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SAT Vocab Prep 1
Question | Answer |
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Abdicate | to give up a position, right, or power |
Aberration | something different from the usual |
Acerbic | bitter, sharp in taste or temper |
Acquiesce | to agree; to comply quietly |
Adulterate | to corrupt or make impure |
Aggrandize | to make larger or greater in power |
Allegory | symbolic representation |
Anterior | preceding, before, previous, prior (to) |
Antipathy | dislike, hostility; extreme opposition or aversion |
Ardent | passionate, enthusiastic, fervent |
Ardor | great emotion or passion |
Astringent | harsh, severe, stern |
Atrophy | to waste away, wither from use |
Auspicious | having favorable prospects, promising |
Avarice | greed |
Banal | trite, overly common |
Beleaguer | to harass, plague |
Belligerent | hostile, tending to fight |