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abase correct answers (v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the
deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.)
abate correct answers (v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)
abdicate correct answers (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 correct answers (v.) to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers abducted the fairy princess
from her happy home.)
aberration correct answers (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 correct answers (v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a
friend on the inside to abet him.)
abhor correct answers (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 correct answers 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 correct answers (adj.) wretched, pitiful (After losing all her money, falling into a
puddle, and breaking her ankle, Eloise was abject.)
abjure correct answers (v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured
the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.)
abnegation correct answers (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 correct answers (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 correct answers 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 correct answers (v.) to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that
the government cannot abrogate our right to a free press.)
abscond correct answers (v.) to sneak away and hide (In the confusion, the super-spy
absconded into the night with the secret plans.)
,absolution correct answers (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 correct answers (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 correct answers (adj.) hard to comprehend (Everyone else in the class understood
geometry easily, but John found the subject abstruse.)
accede correct answers (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 correct answers (v.) to stress, highlight (Psychologists agree that those people who
are happiest accentuate the positive in life.)
accessible correct answers (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 correct answers (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 correct answers (n.) high praise, special distinction (Everyone offered accolades to
Sam after he won the Noble Prize.)
accommodating correct answers (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 correct answers (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 correct answers (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 correct answers (n.) slow growth in size or amount (Stalactites are formed by the
accretion of minerals from the roofs of caves.)
acerbic correct answers (adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and
began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.)
acquiesce correct answers (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 correct answers (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 correct answers (n.) keen insight (Because of his mathematical acumen, Larry was
able to figure out in minutes problems that took other students hours.)
acute correct answers 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 correct answers (adj.) impervious, immovable, unyielding (Though public pressure
was intense, the President remained adamant about his proposal.)
adept correct answers (adj.) extremely skilled (Tarzan was adept at jumping from tree to tree
like a monkey.)
adhere correct answers 1. (n.) to stick to something (We adhered the poster to the wall with
tape.) 2. (n.) to follow devoutly (He adhered to the dictates of his religion without question.)
admonish correct answers (v.) to caution, criticize, reprove (Joe's mother admonished him not
to ruin his appetite by eating cookies before dinner.)
adorn correct answers (v.) to decorate (We adorned the tree with ornaments.)
adroit correct answers (adj.) skillful, dexterous (The adroit thief could pick someone's pocket
without attracting notice.)
adulation correct answers (n.) extreme praise (Though the book was pretty good, Marcy did
not believe it deserved the adulation it received.)
adumbrate correct answers (v.) to sketch out in a vague way (The coach adumbrated a game
plan, but none of the players knew precisely what to do.)
adverse correct answers (adj.) antagonistic, unfavorable, dangerous (Because of adverse
conditions, the hikers decided to give up trying to climb the mountain.)
advocate correct answers 1. (v.) to argue in favor of something (Arnold advocated turning left
at the stop sign, even though everyone else thought we should turn right.) 2. (n.) a person
who argues in favor of something (In addition to wanting to turn left at every stop sign,
Arnold was also a great advocate of increasing national defense spending.)
aerial correct answers (adj.) somehow related to the air (We watched as the fighter planes
conducted aerial maneuvers.)
aesthetic correct answers (adj.) artistic, related to the appreciation of beauty (We hired Susan
as our interior decorator because she has such a fine aesthetic sense.)
affable correct answers (adj.) friendly, amiable (People like to be around George because he
is so affable and good-natured.)
, affinity correct answers (n.)a spontaneous feeling of closeness (Jerry didn't know why, but he
felt an incredible affinity for Kramer the first time they met.)
affluent correct answers (adj.) rich, wealthy (Mrs. Grebelski was affluent, owning a huge
house, three cars, and an island near Maine.)
affront correct answers (n.) an insult (Bernardo was very touchy, and took any slight as an
affront to his honor.)
aggrandize correct answers (v.) to increase or make greater (Joseph always dropped the
names of the famous people his father knew as a way to aggrandize his personal stature.)
aggregate correct answers 1. (n.) a whole or total (The three branches of the U.S. Government
form an aggregate much more powerful than its individual parts.) 2. (v.) to gather into a mass
(The dictator tried to aggregate as many people into his army as he possibly could.)
aggrieved correct answers (adj.) distressed, wronged, injured (The foreman mercilessly
overworked his aggrieved employees.)
agile correct answers (adj.) quick, nimble (The dogs were too slow to catch the agile rabbit.)
agnostic (adj.) believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven (Joey's
parents are very religious, but he is agnostic.)
agriculture correct answers (n.) farming (It was a huge step in the progress of civilization
when tribes left hunting and gathering and began to develop more sustainable methods of
obtaining food, such as agriculture.)
aisle correct answers (n.) a passageway between rows of seats (Once we got inside the
stadium we walked down the aisle to our seats.)
alacrity correct answers (n.) eagerness, speed (For some reason, Chuck loved to help his
mother whenever he could, so when his mother asked him to set the table he did so with
alacrity.)
alias correct answers (n.) a false name or identity (He snuck past the guards by using an alias
and fake ID.)
allay correct answers (v.) to soothe, ease (The chairman of the Federal Reserve gave a speech
to try to allay investors' fears about an economic downturn.)
allege correct answers (v.) to assert, usually without proof (The policeman had alleged that
Marshall committed the crime, but after the investigation turned up no evidence, Marshall
was set free.)
alleviate correct answers (v.) to relieve, make more bearable (This drug will alleviate the
symptoms of the terrible disease, but only for a while.)
allocate correct answers (v.) to distribute, set aside (The Mayor allocated 30 percent of the
funds for improving the town's schools.)
