SAT Vocabulary Complete And Verified
Solutions
\.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 such a long book that even the abridged
version is longer than most normal books.)
\.abrogate - Answer- (v.) to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that the
government cannot abrogate our right to a free press.)
\.abscond - Answer- (v.) to sneak away and hide (In the confusion, the super-spy absconded
into the night with the secret plans.)
\.absolution - Answer- (n.) freedom from blame, guilt, sin (Once all the facts were known, the
jury gave Angela absolution by giving a verdict of not guilty.)
\.abstain - Answer- (v.) to freely choose not to commit an action (Everyone demanded that
Angus put on the kilt, but he did not want to do it and abstained.)
,\.abstruse - Answer- (adj.) hard to comprehend (Everyone else in the class understood
geometry easily, but John found the subject abstruse.)
\.accede - Answer- (v.) to agree (When the class asked the teacher whether they could play
baseball instead of learn grammar they expected him to refuse, but instead he acceded to their
request.)
\.accentuate - Answer- (v.) to stress, highlight (Psychologists agree that those people who are
happiest accentuate the positive in life.)
\.accessible - Answer- (adj.) obtainable, reachable (After studying with SparkNotes and
getting a great score on the SAT, Marlena happily realized that her goal of getting into an Ivy-
League college was accessible.)
\.acclaim - Answer- (n.) high praise (Greg's excellent poem won the acclaim of his friends.)
accolade (n.) high praise, special distinction (Everyone offered accolades to Sam after he won
the Noble Prize.)
\.accolade - Answer- (n.) high praise, special distinction (Everyone offered accolades to Sam
after he won the Noble Prize.)
\.accommodating - Answer- (adj.) helpful, obliging, polite (Though the apartment was not big
enough for three people, Arnold, Mark, and Zebulon were all friends and were accommodating
to each other.)
\.accord - Answer- (n.) an agreement (After much negotiating, England and Iceland finally
came to a mutually beneficial accord about fishing rights off the cost of Greenland.)
, \.accost - Answer- (v.) to confront verbally (Though Antoinette was normally quite calm,
when the waiter spilled soup on her for the fourth time in 15 minutes she stood up and
accosted the man.)
\.accretion - Answer- (n.) slow growth in size or amount (Stalactites are formed by the
accretion of minerals from the roofs of caves.)
\.acerbic - Answer- (adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and
began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.)
\.acquiesce - Answer- (v.) to agree without protesting (Though Mr. Correlli wanted to stay
outside and work in his garage, when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner, he
acquiesced to her demands.)
\.acrimony - Answer- (n.) bitterness, discord (Though they vowed that no girl would ever
come between them, Biff and Trevor could not keep acrimony from overwhelming their
friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Teresa.)
\.acumen - Answer- (n.) keen insight (Because of his mathematical acumen, Larry was able to
figure out in minutes problems that took other students hours.)
\.acute - Answer- 1. (adj.) sharp, severe (Arnold could not walk because the pain in his foot
was so acute.) 2. (adj.) having keen insight (Because she was so acute, Libby instantly figured
out how the magician pulled off his "magic.")
\.adamant - Answer- (adj.) impervious, immovable, unyielding (Though public pressure was
intense, the President remained adamant about his proposal.)
Solutions
\.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 such a long book that even the abridged
version is longer than most normal books.)
\.abrogate - Answer- (v.) to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that the
government cannot abrogate our right to a free press.)
\.abscond - Answer- (v.) to sneak away and hide (In the confusion, the super-spy absconded
into the night with the secret plans.)
\.absolution - Answer- (n.) freedom from blame, guilt, sin (Once all the facts were known, the
jury gave Angela absolution by giving a verdict of not guilty.)
\.abstain - Answer- (v.) to freely choose not to commit an action (Everyone demanded that
Angus put on the kilt, but he did not want to do it and abstained.)
,\.abstruse - Answer- (adj.) hard to comprehend (Everyone else in the class understood
geometry easily, but John found the subject abstruse.)
\.accede - Answer- (v.) to agree (When the class asked the teacher whether they could play
baseball instead of learn grammar they expected him to refuse, but instead he acceded to their
request.)
\.accentuate - Answer- (v.) to stress, highlight (Psychologists agree that those people who are
happiest accentuate the positive in life.)
\.accessible - Answer- (adj.) obtainable, reachable (After studying with SparkNotes and
getting a great score on the SAT, Marlena happily realized that her goal of getting into an Ivy-
League college was accessible.)
\.acclaim - Answer- (n.) high praise (Greg's excellent poem won the acclaim of his friends.)
accolade (n.) high praise, special distinction (Everyone offered accolades to Sam after he won
the Noble Prize.)
\.accolade - Answer- (n.) high praise, special distinction (Everyone offered accolades to Sam
after he won the Noble Prize.)
\.accommodating - Answer- (adj.) helpful, obliging, polite (Though the apartment was not big
enough for three people, Arnold, Mark, and Zebulon were all friends and were accommodating
to each other.)
\.accord - Answer- (n.) an agreement (After much negotiating, England and Iceland finally
came to a mutually beneficial accord about fishing rights off the cost of Greenland.)
, \.accost - Answer- (v.) to confront verbally (Though Antoinette was normally quite calm,
when the waiter spilled soup on her for the fourth time in 15 minutes she stood up and
accosted the man.)
\.accretion - Answer- (n.) slow growth in size or amount (Stalactites are formed by the
accretion of minerals from the roofs of caves.)
\.acerbic - Answer- (adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and
began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.)
\.acquiesce - Answer- (v.) to agree without protesting (Though Mr. Correlli wanted to stay
outside and work in his garage, when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner, he
acquiesced to her demands.)
\.acrimony - Answer- (n.) bitterness, discord (Though they vowed that no girl would ever
come between them, Biff and Trevor could not keep acrimony from overwhelming their
friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Teresa.)
\.acumen - Answer- (n.) keen insight (Because of his mathematical acumen, Larry was able to
figure out in minutes problems that took other students hours.)
\.acute - Answer- 1. (adj.) sharp, severe (Arnold could not walk because the pain in his foot
was so acute.) 2. (adj.) having keen insight (Because she was so acute, Libby instantly figured
out how the magician pulled off his "magic.")
\.adamant - Answer- (adj.) impervious, immovable, unyielding (Though public pressure was
intense, the President remained adamant about his proposal.)
