High School Placement Test (HSPT):
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Abbreviate - ANSWER ✔✔to make briefer, to shorten
Abrasive - ANSWER ✔✔irritating, grinding, rough
Abridge - ANSWER ✔✔to shorten, to reduce
Absolve - ANSWER ✔✔to free from guilt, to exonerate
Abstain - ANSWER ✔✔to refrain, to hold back
Accentuate - ANSWER ✔✔to emphasize, to stress
Acrimonious - ANSWER ✔✔biting, harsh, caustic
Adaptable - ANSWER ✔✔able to be changed to be suitable for a new purpose
Adulation - ANSWER ✔✔extreme admiration
Adversary - ANSWER ✔✔an enemy or opponent
Adversity - ANSWER ✔✔misfortune
Aesthetic - ANSWER ✔✔relating to art or beauty
Affected - ANSWER ✔✔false, artificial
Aggressive - ANSWER ✔✔forceful, energetic, and attacking
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,Alacrity - ANSWER ✔✔promptness, speed
Allege - ANSWER ✔✔to state without proof
Alleviate - ANSWER ✔✔to make lighter or more bearable
Ambiguous - ANSWER ✔✔having two or more possible meanings
Ambivalent - ANSWER ✔✔having two or more contradictory feelings or
attitudes
Amiable - ANSWER ✔✔likable, agreeable
Amicable - ANSWER ✔✔friendly, peaceable
Amplify - ANSWER ✔✔to enlarge, expand, or increase
Anachronistic - ANSWER ✔✔out of the proper time
Anarchy - ANSWER ✔✔absence of law or order
Anomaly - ANSWER ✔✔something different or irregular
Antagonism - ANSWER ✔✔hostility, conflict, opposition
Antiseptic - ANSWER ✔✔fighting infection; extremely clean
Apathy - ANSWER ✔✔lack of interest, concern, or emotion
Arable - ANSWER ✔✔able to be cultivated for growing crops
Arbiter - ANSWER ✔✔someone able to settle disputes; a judge or referee
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, Arbitrary - ANSWER ✔✔based on random or merely personal preference
Arcane - ANSWER ✔✔little-known, mysterious, obscure
Ardor - ANSWER ✔✔a strong feeling of passion, energy, or zeal
Arid - ANSWER ✔✔very dry; boring and meaningless
Ascetic - ANSWER ✔✔practicing strict self-discrimination for moral or spiritual
reasons
Assiduous - ANSWER ✔✔working with care, attention, and diligence
Astute - ANSWER ✔✔observant, intelligent, and shrewd
Atypical - ANSWER ✔✔not typical; intelligent, and shrewd
Audacious - ANSWER ✔✔bold, daring, adventurous
Audible - ANSWER ✔✔able to be heard
Auspicious - ANSWER ✔✔promising good fortune; propitious
Authoritarian - ANSWER ✔✔favoring or demanding blind obedience to leaders
Belated - ANSWER ✔✔delayed past the proper time
Belie - ANSWER ✔✔to present a false or contradictory apperance
Benevolent - ANSWER ✔✔wishing or doing good
Berate - ANSWER ✔✔to scold or to criticize harshly
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Vocabulary Cards A-M Exam Q&A 100%
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Abbreviate - ANSWER ✔✔to make briefer, to shorten
Abrasive - ANSWER ✔✔irritating, grinding, rough
Abridge - ANSWER ✔✔to shorten, to reduce
Absolve - ANSWER ✔✔to free from guilt, to exonerate
Abstain - ANSWER ✔✔to refrain, to hold back
Accentuate - ANSWER ✔✔to emphasize, to stress
Acrimonious - ANSWER ✔✔biting, harsh, caustic
Adaptable - ANSWER ✔✔able to be changed to be suitable for a new purpose
Adulation - ANSWER ✔✔extreme admiration
Adversary - ANSWER ✔✔an enemy or opponent
Adversity - ANSWER ✔✔misfortune
Aesthetic - ANSWER ✔✔relating to art or beauty
Affected - ANSWER ✔✔false, artificial
Aggressive - ANSWER ✔✔forceful, energetic, and attacking
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,Alacrity - ANSWER ✔✔promptness, speed
Allege - ANSWER ✔✔to state without proof
Alleviate - ANSWER ✔✔to make lighter or more bearable
Ambiguous - ANSWER ✔✔having two or more possible meanings
Ambivalent - ANSWER ✔✔having two or more contradictory feelings or
attitudes
Amiable - ANSWER ✔✔likable, agreeable
Amicable - ANSWER ✔✔friendly, peaceable
Amplify - ANSWER ✔✔to enlarge, expand, or increase
Anachronistic - ANSWER ✔✔out of the proper time
Anarchy - ANSWER ✔✔absence of law or order
Anomaly - ANSWER ✔✔something different or irregular
Antagonism - ANSWER ✔✔hostility, conflict, opposition
Antiseptic - ANSWER ✔✔fighting infection; extremely clean
Apathy - ANSWER ✔✔lack of interest, concern, or emotion
Arable - ANSWER ✔✔able to be cultivated for growing crops
Arbiter - ANSWER ✔✔someone able to settle disputes; a judge or referee
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, Arbitrary - ANSWER ✔✔based on random or merely personal preference
Arcane - ANSWER ✔✔little-known, mysterious, obscure
Ardor - ANSWER ✔✔a strong feeling of passion, energy, or zeal
Arid - ANSWER ✔✔very dry; boring and meaningless
Ascetic - ANSWER ✔✔practicing strict self-discrimination for moral or spiritual
reasons
Assiduous - ANSWER ✔✔working with care, attention, and diligence
Astute - ANSWER ✔✔observant, intelligent, and shrewd
Atypical - ANSWER ✔✔not typical; intelligent, and shrewd
Audacious - ANSWER ✔✔bold, daring, adventurous
Audible - ANSWER ✔✔able to be heard
Auspicious - ANSWER ✔✔promising good fortune; propitious
Authoritarian - ANSWER ✔✔favoring or demanding blind obedience to leaders
Belated - ANSWER ✔✔delayed past the proper time
Belie - ANSWER ✔✔to present a false or contradictory apperance
Benevolent - ANSWER ✔✔wishing or doing good
Berate - ANSWER ✔✔to scold or to criticize harshly
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