3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (9)
3000 SAT Vocabulary Level 3 - 1: Group 9
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3000 SAT Vocabulary Level 3 - 1
abnegation 
1
 | joking; use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule |
| act or react with equal force; ; counteract |
| repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others |
| cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up |
abrade
2
| edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly |
| wear away by friction; scrape; erode |
| friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
| poise; self-confident assurance |
abridge
3
| condense; shorten; reduce length of written text |
| frighten; abate the courage of; discourage |
| fault-finding; excessive complaining; of unreasonable criticism or censure |
| hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger |
amalgamate
4
| reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive |
| confuse thoroughly; becloud and confuse, as with liquor; make stupid with alcohol |
| combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy metal with mercury |
| good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone |
artisan
5
| good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone |
| manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to an artist |
| award of merit; expression of approval; praise |
| manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance |
auroral
6
| mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry |
| characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras |
| clarify; free from mystery or obscurity |
| repetition of a beginning sound in poetry |
autocratic
7
| poise; self-confident assurance |
| friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
| having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial |
| officially charge someone in a court of law |
bicameral
8
| friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
| having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle; knowing; cautious; cunning; shrewd |
| composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches |
| a person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people |
bowdlerize
9
| a place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey |
| manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance |
| composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches |
| edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly |
canny
10
| a person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people |
| related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function |
| marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual |
| having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle; knowing; cautious; cunning; shrewd |