TOP 100 HSPT VOCABULARY WORDS
2025
Abate - ANSWER reduce or lessen
Abandon - ANSWER to give up completely
Aberration - ANSWER something unusual, different from the norm.
Abet - ANSWER to encourage or support
Abstain - ANSWER to refrain from doing something
Abrogate - ANSWER to abolish or render void
Aesthetic - ANSWER pertaining to beauty
Abstemious - ANSWER moderate in appetite
Anachronistic - ANSWER Chronologically misplaced
Acrimonious - ANSWER Exhibiting harshness or sharpness in speech or mood
Asylum - ANSWER sanctuary, a place of safety
Banal - ANSWER lacking in freshness, originality and vigor
Bias - ANSWER a prejudice towards something or against something
Belie - ANSWER to give a false idea of
Brazen - ANSWER bold
Belligerent - ANSWER engaged in war
, Camaraderie - ANSWER togetherness, a group dynamic of trust
Cabal - ANSWER a small group of persons engaged in plotting
Capacious - ANSWER very large, spacious
Callous - ANSWER unfeeling or insensitive
Clairvoyant - ANSWER can predict the future, see things that others can't
Cantankerous - ANSWER ill-natured, quarrelsome
Compassion - ANSWER sympathy
Captious - ANSWER quick to find fault about trifle
Condescending - ANSWER patronizing, arrogance
Chauvinist - ANSWER someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which
he/she belongs, an extreme patriot
Conformist - ANSWER someone who follows the majority
Clamorous - ANSWER very loud/noisy
Deleterious - ANSWER harmful, destructive
Deference - ANSWER submitting to the wishes or judgement of another
Digression - ANSWER straying from the main point
Delectable - ANSWER very pleasing (esp. in food)
Discredit - ANSWER dishonor someone, prove something untrue
Demeanor - ANSWER behavior; bearing
2025
Abate - ANSWER reduce or lessen
Abandon - ANSWER to give up completely
Aberration - ANSWER something unusual, different from the norm.
Abet - ANSWER to encourage or support
Abstain - ANSWER to refrain from doing something
Abrogate - ANSWER to abolish or render void
Aesthetic - ANSWER pertaining to beauty
Abstemious - ANSWER moderate in appetite
Anachronistic - ANSWER Chronologically misplaced
Acrimonious - ANSWER Exhibiting harshness or sharpness in speech or mood
Asylum - ANSWER sanctuary, a place of safety
Banal - ANSWER lacking in freshness, originality and vigor
Bias - ANSWER a prejudice towards something or against something
Belie - ANSWER to give a false idea of
Brazen - ANSWER bold
Belligerent - ANSWER engaged in war
, Camaraderie - ANSWER togetherness, a group dynamic of trust
Cabal - ANSWER a small group of persons engaged in plotting
Capacious - ANSWER very large, spacious
Callous - ANSWER unfeeling or insensitive
Clairvoyant - ANSWER can predict the future, see things that others can't
Cantankerous - ANSWER ill-natured, quarrelsome
Compassion - ANSWER sympathy
Captious - ANSWER quick to find fault about trifle
Condescending - ANSWER patronizing, arrogance
Chauvinist - ANSWER someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which
he/she belongs, an extreme patriot
Conformist - ANSWER someone who follows the majority
Clamorous - ANSWER very loud/noisy
Deleterious - ANSWER harmful, destructive
Deference - ANSWER submitting to the wishes or judgement of another
Digression - ANSWER straying from the main point
Delectable - ANSWER very pleasing (esp. in food)
Discredit - ANSWER dishonor someone, prove something untrue
Demeanor - ANSWER behavior; bearing
