SAT Vocabulary
abase—ANSWER--(v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and
abased, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.)
abate—ANSWER--(v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while,
then abated.)
abdicate—ANSWER--(v.) to give up a position, usually one of leadership
(When he realized that the revolutionaries would surely win, the king
abdicated his throne.)
abduct—ANSWER--(v.) to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers abducted the
fairy princess from her happy home.)
aberration—ANSWER--(n.) something that differs from the norm (In 1918,
the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, but the success turned out to be
an aberration, and the Red Sox have not won a World Series since.)
abet—ANSWER--(v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only
because he had a friend on the inside to abet him.)
, abhor—ANSWER--(v.) to hate, detest (Because he always wound up kicking
himself in the head when he tried to play soccer, Oswald began to abhor
the sport.)
abide—ANSWER--1. (v.) to put up with (Though he did not agree with the
decision, Chuck decided to abide by it.) 2. (v.) to remain (Despite the
beating they've taken from the weather throughout the millennia, the
mountains abide.)
abject—ANSWER--(adj.) wretched, pitiful (After losing all her money, falling
into a puddle, and breaking her ankle, Eloise was abject.)
abjure—ANSWER--(v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the
President abjured the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.)
abnegation—ANSWER--(n.) denial of comfort to oneself (The holy man
slept on the floor, took only cold showers, and generally followed other
practices of abnegation.)
abort—ANSWER--(v.) to give up on a half-finished project or effort (After
they ran out of food, the men, attempting to jump rope around the world,
had to abort and go home.)
abridge—ANSWER--1. (v.) to cut down, shorten (The publisher thought the
dictionary was too long and abridged it.) 2. (adj.) shortened (Moby-Dick is
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abase—ANSWER--(v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and
abased, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.)
abate—ANSWER--(v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while,
then abated.)
abdicate—ANSWER--(v.) to give up a position, usually one of leadership
(When he realized that the revolutionaries would surely win, the king
abdicated his throne.)
abduct—ANSWER--(v.) to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers abducted the
fairy princess from her happy home.)
aberration—ANSWER--(n.) something that differs from the norm (In 1918,
the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, but the success turned out to be
an aberration, and the Red Sox have not won a World Series since.)
abet—ANSWER--(v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only
because he had a friend on the inside to abet him.)
, abhor—ANSWER--(v.) to hate, detest (Because he always wound up kicking
himself in the head when he tried to play soccer, Oswald began to abhor
the sport.)
abide—ANSWER--1. (v.) to put up with (Though he did not agree with the
decision, Chuck decided to abide by it.) 2. (v.) to remain (Despite the
beating they've taken from the weather throughout the millennia, the
mountains abide.)
abject—ANSWER--(adj.) wretched, pitiful (After losing all her money, falling
into a puddle, and breaking her ankle, Eloise was abject.)
abjure—ANSWER--(v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the
President abjured the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.)
abnegation—ANSWER--(n.) denial of comfort to oneself (The holy man
slept on the floor, took only cold showers, and generally followed other
practices of abnegation.)
abort—ANSWER--(v.) to give up on a half-finished project or effort (After
they ran out of food, the men, attempting to jump rope around the world,
had to abort and go home.)
abridge—ANSWER--1. (v.) to cut down, shorten (The publisher thought the
dictionary was too long and abridged it.) 2. (adj.) shortened (Moby-Dick is
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