Barron's- High Frequency Words

Question 1

Aberrant

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Abnormal or deviant

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Abeyance

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Suspended action

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Abscond

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Depart secretly and hide

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Abstemious

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Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate

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Admonish

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Warn; reprove

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Adulterate

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Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

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Aesthetic

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Artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful

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Aggregate

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Gather; accumulate

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Alacrity

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Cheerful promptness; eagerness

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Alleviate

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Relieve

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Amalgamate

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Combine; unite in one body

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Ambiguous

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Unclear or doubtful in meaning

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Ambivalence

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The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotiobal attitudes

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Ameliorate

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Improve

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Anachronism

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Something or someone misplaced in time

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Analogous

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Comparable

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Anarchy

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Absence of governing body; state of disorder

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Anomalous

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Abnormal; irregular

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Antipathy

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Aversion; dislike

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Apathy

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Lack of caring; indifference

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Appease

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Pacify or soothe; relieve

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Apprise

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Inform

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Abate

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Subside or moderate

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Approbation

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Approval

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Appropriate

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Acquire; take possession of for one’s own use

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Arduous

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Hard; strenuous

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Artless

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Without guile; open and honest

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Ascetic

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Practicing self-denial; austere

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Assiduous

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Dilligent

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Assuage

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Ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)

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Attenuate

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Make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density, force, degree)

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Audacious

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Daring; bold

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Austere

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Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented

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Autonomous

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Self-governing

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Aver

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Assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact

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Banal

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Hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality

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Belie

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Contradict; give a false impression

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Beneficient

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Kindly; doing good

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Bolster

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Support; reinforce

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Bombastic

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Pompous; using inflated language

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Boorish

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Rude; insensitive

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Burgeoning

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Flourishing; growjng quickly; putting out buds

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Burnish

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Make shiny by rubbing; polish

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Buttress

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Support; prop up

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Cacophonous

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Discordant; inharmonious

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Capricious

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Unpredictable; fickle

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Castigation

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Punishment; severe criticism

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Catalyst

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Agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged; person or thing that causes action

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Caustic

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Burning; sarcastically biting