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PSAT Vocabulary A
Question | Answer |
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Abate | Subside; decrease; lessen |
Aberration | Deviation from the expected or normal |
Abet | Encourage; aid |
Abeyance | Suspended action |
Abstruse | Obscure; difficult to understand |
Accolade | Award of merit |
Acquittal | Declaration of innocence; deliverance from a charge |
Acrimony | Bitterness of words or manner |
Acumen | Mental keenness |
Aesthetic | Artistic |
Affable | Easily approachable; warmly friendly |
Affinity | Kinship; attraction to |
Altruistic | Unselfishly generous; concerned for others |
Ambiguous | Unclear or doubtful in meaning |
Ambivalence | Having conflicting or contrary emotional attitudes |
Amenable | Readily managed; willing to give in; agreeable; submissive |
Antipathy | Aversion; dislike |
Apprehension | Fear; discernment; capture |
Appropriate (Adj. and V.) | Adjective: Fitting or suitable Verb: Take possession of for one's own use |
Aristocracy | Hereditary nobility; privileged class |