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SAT Terms (A)
A words to know!!
| Word | Sentence | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Abase(tv) | ... improve, better, mend. Usage, Do not abase yourself by giving statements that critisize your kind. | to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade. |
| abashed(adj) | the quiet mother was abashed by her child's tantrums | feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious;embarrassed |
| Abate(v) | The amount of homework abated towards the end of the semester | To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen |
| Abdicate(int.v) | She abdicated the position when she got pregnant. | to give up one's responsibilities;renounce,vacated |
| Aberrration(n) | he suddenly had a mental aberration ,causing him to perform poorly in band. | A departure from the normal or typical;abnormality |
| Abet(v) | He abetted his cousin in robbing the bank. | To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on;assist |
| Abhorrent(adj) | the idea of eating meat is repellent to me. | Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent |
| Abnegate(tv) | The minister abnegated the luxuries of life | To deny (something) to oneself |
| Abomination(n) | his treatment of the children is an abomination | an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence |
| Aboriginal(adj) | The Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students. | first of its kind;native |
| Aborigine(n) | The aborigine of Detriot returned in search of her long-lost family. | A member of the indigenous or earliest known population of a region; a native |
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| Abandon(tv) | The sailor should abandon the sinking ship. | to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert |