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for SAT Prep class at Guilford College.

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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abounding   plentiful  
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abrogate   to nullify, abolish  
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abstemious   sparing, moderate, abstinent  
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abstruse   hard to understand  
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acetic   tasting sour, vinegary  
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acrimony   sharpness, harshness or bitterness of nature, speech, or disposition  
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acumen   superior mental acuteness, keen insight  
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adamant   unyielding, harsh, stubborn  
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adulation   servile flattery; excessive devotion  
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affinity   having a natural attraction to  
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altruism   selfless concern for others  
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amenable   tractable, agreeable  
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anachronistic   set in the wrong time; misdated  
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analogous   similar, parallel, corresponding  
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anathema   a curse; a thing accursed  
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annul   to do away with; to deprive of legal force; to nullify  
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anodyne   pain reliever  
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antipathy   aversion; basic or habitual repugnance  
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apiary   a bee house containing a number of hives  
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aplomb   great poise; imperturbable self-possession  
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ascetic   1. austere; rigorously abstinent2. one who practices extreme self-denial  
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assiduity   diligence, industry  
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assuage   appease, satisfy, mollify  
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asteroid   any of the small planets found between Mars and Jupiter  
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attentuate   weaken, make slender, reduce in force  
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autocrat   domineering person, one who exercises complete power  
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avarice   greed, inordinate desire to gain and hoard wealth  
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azure   sky-blue, the blue of a clear, unclouded sky  
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banal   hackneyed, trite, commonplace, insipid, inane  
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belated   tardy, late  
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bellicose   pugnacious, ready to fight  
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benevolent   kind-hearted, benign, charitable  
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bisect   to cut in two, to divide  
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boorish   rude, crude, oafish, rustic, unmannerly  
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bovine   1. stolid, dull, ox-like2. a cow or ox  
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breadth   the scope or width of something, extent  
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bucolic   pastoral, idyllically rural  
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bumptious   offensively aggressive  
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