Young people today regard black and
white TV as an antediluvian form of
• Doctors often say that the best antidote for
technology.
most human ills is time.
• "Mom," Tina said to her mother, "your
• Ifyou are bitten by a snake, you should try
ideas are so antediluvian. Today, all the
to note its appearance so that the correct
girls are getting tattoos."
antidote can be prescribed based on what
species of snake bit you.
apathy antiquated
lack of interest or concern old-fashioned; obsolete
• Voter apathy in the United States isso great • Most people regard the phonograph as an
that in most elections less than half of the example of an antiquated technology.
eligible voters turn out to cast their votes.
• Some famous writers prefer to use an
• Apathy about social and political issues often antiquated typewriter rather than a
occurs when people feel that these issues do computer.
not directly concern them.
• Although they employed technology that
• After many years of trying without success to would be considered antiquated today,
become manager, Harry became apathetic the engineers who designed the Egyptian
about striving to get ahead in his career. pyramids were able to cut and move stones
weighing thousands of tons each.