3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (9)
3000 SAT Vocabulary Level 3 - 1: Group 9
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3000 SAT Vocabulary Level 3 - 1
abstemious 
1
 | make watertight by filling in cracks |
| yield or formally resign and surrender to another |
| relating to the highest point; ascending or leading to climax |
| sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
acclimate
2
| having or covered with protective barbs or others; very irritable |
| accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt |
| increase the scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation |
| rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat |
adjunct
3
| recover gradually from an illness |
| something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior |
| make watertight by filling in cracks |
| accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt |
aphasia
4
| resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after the passage of two or more generations |
| self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent |
| suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled |
| loss of speech due to injury or illness |
aplomb
5
| resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after the passage of two or more generations |
| one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position |
| poise; self-confident assurance |
| loss of speech due to injury or illness |
apotheosis
6
| harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous |
| prove genuine; establish authenticity of |
| elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something |
| yield or formally resign and surrender to another |
astringent
7
| prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned |
| causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere |
| extremely evil or cruel; possessed or controlled by a demon |
| having or covered with protective barbs or others; very irritable |
atavism
8
| nest of a bird, such as an eagle, built on a cliff or other high place |
| resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after the passage of two or more generations |
| discordant; inharmonious; sounding harsh; ill-sounding |
| having or covered with protective barbs or others; very irritable |
attrition
9
| harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous |
| a gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the workforce without firing employees; wearing away through harassment |
| discordant; inharmonious; sounding harsh; ill-sounding |
| suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled |
beatitude
10
| marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual |
| cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass |
| blessedness; state of extreme happiness |
| embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert |