SAT words A Flashcards by Yeram Kim | Brainscape

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Abash

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to feel ashamed

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Unabashedly

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to do something without shame

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Abate

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to subside

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Unabated

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not reduced

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Aberration

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a deviation from the standard

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Aberrant

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untypical

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Abject

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hopeless

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Servile

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subservient

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—— poverty

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abject poverty

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Abnegate

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to deny oneself things

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—— practice self-abnegation

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Ascetics

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Abridge

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to shorten, to condense

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Abridgement

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a shortened, condensed work

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Absolve

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to free from sin, blam or obligation

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Accolade

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an award (usually used in plural)

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Accost

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to approach or talk to someone aggressively

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Acquiesce

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to comply passively

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Acrid

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harshly pungent

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Acrimonious

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full of spite, bitter, nasty

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Perennial

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non-stop, all-year around

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Accumen

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mental sharpness

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Adroit

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dexterous, socially at ease

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Adulation

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an excessive admiration

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Adulterate

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to contaminate

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Abase

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to humiliate

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Abet

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to support or encourage someone for doing something wrong

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——- a criminal = encourgaing a criminal activity

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abetting

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Abeyance

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suspension, temporary cessation

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she held him in —— by tightening his leash

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abeyance

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Abjure

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to refrain from, to take back

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Repudiate

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to deny the validity of something

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Abominate

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to hate, hate, hate something

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Abound

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it’s a verb! to be abounding

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There are many trouts = Trout ——

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Abound

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Abrogate

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to abolish or appeal formally

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Accede

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to give in, to yield

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Accord

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to agree

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Accouterments

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personal clothing, accessories, equipments

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Accrue

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to accumulate over time