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SAT Vocab: "A"
AP exam prep, vocab, letter A
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abase | disgrace |
| Abatement | decrease |
| Abdicate | to give up a right, position or power |
| Abeyance | temporry suppresion or suspension |
| Abjure | to reject, abandon formally |
| Ablution | act of cleansing |
| Abnegate | to deny, renounce |
| Abscond | to depart secretly |
| Absolve | to forgive, free from blame |
| Abstemious | moderate in appetite |
| Abstruse | difficult to comprehend |
| Accede | to express approval; agree to |
| Accolade | praise, distinction |
| Accost | to approach and speak to someone |
| Accretion | growth in size or increase in amount |
| Acerbic | bitter, sharp in taste or temper |
| Acquiesce | to agree, comply quietly |
| Acrimony | bitterness, animosity |
| Acuity | sharpness |
| Adage | old saying or proverb |
| Adjunct | something added, attached or joined |
| Admonish | to caution or reprimand |
| Adroit | skillful, accomplished, highly competent |
| Adulterate | to make impure, corrupt |
| Adumbrate | to sketch, outline in a shadowy way |
| Adversarial | antagonistic, competitive |
| Affable | friendly, easy to approach |
| Affiinity | fondness, liking; similarity |
| Aggrandize | to make larger or greater in power |
| Aggrieve | to afflict, distress |
| Agnostic | one doubting that God exists |
| Alacrity | cheerful willingness; eagerness |
| Allay | to lessen, ease or soothe |
| Allure | to entice by charm; attract |
| Altercation | noisy dispute |
| Ameliorate | improve |
| Amorphous | having no definite form |
| Anachromism | something chronologically inappropriate, in a wrong era |
| Analogous | comparable/parallel |
| Anathema | ban, curse; something shunned, disliked |
| Antediluvian | prehistoric, ancient |