SAT Vocab Prep Set 1
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- abase
- (v) To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade
- abbess
- (n) The lady superior of a nunnery
- abdicate
- (v) To give up (royal power or the like).
- aberration
- (n) Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
- abet
- (v) To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
- abhorrence
- (n) The act of detesting extremely.
- abjure
- (v) To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
- ablution
- (n) A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.
- aboveboard
- (adv) & (adj) Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
- abrade
- (v) To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.
- abscond
- (v) To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
- abstemious
- (adj) Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
- abridgment
- (n) A condensed form as of a book or play.
- abridge
- (v) To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
- abeyance
- (n) A state of suspension or temporary inaction.