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abase correct answers (v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the
deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.)
abate correct answers (v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)
abdicate correct answers (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 correct answers (v.) to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers abducted the fairy princess
from her happy home.)
aberration correct answers (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 correct answers (v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a
friend on the inside to abet him.)
abhor correct answers (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 correct answers 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 correct answers (adj.) wretched, pitiful (After losing all her money, falling into a
puddle, and breaking her ankle, Eloise was abject.)
abjure correct answers (v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured
the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.)
abnegation correct answers (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 correct answers (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 correct answers 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 correct answers (v.) to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that
the government cannot abrogate our right to a free press.)
abscond correct answers (v.) to sneak away and hide (In the confusion, the super-spy
absconded into the night with the secret plans.)
,absolution correct answers (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 correct answers (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 correct answers (adj.) hard to comprehend (Everyone else in the class understood
geometry easily, but John found the subject abstruse.)
accede correct answers (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 correct answers (v.) to stress, highlight (Psychologists agree that those people who
are happiest accentuate the positive in life.)
accessible correct answers (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 correct answers (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 correct answers (n.) high praise, special distinction (Everyone offered accolades to
Sam after he won the Noble Prize.)
accommodating correct answers (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 correct answers (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 correct answers (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 correct answers (n.) slow growth in size or amount (Stalactites are formed by the
accretion of minerals from the roofs of caves.)
acerbic correct answers (adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and
began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.)
acquiesce correct answers (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 correct answers (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 correct answers (n.) keen insight (Because of his mathematical acumen, Larry was
able to figure out in minutes problems that took other students hours.)
acute correct answers 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 correct answers (adj.) impervious, immovable, unyielding (Though public pressure
was intense, the President remained adamant about his proposal.)
adept correct answers (adj.) extremely skilled (Tarzan was adept at jumping from tree to tree
like a monkey.)
adhere correct answers 1. (n.) to stick to something (We adhered the poster to the wall with
tape.) 2. (n.) to follow devoutly (He adhered to the dictates of his religion without question.)
admonish correct answers (v.) to caution, criticize, reprove (Joe's mother admonished him not
to ruin his appetite by eating cookies before dinner.)
adorn correct answers (v.) to decorate (We adorned the tree with ornaments.)
adroit correct answers (adj.) skillful, dexterous (The adroit thief could pick someone's pocket
without attracting notice.)
adulation correct answers (n.) extreme praise (Though the book was pretty good, Marcy did
not believe it deserved the adulation it received.)
adumbrate correct answers (v.) to sketch out in a vague way (The coach adumbrated a game
plan, but none of the players knew precisely what to do.)
adverse correct answers (adj.) antagonistic, unfavorable, dangerous (Because of adverse
conditions, the hikers decided to give up trying to climb the mountain.)
advocate correct answers 1. (v.) to argue in favor of something (Arnold advocated turning left
at the stop sign, even though everyone else thought we should turn right.) 2. (n.) a person
who argues in favor of something (In addition to wanting to turn left at every stop sign,
Arnold was also a great advocate of increasing national defense spending.)
aerial correct answers (adj.) somehow related to the air (We watched as the fighter planes
conducted aerial maneuvers.)
aesthetic correct answers (adj.) artistic, related to the appreciation of beauty (We hired Susan
as our interior decorator because she has such a fine aesthetic sense.)
affable correct answers (adj.) friendly, amiable (People like to be around George because he
is so affable and good-natured.)
, affinity correct answers (n.)a spontaneous feeling of closeness (Jerry didn't know why, but he
felt an incredible affinity for Kramer the first time they met.)
affluent correct answers (adj.) rich, wealthy (Mrs. Grebelski was affluent, owning a huge
house, three cars, and an island near Maine.)
affront correct answers (n.) an insult (Bernardo was very touchy, and took any slight as an
affront to his honor.)
aggrandize correct answers (v.) to increase or make greater (Joseph always dropped the
names of the famous people his father knew as a way to aggrandize his personal stature.)
aggregate correct answers 1. (n.) a whole or total (The three branches of the U.S. Government
form an aggregate much more powerful than its individual parts.) 2. (v.) to gather into a mass
(The dictator tried to aggregate as many people into his army as he possibly could.)
aggrieved correct answers (adj.) distressed, wronged, injured (The foreman mercilessly
overworked his aggrieved employees.)
agile correct answers (adj.) quick, nimble (The dogs were too slow to catch the agile rabbit.)
agnostic (adj.) believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven (Joey's
parents are very religious, but he is agnostic.)
agriculture correct answers (n.) farming (It was a huge step in the progress of civilization
when tribes left hunting and gathering and began to develop more sustainable methods of
obtaining food, such as agriculture.)
aisle correct answers (n.) a passageway between rows of seats (Once we got inside the
stadium we walked down the aisle to our seats.)
alacrity correct answers (n.) eagerness, speed (For some reason, Chuck loved to help his
mother whenever he could, so when his mother asked him to set the table he did so with
alacrity.)
alias correct answers (n.) a false name or identity (He snuck past the guards by using an alias
and fake ID.)
allay correct answers (v.) to soothe, ease (The chairman of the Federal Reserve gave a speech
to try to allay investors' fears about an economic downturn.)
allege correct answers (v.) to assert, usually without proof (The policeman had alleged that
Marshall committed the crime, but after the investigation turned up no evidence, Marshall
was set free.)
alleviate correct answers (v.) to relieve, make more bearable (This drug will alleviate the
symptoms of the terrible disease, but only for a while.)
allocate correct answers (v.) to distribute, set aside (The Mayor allocated 30 percent of the
funds for improving the town's schools.)
