Vocabulary Quiz: A Words
Test your knowledge of 31 words starting with A
Accord
(Noun) Agreement or harmony. (Verb) To give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition).
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✓ Correct Answer: Agreement
Acquiesce
To accept something reluctantly but without protest.
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✓ Correct Answer: Permit
Acumen
The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain.
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✓ Correct Answer: Astuteness
Acute
(1) (Of a bad, difficult, or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree. (2) Having or showing a perceptive understanding or insight: shrewd.
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✓ Correct Answer: (1) Severe
Admonish
To warn or reprimand someone firmly.
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✓ Correct Answer: Reprimand
Adventitious
Happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature.
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✓ Correct Answer: Unplanned
Affect
To pretend to have or feel (something).
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✓ Correct Answer: Feign
Affluent
(Especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy.
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✓ Correct Answer: Wealthy
Aggrandize
To increase the power, status, or wealth of.
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✓ Correct Answer: Enhance
Agitate
To make (someone) troubled or nervous.
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✓ Correct Answer: Upset
About This Quiz
This quiz covers advanced-level SAT vocabulary words that start with the letter A. Mastering these words will help you succeed on the SAT Reading and Writing sections. Each question tests your understanding of word meanings through synonym and antonym identification, common formats on the Digital SAT. Practice regularly to build your vocabulary and improve your score.