SAT Vocabulary 1-100 Flashcards

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abase

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belittle, degrade, denigrate, deride

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abash

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to make someone feel embarrassed

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abate

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to decrease, reduce, dwindle

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abdicate

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to step down from a powerful position, resign

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abet

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to encourage someone to do something wrong

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abhor

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to hate deeply, detest, loathe

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abridge

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to abbreviate, shorter, condense, curtail

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absolve

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to forgive, make free of sin or blame, acquit, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate

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abstemious

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restraining oneself, self-disciplined, ascetic, abstinent, temperate

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acclaim

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to praise enthusiastically, approve passionately, applaud, hail

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accord

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consensus, concord, harmony, agreement; to agree, match, correspond; confer, bestow, afford

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acerbic

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bitter, sour in taste; caustic, incisive, trenchant, sharp

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acquiesce

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to agree passively, accept something reluctantly but without protest, comply unwillingly

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acrid

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pungent, unpleasantly bitter in taste; sharp, acerbic, caustic, harsh, bitter (Describe smell and taste)

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acrimonious

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acrid, acerbic, sharp, bitter, spiteful, hostile (Describes words and personality)

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admonish

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to warn, criticize, scold, reprove, reproach, rebuke

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adroit

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skillful, adept, competent, dexterous, deft

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adulation

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extreme flattery, admiration, lionization

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affect

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pretend, feign, assume, fake

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aggrandize

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make great, increase, expand; exaggerate, overstate, embellish (aggressive+size)

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alacrity

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cheerful and brisk readiness, quickness, enthusiasm

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aloof

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distant, indifferent, reserved in. manner

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amalgam

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fusion, a blend of of different things

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ambivalent

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indecisive, having, two contrasting feelings, experiencing conflicting feelings

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ameliorate

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to make better, improve

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amiable

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friendly, pleasant, agreeable, amicable (=affable, to describe a person)

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amicable

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possessing or showing friendliness, polite, friendly, amiable (between 2 things like in a group)

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anachronistic

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having a mismatch in time, having an error involving time (ana=opposite and chronsitic=time)

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analogous

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comparable, similar, equivalent

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anecdote

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a short, humorous story

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antagonistic

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hostile, actively opposing, aggressive

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antiquated

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too old to be fashionable or useful, old and out of date, old-fashioned (antique=old)

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antipathy

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a natural dislike, hostility, extreme opposition or aversion, animosity (anti=hostile)

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apartheid

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racial segregation, especially a former segregation policy in South Africa (apart=separate)

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aplomb

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calmness, self-confident assurance, poise, calmness

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apostasy

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teacher, perfidy, renunciation of religious faith

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appease

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to soothe, pacify, relieve

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apprehensive

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dreading or fearing coming adversity, anxious or worried

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approbation

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approval, acceptance, praise

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arcane

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mysterious, secret, obscure, unknown to the masses

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archaic

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antiquated, outdated, obsolete

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arduous

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difficult, tiresome, laborious, strenuous, onerous

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aria

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a long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically in an opera or oratorio

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artifice

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artful trick, deception, clever or artful skill (artificial=fake)

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ascetic

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monk-like, self-denying, abstinent, austere, abstemious,

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assiduous

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diligent, conscientious, industrious, laborious, sedulous, studious

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assuage

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to soothe, make less severe, satisfy, ease, alleviate