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SAT common words
Stack #75016
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abase | to humiliate, degrade |
| abate | to reduce, lessen |
| abdicate | to give up a position, usually one of leadership |
| abduct | to kidnap, take by force |
| aberration | something that differs from the norm |
| abet | to aid, help, encourage |
| abhor | to hate, detest |
| abide | to put up with |
| abject | to remain |
| abjure | to reject, renounce |
| abnegation | denial of comfort to oneself |
| abort | to give up on a half-finished project or effort |
| accost | to confront verbally |
| abrogate | to abolish, usually by authority |
| abscond | to sneak away and hide |
| absolution | freedom from blame, guilt, sin |
| abstain | to freely choose not to commit an action |
| abstruse | hard to comprehend |
| accede | to agree |
| accretion | slow growth in size or amount |
| masochist | One who derives pleasure from receiving pain |
| adversity | Opposition |
| amenable | Easily managed, tractable, agreeable |
| apprehend | Arrest; anticipate with fear; gain understanding |
| baleful | Menacing, portending evil; having a harmful or malignant influence |
| bate | To lessen by deducting or reducing |
| belabor | To beat soundly (as a point); to work diligently |
| consternation | Dismay. Sudden amazement or dread that results in confusion. |
| deferential | Showing courteous or ingratiating respect |
| degenerate | Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth |
| Dialectic | The art of examining ideas logically; logical argumentation |
| eddy | A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool |
| erroneous | Deviating from the right course; faulty; misleading |
| exacting | Demanding;strict; not easily satisfied |
| ferret | Search out and bring to light; to drive out from a hiding place |
| fodder | Coarse grains or food for animals |
| fresco | A painting on plaster |
| functionary | One charged with the performance of a position or office |
| gratuitous | Granted without pay, or without claim or merit; uncalled for |
| intractable | Not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| perfunctory | Routinely done, done with disinterest |
| Pretension | Pretentiousness or ostentation; the act of pretending; the assertion of a claim |
| provident | Saving for the future; prudent |
| refractory | Obstinate, stubborn, unmanageable |
| respite | Temporary intermission or suspension |
| sanitarium | A health station or retreat; a place where one recuperates |
| stigma | Mark of infamy or disgrace |
| supplicant | One who entreats or asks submissively |
| transient | Of short duration, temporary, fleeting |
| wax | To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller |
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