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List 1 - SAT words
Freshman English list for List 1 - SAT words
Question | Answer |
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decrease, reduce, to lessen | abate |
to give up a position, right, or power; to give up the crown | abdicate |
something diffferent from the usual, not normal | aberration |
to aid; act as accomplice, to help out in crime | abet |
temporary supperesion or suspension, a temporary wipeout | abeyance |
miserable; pitiful, poverty | abject |
to reject, abadon formally, neglect | abjure |
act of cleansing (for soul and spirit) | ablution |
to deny; renounce (legally) | abnegate |
to condense, shorten | abridge |
to put an end to, abolish by authority | abrogate |
to depart secretly | abscond |
difficult to comprehend | abstruse |
to express approval; agree to | accede |
praise, distinction, award | accolade |
to approach and speak to someone even with a threat | accost |
growth in size or increase in amount (finance world) | accreation |
to accumulatte, grow by additions (finance world) | accrue |
bitter, sharp in taste or temper | acerbic |
highest point; summit | acme |
harsh, bitter (taste) | acrid |
bitterness, animosity, hatred | acrimony |
sharpness of insight, clever | acumen |
old saying or proverb | adage |
something added, attached, or joined; extra | adjunct |