SAT Verbal sections terms & vocabulary: Difference between revisions

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* unconcern with a situation or choice
* unconcern with a situation or choice
* state of not caring between options
* state of not caring between options
'''ameliorate'''


'''analysis (n.)'''
'''analysis (n.)'''
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* analysis separates the whole into the components (parts)
* analysis separates the whole into the components (parts)
** analysis wants to know "how" something works, etc., whereas, "evaluation" seeks its overall worth or value
** analysis wants to know "how" something works, etc., whereas, "evaluation" seeks its overall worth or value
anomoly (n) / anomalously (adv)
* note: not "anomously"


'''antecedent'''
'''antecedent'''
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* v: to make unclear, to conceal
* v: to make unclear, to conceal
* adj: unclear, uncertain, dark, remote
* adj: unclear, uncertain, dark, remote
'''postulate'''


'''proponent''' (n)
'''proponent''' (n)
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* "associated with", "connected to", "important for"
* "associated with", "connected to", "important for"
* "matters" (as in, "what matters" = "what is relevant")
* "matters" (as in, "what matters" = "what is relevant")
'''sanction'''
'''satirical''' (adj)
'''satirical''' (adj)


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ambivalence
ambivalence
antagonistic


atypical  
atypical