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SAT practice words
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10th Grade
03/09/2008

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Term
abate
Definition

to reduce

 

"bait reduces fish"

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v. abdicate
Definition

to step down from a powerful position

 

 

Term
adj. abject
Definition
extremley sad, hopeless

rejects are abject
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v. abjure
Definition

to give up; to renounce

 

 

Term
abnegate
Definition

to deny oneself

 

"negative"

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v. abominate
Definition

to hate or loath intensly

 

"abomindable snowman who everyone hates"

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abstruse
Definition

hard to understand

 

"abstract"

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accrue
Definition

to accumulate over time

 

"accumulate"

Term
acrimonious
Definition
bitter,nasty, spiteful
Term
n. adulation
Definition

extreme flattery or adoration

 

"adore"

Term
affinity
Definition

natural attraction, similarity

 

"vacinity"

Term
agregate
Definition
collection
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alacrity
Definition

cheerful eagerness

 

"alanon has high hopes"

Term
appease
Definition

to soothe, to pacify, to relieve by giving into

 

"pee"

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asinine
Definition

stupid silly

 

"ass"

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assail
Definition

to attack violently

 

 

Term
astute
Definition

shrewd, clever, keen

 

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audacity
Definition

daring; boldness

 

"auti in the city"

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