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TPR vocab
SAT vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Abase | to humiliate |
Abet | to support or encourage someone (esp about something wrong) |
Abeyance | suspension |
Abjure | to deny |
Abomination | something that causes disgust or hatred (abhor) |
Aboriginal | native |
Abound | to be very numerous |
Abrogate | To abolish or cancel formally |
Accede | to consent, approval |
Accentuate | emphasize, stress |
Access | the right or ability to enter or use |
Acclaim | to praise publicly and enthusiastically |
Accord | be in agreement |
Accouterments | (additional items) Personal equipment (clothing, accessories) |
Accrue | increasing amounts (accumulate) over time |
Acquisitive | seeking or tending to acquire; greedy |
Acquit | to find not guilty; to behave |
Acronym | a word made up of initials |
Adage | a traditional saying |
Adduce | to cite as evidence |
Adjourn | to suspend, pause or postpone |
Adjunct | an assistant; added or connected with something else |
Ad-lib | to improvise |
Advent | arrival of a notable person, or event |
Adventitious | associated or connected by chance; accidental |
Advocate | publicly support |
Affidavit | a sworn written statement before an official |
Affiliate | to become closely associated or connected with |
Affliction | misery, illness, suffering |
Afford | provide, able to manage |
Affront | deliberate act of disrespect/ insult |
Aftermath | consequence; events following some occurrence |
Aggrandize | to exaggerate or cause to appear greater |
Aggrieve | to mistreat |
Aghast | filled with great shock or fear |
Alchemy | magical process of transformation |
Alienate | unwelcome someone |
Allegiance | loyalty |
Allegory | story in which the characters and events have symbolic meaning |
Allot | allocate or assign |
Altercation | argument, quarrel |
Amass | to pile up; accumulate |
Amid | in the middle of |
Amity | friendship |
Anathema | something or someone that one vehemently dislikes |
Ancillary | lower in order or importance; providing assistance |
Angst | felling of anxiety or dread |
Animated | full of life, action or spirit |
Annex | attach |
Annuity | Annual or regular allowance or income |
Antedate | to be older than |
Anterior | situated in front; before |
Anthology | a collection (esp literary works) |
Anthropomorphic | attributing human characteristics to non human animals or objects, 의인법 |
Antipodal | exactly opposite |
Antiquity | ancient times; quality of being old |
Aperture | a hole, gap |
Apex | highest point; peak |
Apogee | apex, highest point |
Apoplexy | stroke, unconsciousness |
Apostasy | abandonment or rejection of faith or loyalty |
Appalling | causing horror |