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Mrs. Meisel's SAT Words
SAT
20
English
11th Grade
09/15/2011

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abase
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(v.) behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade someone; to lower in rank
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abate
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(v.) put an end to; to nullify; to decrease in force or intensity
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abdicate
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(v.) renounce one's throne; fail to fulfill or undertake
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abeyance
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(n.) a state of temporary disuse or suspension; position of being with or waiting for an owner
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abhor
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(v.) regard with disgust and hatred
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abominate
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(v.) to hate or loathe intensely
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aborigine
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(n.)a member of the indigenous or earliest known population of a region; a native
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abort
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(v.) to terminate; to end a procedure prematurely
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abrade
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(v.) to wear down or rub away by friction
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abrogate
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(v.) to repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)
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badger
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(v.) to pester or to annoy
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balk
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(v.) hesitate or to be unwilling to accept an idea of undertaking
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balm
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(n.) something that has a comforting, soothing, or restorative effect
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banal
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(adj.) lacking originality, commonplace, trite
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bandy
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(v.) exchange; mention in gossip; to argue
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baneful
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(adj.) productive of destruction or woe: seriously harmful
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beguile
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(v.) to lead by deception; to hoodwink
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bellicose
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(adj.) favoring or inclined to state quarrels or wars
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beneficence
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(n.) someone producing or doing good
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benign
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(adj.) good-natured; harmless
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