CBEST Vocabulary Word List Exam
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abandon - ✔✔total lack of inhibition
ex: With her strict parents out of town, Kelly danced all night with ___________.
noun
abate - ✔✔•to decrease
•to reduce
ex: My hunger __________ when I saw how filthy the chef's hands were.
verb
abet - ✔✔•to aid
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,•to act as an accomplice
ex: When Derwin robbed the bank, Marvin _________ his friend by pulling up the
getaway car.
verb
abjure - ✔✔•to renounce under oath
•to abandon forever
•to abstain from
ex: After having been devout for most of his life, he suddenly __________ his beliefs,
much to his family's disappointment.
verb
abnegate - ✔✔•to give up
•to deny to oneself
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,ex: After his retirement, the former police commissioner found it difficult to _________
authority.
verb
abortive - ✔✔ending without results
ex: Her _________ attempt to swim the full five miles left her frustrated.
adj
abrogate - ✔✔•to annul
•to abolish by authoritative action
ex: The president's job is to ______ any law that fosters inequality among citizens.
verb
abscond - ✔✔to leave quickly in secret
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, ex: The criminal _______ during the night with all of his mother's money.
verb
abstemious - ✔✔•done sparingly
•consuming in moderation
ex: The spa served no sugar or wheat, but the clients found the retreat so calm that they
didn't mind the ___________ rules.
adj
accede - ✔✔•to express approval
•to agree to
ex: Once the mayor heard the reasonable request, she happily _______ to the proposal
verb
acclivity - ✔✔•an incline or upward slope
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abandon - ✔✔total lack of inhibition
ex: With her strict parents out of town, Kelly danced all night with ___________.
noun
abate - ✔✔•to decrease
•to reduce
ex: My hunger __________ when I saw how filthy the chef's hands were.
verb
abet - ✔✔•to aid
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,•to act as an accomplice
ex: When Derwin robbed the bank, Marvin _________ his friend by pulling up the
getaway car.
verb
abjure - ✔✔•to renounce under oath
•to abandon forever
•to abstain from
ex: After having been devout for most of his life, he suddenly __________ his beliefs,
much to his family's disappointment.
verb
abnegate - ✔✔•to give up
•to deny to oneself
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,ex: After his retirement, the former police commissioner found it difficult to _________
authority.
verb
abortive - ✔✔ending without results
ex: Her _________ attempt to swim the full five miles left her frustrated.
adj
abrogate - ✔✔•to annul
•to abolish by authoritative action
ex: The president's job is to ______ any law that fosters inequality among citizens.
verb
abscond - ✔✔to leave quickly in secret
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, ex: The criminal _______ during the night with all of his mother's money.
verb
abstemious - ✔✔•done sparingly
•consuming in moderation
ex: The spa served no sugar or wheat, but the clients found the retreat so calm that they
didn't mind the ___________ rules.
adj
accede - ✔✔•to express approval
•to agree to
ex: Once the mayor heard the reasonable request, she happily _______ to the proposal
verb
acclivity - ✔✔•an incline or upward slope
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