Vocabulario Sat

SAT Vocabulary
Lesson 1
* Aberration – noun
* A deviating from the right path or usual course of action; mental disorder, especially of a minor or temporary nature.
* Syn: dilution, eccentricity, oddity, peculiarity, quirk
* Ant: conformity, normality, regularity
* Abstinence – noun
* The giving up of certain pleasures.
* Syn: abnegation, avoidance,chastity, forbearance, fasting
* Ant: excess, indulgence, revelry
* Abstract – adjective
* Theorical, not applied or practical; not concrete; hard to understand (as noun it means “a summary”).
* Syn: abstruse, complex, deep, hypothetical, ideal, indefinite
* Ant: actual, concrete, factual, material
* Acclaim – noun
* Loud applause; approval (when used as averb, it means “to applause; to praise”)
* Syn: acclamation, acknowledgement, approbation, celebration
* Ant: criticism, disapproval
* Acquiesce - verb
* To agree the conclusion or arrangements of others; to give consent by keeping silent.
* Syn: accede, accept, accommodate, adapt
* Ant: disagree, dissent, object
* Admonish – verb
* To adviseagainst something; to scold gently.
* Syn: warn, advise, counsel, berate
* Ant: applaud, approve, commend
* Advocate – verb
* To support, to be in favour of (when used as a noun, advocate refers to someone who supports a particular cause).
* Syn: advance, advise, defend, support, encourage
* Ant: assail, attack, criticize, oppose, impugn
* Aesthetic –adjective
* Showing appreciation of beauty in nature or art.
* Syn: artistic, creative, gorgeous, inventive
* Ant: displeasing, ugly
* Affinity – noun
* Natural attraction for a person or liking for a thing.
* Syn: affection, attraction, fondness, kinship
* Ant: dislike, hatred
* Aggrandizement – noun
* An increase in rank or wealth; growth inpower.
* Syn: elevation, aggrandization, praising, tribute
* Ant:
Lesson 2
* Alienate – verb
* To turn away the normal feeling of fondness towards anyone; to estrange, cause unfriendliness.
* Syn: disaffect, disunite, divide, part, separate, estrange
* Ant: be friendly, disarm
* Alleviate – verb
* to make easier to endure; to relieve, to diminish* Syn: ally, assuage, ease, mitigate, mollify, pacify
* Ant: aggravate, heighten, increase, intensify, magnify
* Aloof – adjective
* Not interested; apart.
* Syn: indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested
* Ant: concerned, friendly, sociable
* Altruistic – adjective
* Thoughtful of the welfare of others.
* Syn: “Robin Hood”, benevolent, unselfish,charitable, magnanimous, philanthropic
* Ant: selfish, unsacrificing
* Ambiguous – adjective
* Permitting more than one interpretation; not clearly defined.
* Syn: cryptic, enigmatic, unclear, opaque, questionable
* Ant: clear, definite, explicit, lucid
* Ambivalence – noun
* Condition of having conflicting attitudes.
* Syn: confusion, dilemma,doubt, middle
* Ant: certainly, decisiveness
* Ameliorate – verb
* To make better or more tolerable; to improve.
* Syn: alleviate, amend, improve
* Ant: worsen
* Analogous – adjective
* Similar in certain qualities; comparable.
* Syn: akin, alike, comparable, equivalent, kindred
* Ant: disagreeing, disparate, dissimilar, unlike
* Animosity– noun
* Active dislike, ill will.
* Syn: acrimony, animus, antagonism, antipathy, malice, malevolence
* Ant: god will, love, benevolence
* Example: The immigrants were faced with animosity when they moved into our neighborhood.
* Anonymity – noun
* Condition of being nameless or unknown.
* Syn: anonymousness, inconspicuousness, invisibility,...