TOP 100 HSPT VOCABULARY WORDS
Abate - Answer-reduce or lessen
Abandon - Answer-to give up completely
Aberration - Answer-something unusual, different from the norm.
Abet - Answer-to encourage or support
Abstain - Answer-to refrain from doing something
Abrogate - Answer-to abolish or render void
Aesthetic - Answer-pertaining to beauty
Abstemious - Answer-moderate in appetite
Anachronistic - Answer-Chronologically misplaced
Acrimonious - Answer-Exhibiting harshness or sharpness in speech or mood
Asylum - Answer-sanctuary, a place of safety
Banal - Answer-lacking in freshness, originality and vigor
Bias - Answer-a prejudice towards something or against something
Belie - Answer-to give a false idea of
Brazen - Answer-bold
Belligerent - Answer-engaged in war
Camaraderie - Answer-togetherness, a group dynamic of trust
Cabal - Answer-a small group of persons engaged in plotting
Capacious - Answer-very large, spacious
Callous - Answer-unfeeling or insensitive
Clairvoyant - Answer-can predict the future, see things that others can't
Cantankerous - Answer-ill-natured, quarrelsome
Compassion - Answer-sympathy
, Captious - Answer-quick to find fault about trifle
Condescending - Answer-patronizing, arrogance
Chauvinist - Answer-someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he/she
belongs, an extreme patriot
Conformist - Answer-someone who follows the majority
Clamorous - Answer-very loud/noisy
Deleterious - Answer-harmful, destructive
Deference - Answer-submitting to the wishes or judgement of another
Digression - Answer-straying from the main point
Delectable - Answer-very pleasing (esp. in food)
Discredit - Answer-dishonor someone, prove something untrue
Demeanor - Answer-behavior; bearing
Divergent - Answer-moving apart, going in different directions, scoring inconclusive
on the Aptitude Test
Edict - Answer-a public command or proclamation issued by an authority
Emulate - Answer-following someone else's example
Effete - Answer-no longer productive; lacking in, worn out
Ephemeral - Answer-fleeting, temporary
Elicit - Answer-to draw out
Exemplary - Answer-outstanding
Elucidate - Answer-to make clear
Forbearance - Answer-patience, restraint
Facade - Answer-front or face, especially of a building
Fortuitous - Answer-lucky, fortunate
Fallacious - Answer-unsound; misleading; deceptive
Fraught - Answer-filled with
Abate - Answer-reduce or lessen
Abandon - Answer-to give up completely
Aberration - Answer-something unusual, different from the norm.
Abet - Answer-to encourage or support
Abstain - Answer-to refrain from doing something
Abrogate - Answer-to abolish or render void
Aesthetic - Answer-pertaining to beauty
Abstemious - Answer-moderate in appetite
Anachronistic - Answer-Chronologically misplaced
Acrimonious - Answer-Exhibiting harshness or sharpness in speech or mood
Asylum - Answer-sanctuary, a place of safety
Banal - Answer-lacking in freshness, originality and vigor
Bias - Answer-a prejudice towards something or against something
Belie - Answer-to give a false idea of
Brazen - Answer-bold
Belligerent - Answer-engaged in war
Camaraderie - Answer-togetherness, a group dynamic of trust
Cabal - Answer-a small group of persons engaged in plotting
Capacious - Answer-very large, spacious
Callous - Answer-unfeeling or insensitive
Clairvoyant - Answer-can predict the future, see things that others can't
Cantankerous - Answer-ill-natured, quarrelsome
Compassion - Answer-sympathy
, Captious - Answer-quick to find fault about trifle
Condescending - Answer-patronizing, arrogance
Chauvinist - Answer-someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he/she
belongs, an extreme patriot
Conformist - Answer-someone who follows the majority
Clamorous - Answer-very loud/noisy
Deleterious - Answer-harmful, destructive
Deference - Answer-submitting to the wishes or judgement of another
Digression - Answer-straying from the main point
Delectable - Answer-very pleasing (esp. in food)
Discredit - Answer-dishonor someone, prove something untrue
Demeanor - Answer-behavior; bearing
Divergent - Answer-moving apart, going in different directions, scoring inconclusive
on the Aptitude Test
Edict - Answer-a public command or proclamation issued by an authority
Emulate - Answer-following someone else's example
Effete - Answer-no longer productive; lacking in, worn out
Ephemeral - Answer-fleeting, temporary
Elicit - Answer-to draw out
Exemplary - Answer-outstanding
Elucidate - Answer-to make clear
Forbearance - Answer-patience, restraint
Facade - Answer-front or face, especially of a building
Fortuitous - Answer-lucky, fortunate
Fallacious - Answer-unsound; misleading; deceptive
Fraught - Answer-filled with
