ISEE Upper Level VOCABULARY LIST

abandon - Answer- leave someone who needs or counts on you Abate - Answer- become less in amount or intensity abbreviate - Answer- shorten abduct - Answer- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom abdicate - Answer- give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations abet - Answer- assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing abide - Answer- put up with something or somebody unpleasant abridge - Answer- to shorten absolve - Answer- let off the hook absurd - Answer- inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense **abundant - Answer- present in great quantity accelerate - Answer- move faster **acclaim - Answer- enthusiastic approval acclimate - Answer- adjust to climate or environment; adapt accuse - Answer- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against accustom - Answer- To make familiar achieve - Answer- to gain with effort acknowledge - Answer- accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority