SAT High Frequency Words : 21-30

1. Anarchist (n) : person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority. Denying she was an anarchist, Katya maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it entirely.
2. Anecdote (n) : short account of an amusing or interesting event. Rather than make concrete proposals for welfare reform, President Reagan told anecdotes about poor people who became wealthy despite their impoverished backgrounds.
3. Animosity (n) : active enmity. He incurred the animosity of the ruling class because he advocated limitations of their power.
4. Antagonism (n) : hostility; active resistance. Barry showed his antagonism toward his new stepmother by ignoring her whenever she tried talking to him.
5. Antidote (n) : medicine to counteract a poison or disease. When Marge’s child accidentally swallowed some cleaning fluid, the local poison control hotline instructed Marge how to administer the antidote.
6. Antiquated (adj) : old-fashioned; obsolete. Philip had grown so accustomed to editing his papers on word processors that he thought typewriters were too antiquated for him to use.
7. Apathy (n) : Iack of caring; indifference. A firm believer in democratic government, she could not understand the apathy of people who never bothered to vote.
8. Appease (v)  : pacify or soothe; relieve. Tom and Jody tried to appease the crying baby by offering him one toy after another, but he would not calm down until they appeased his hunger by giving him a bottle.
9. Apprehension (n) : fear. His nervous glances at the passersby on the deserted street revealed his apprehension.
10. Arbitrary (adj) : capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical. Tom’s arbitrary dismissal angered him; his boss had no reason to fire him.