SAT Vocabulary 3

Question 1

adumbrate

Answer 1

(v.)

to sketch out in a vague way

Question 2

adverse

Answer 2

(adj.)

antagonistic, unfavorable, dangerous

Question 3

advocate

Answer 3

1.(v.)
to argue in favor of something
2. (n.) 
a person
who argues in favor of something

Question 4

aerial

Answer 4

(adj.)

somehow related to the air

Question 5

aesthetic

Answer 5

(adj.)

artistic, related to the appreciation of beauty

Question 6

affable

Answer 6

(adj.)

friendly, amiable

Question 7

affinity

Answer 7

(n.)

a spontaneous feeling of closeness

Question 8

affluent

Answer 8

(adj.)

rich, wealthy

Question 9

affront

Answer 9

(n.)

an insult

Question 10

aggrandize

Answer 10

(v.)

to increase or make greater

Question 11

aggregate

Answer 11

1. (n.) 
a whole or total
2. (v.) 
to gather into a
mass

Question 12

aggrieved

Answer 12

(adj.)

distressed, wronged, injured

Question 13

agile

Answer 13

(adj.)

quick, nimble

Question 14

agnostic

Answer 14

(adj.)

believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven

Question 15

agriculture

Answer 15

(n.)

farming

Question 16

aisle

Answer 16

(n.)

a passageway between rows of seats

Question 17

alacrity

Answer 17

(n.)

eagerness, speed

Question 18

alias

Answer 18

(n.)

a false name or identity

Question 19

allay

Answer 19

(v.)

to soothe, ease

Question 20

allege

Answer 20

(v.)

to assert, usually without proof