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Barron's word list 1
SAT word list 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abase | v. lower; humiliate |
| abash | v. embarrass |
| abate | v. subside; decrease, lessen |
| abbreviate | v. shorten |
| abdicate | v. renounce; give up |
| abduction | n. kidnapping |
| aberrant | n. abnormal or deviant |
| abet | v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage |
| abhor | v. detest; hate |
| abject | adj. wretched; lacking pride |
| abjure | v. renounce upon oath; adjuration, n. |
| abnegation | n. repudiation; self-sacrifice |
| abolish | v. cancel; put an end to |
| abominable | adj. detestable; extremely unpleasant |
| aboriginal | adj., n. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native. aborigines, n. |
| abortive | adj. unsuccessful; fruitless; abort, v. |
| abrade | v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode |
| abrasive | adj. rubbing away; tending to grind down |
| abridge | v. condense or shorten |
| ABSCOND | v. depart secretly and hide |
| absolute | adj. complete; totally unlimited |
| absolve | v. pardon (an offense) |
| absorb | v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; wholly engage; absorption, n. |
| abstain | v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice |
| abstemious | adj. sparing in eating and drinking; temperate |
| abstinence | n. restraint from eating or drinking |
| abstract | adj. theoretical; not concrete |
| abstruse | adj. obscure; profound; difficult to understand |
| abundant | adj. plentiful |
| abusive | adj. coarsely insulting; physically harmful |
| abut | v. borer upon; adjoin |
| abysmal | adj. bottomless |
| abyss | n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit |
| academic | adj. relate to a school; not practical or directly useful |
| accede | v. agree |
| accelerate | v. move faster |
| accentuate | v. emphasize; stress |
| accessible | adj. easy to approach; obtainable |
| accessory | n. additional object; useful but not essential thing |
| acclaim | v. applaud; announce with great approval |
| acclimate | v. adjust to climate |
| acclivity | n. sharp up slope of a hill |
| accolade | n. award of merit |
| accommodate | v. oblige or help someone |
| accomplice | n. partner in crime |
| accord | n. agreement |
| accost | v. approach and speak first to a person |
| accoutre | v. equip |
| acerbity | n. bitterness of speech and temper |
| acetic | adj. vinegary |
| acidulous | adj. slightly sour; sharp, caustic |
| acknowledge | v. recognize; admit |
| acme | n. top; pinnacle |
| acoustics | n. science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in |
| acquiesce | v. assent; agree without protesting; acquiescence, n; acquiescent, adj. |
| acquire | v. obtain |
| acquittal | n. deliverance from a charge |
| acrid | adj. sharply; bitterly pungent |
| acrimonious | adj; bitter in words or manner; acrimony, n. |
| acrophobia | n. fear of heights |
| actuarial | adj. calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics |
| acuity | n. sharpness |
| acumen | n. mental keenness |
| acute | adj. quickly perceptive; keen; brief and severe |
| adage | n. wise-saying; proverb |
| adamant | adj. hard; inflexible |
| adapt | v. alter; modify |
| addiction | n. compulsive, habitual need |
| addle | v. muddle; drive crazy; become rotten; addled, adj |
| address | v. direct a speech to; deal with or discuss |
| adept | adj. expert at |
| adhere | v. stick fast; adhesion, n |
| adherent | n. supporter; follower |
| adjacent | adj. adjoining |
| adjunct | n. something added or attached |
| admonition | n. warning; admonish, v. |
| adorn | v. decorate; adornment, n. |
| adroit | adj. skillful |
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