SAT VOCAB 11 And 12

Question 1

Abdicate

Answer 1

To relinquish formally

Question 2

Abnegate

Answer 2

To deny to oneself; renounce

Question 3

Absolve

Answer 3

To pronounce clear of blame or guilt

Question 4

Catharsis

Answer 4

A purifying or figurative cleaning or release of tension

Question 5

Countermand

Answer 5

A. To cancel or reverse
B. To recall by contrary order

Question 6

Recant

Answer 6

To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or previously held belief)

Question 7

Recoup

Answer 7

To receive an equivalent for; make up for

Question 8

Renunciation

Answer 8

The act of giving something up, especially by formal announcement

Question 9

Rescind

Answer 9

To make void; repeal or annul

Question 10

Waive

Answer 10

A. To relinquish or give up voluntarily
B. To refrain from insisting upon or enforcing; dispense with.

Question 11

Abound

Answer 11

A. To be great in number or amount
B. To be fully supplied or filled

Question 12

Amplitude

Answer 12

Greatness of size; magnitude

Question 13

Augment

Answer 13

To make greater in size, extent, or quantity

Question 14

Brevity

Answer 14

Briefness of duration

Question 15

Commensurate

Answer 15

Of the same size, extent, or duration

Question 16

Diminish

Answer 16

To make smaller or less or cause to appear smaller or less

Question 17

Infinitesimal

Answer 17

Immeasurably or incalculably tiny

Question 18

Modicum

Answer 18

A small amount or quantity

Question 19

Prodigious

Answer 19

Impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous

Question 20

Quota

Answer 20

A maximum or fixed number or amount