High Frequency Vocabulary

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Abase (v} .

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– To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade

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Abdicate (v)

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– To give up (royal power or the like).

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Aberration (n)

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– Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.

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Abet (v)

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– To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).

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Abhorrent (adj.)

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– Very repugnant; hateful.

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Abject (adj.}

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– Sink to a very low condition.

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Abjure (v)

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– To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.

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Abnegate (v)

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– To renounce (a right or privilege).

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Abominable (adj.)

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– Very hateful.

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Abrasion (n)

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– That which is rubbed off.

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Abrogate (v)

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– To abolish, repeat

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Absolve (v)

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– To free from sin of its penalties

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Abstruse (adj.)

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– Difficult to understand.

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Abut (v)

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– To touch at the end or boundary line.

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Abyss (n)

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– Bottomless gulf.

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Accede (v)

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– To agree.

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Accomplice (n)

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– An associate in wrong-doing.

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Accost (v)

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– To speak to.

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Accouter (v)

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– To dress,

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Acerbity (n)

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– Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.

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Achromatic (adj.)

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– Colorless.

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Acoustic (adj.)

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– Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

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Acquiescence (n)

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– Passive consent.

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Acreage(n)

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- Land, estate

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Acrid (adj.)

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– Harshly pungent or bitter,

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Acrimonious (adj.)

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– Full of bitterness.

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Addle (v)

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– To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.

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Adduce (v)

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– To bring forward or name for consideration,

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Adjuration (n)

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– A vehement appeal.

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Adjutant (adj.)

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– Auxiliary.

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Adroit (adj.)

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– Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.

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Adumbrate (v)

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– To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.

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Advert (v)

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-To refer incidentally.

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Affable (adj.)

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– Easy to approach.

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Affluence (n)

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– A profuse or abundant supply of riches.

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Affront (n)

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– An open insult or indignity.

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Agglomerate (v)

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– To pile or heap together.

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Aggrandize (v)

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– To cause to appear greatly.

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Aggressive (adj.)

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– self assertive, forceful.

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Aghast (adj.)

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– Struck with terror and amazement.

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Accentuate ( verb):

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to intensify

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Accolade (noun) :

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Honor or attribute

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Abeyance ( noun) :

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Not in present operation

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Abound(v):

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Large in number

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Abseil ( verb):

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To slide down

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Abstemious ( adj)

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Avoid enjoying too much

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Accretion (noun)

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addition to something

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Accrue (verb)

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accumulate

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Acme (noun)

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height of excellence

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Affable (adj)

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genial, pleasant

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Ambient (adj)

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the immediate surrounding

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Acumen (noun):

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ability to judge

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Aft ( adv):

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close to, back

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Adroit (adj) :

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quick and skillful

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Astute (adj):

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shrewd, incisive

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Ameliorate (adj):

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make better or improve

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Apocryphal (adj):

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mythical, fictional, untrue

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Assiduous ( adj)

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constant, unremitting

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Apogee(noun)

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the highest or most distant point

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Assuage( verb)

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to make milder or less severe

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Aplomb ( noun)

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Poise, assurance

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Appetence (n)

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– longing, desire

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Arrogate (v)

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– to attribute unjustly to

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Atrabilious (adj)-

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ill-tempered

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Ataraxy (n)

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– calmness, tranquility

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Ascesis (n)

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– the practice of self-discipline

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Adipose (adj)

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– characterized by fat

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Adumbrate (v)

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- to indicate faintly; to Outline; typify

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Alopecia (adj)

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–baldness

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Amphibology (n)

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– an ambiguous wording

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Analeptic

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(of drugs, etc.)(adj) –restorative

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Asthenic (adj)

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– weakened, debilitated

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Atrabilious (adj)

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– melancholy

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Accoutrements (n)

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- equipment, trappings

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Adiaphorism (n)

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– religious or theological indifference

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Adminicle (n)

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– a thing that helps

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Afflatus (n)

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– inspiration

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Agora (n)

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- a place of public assembly, especially the market place

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Adventitious (adj)

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- accidental, casual; unexpected

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Aegis(n)

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– protection, defense

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Alembic (n)

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– a means of refining or extracting

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Anchorite (n)

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– a hermit

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Anfractuosity (n)

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– intricacy

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Antinomy (n)

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-paradox

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Apiculture (n)

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– bee-keeping

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Apodictic (adj)

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– clearly established; of clear

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Asseverate (v)

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– to declare solemnly

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Astral (adj)

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– of stars

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Austral (adj)

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– southern – self-sufficiency especially as an economic system

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Autochthons (n)

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– aboriginals