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3/3 SAT Words Flashcards

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Abase

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V

Lower;humiliate.

Defeated, Queen Zenobia was forced to abase herself before the conquering Romans, who made her march in chains before the emperor in the procession celebrating his triumph.

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Abash

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V

Embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

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Abate

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V

Subside; decrease, lessen.

Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.

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Abdicate

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V

Renounce; give up.

When Edward Vlll abdicated the British throne to marry the woman he loved, he surprised the entire world.

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Aberrant

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N.

Abnormal or deviant.

Given the aberrant nature of the data, we doubted the validity of the entire experiment.

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Abet

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V.

Aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage.

She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.

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Abhor

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V.

Detest; hate.

She abhorred all forms of bigotry abhorrence.

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Abject

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Adj.

Wretched; lacking pride.

On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in door-ways to find shelter from the wind.

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Abjure

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V.

Renounce upon oath.

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

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Abnegation

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N.

Repudiation; self-sacrifice.

Though Rudolph and Duchess Flavia loved one another, their love was doomed, for she had to marry the king; their act of abnegation was necessary to preserve the kingdom.

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Abominable

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Adj.

Detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad.

Mary liked John until she learned he was dating Susan; then she called hik an abominable young man, with abominable taste in women.

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Aboriginal

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Adj., N.

Being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native. Her studies of the primitive art forms of the aboriginal Indians were widely reported in the scientific journals.

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Abortive

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Adj.

Unsuccessful; fruitless.

Attacked by armed troops, the Chinese students had to abandon their abortive attempt to democratize Beijing peacefully.

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Abrade

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V.

Wear away by friction; scrape; erode. Because the sharp rocks had abraded the skin on her legs, she dabbed iodine on the scrapes and abrasions.

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Abrasive

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Adj.

Rubbing away; tending to grind down.

Just as abrasive cleaning powders can wear away a shiny finish, abrasive remarks can wear away a listener’s patience.

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Abridge

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V.

Condense or shorten.

Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of War and Peace, they proceeded to abridge the novel.

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Abscond

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V.

Depart secretly and hide.

The teller who absconded with the bonds went uncaptured until someone recognized him from his photograph on “ America’s Most Wanted. “

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Absolve

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V.

Pardon (an offense).

The father confessor absolved him on his sins.

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Abstain

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V.

Refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice.

After considering the effect on alcohol on his athletic performance, he decided to abstain from drinking while he trained for the race.

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Abstemious

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Adj.

Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate.

Concerned whether her vergetarian son’s abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him.

21
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Abstract

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Adj.

Theoretical, not concrete; nonrepresentationa.

To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal.

22
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Abstruse

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Adj.

Obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

Baffled by the abstruse philosophical texts assigned in class, Dave asked Lexy to explain Kant’s Critique or Pure Reason.

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Abundant

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Adj.

Plentiful; possessing riches or resources.

At his immigration interview, Ivan listed his abundant reasons for coming to America.

24
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Mono

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One

Monarchy
Monotheism

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Multi

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Many

Multifarious
Multitudinous

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Neo

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New

Neologism
Neophyte

27
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Non

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Not

Noncommittal
Nonentity

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Ob, oc, of, op

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Against

Obloquy
Obtrude
Occlude
Offend
Opponent
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Olig

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Few

Oligarchy

30
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Pan

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All, every

Panacea
Panorama

31
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Para

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Beyond, related

Parallel
Paraphrase

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Per

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Through, completely

Permeable
Pervade

33
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Peri

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Around, near

Perimeter
Periphery
Periphrastic

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Poly

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Many

Polygamist
Polyglot

35
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Post

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After

Postpone
Posterity
Posthumous

36
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Pre

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Before

Preamble
Prefix
Premonition

37
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Prim

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First

Primoridal
Primogeniture

38
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Pro

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Forward, in favor of

Propulsive
Proponent

39
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Proto

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First

Prototype

40
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Pseudo

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False

Pseudonym

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