Psat Vocab 1-50

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abate (+)

Back 1

to subside, decrease; lessen

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abet (+)

Back 2

encourage, aid

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abject (-)

Back 3

hopeless and crushed; servile and spiritless; wretched

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abrade (-)

Back 4

wear away by friction; scrape; erode

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abscond (-)

Back 5

depart secretly to avoid capture

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absolve (+)

Back 6

pardon an offense; free drom blame

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acclaim (+)

Back 7

applaud; announce with great approval

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accolade (+)

Back 8

award of merti

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acquittal (+)

Back 9

declaration of innocence; deliverance from a charge

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acumen

Back 10

mental keenness

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acrimony

Back 11

bitterness of words or manner

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adamant

Back 12

hard; inflexible

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adhere

Back 13

stick faast to

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adjudicate

Back 14

pass legal judgment on; sit in judgment

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admonish

Back 15

warn; scold

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adroit

Back 16

skillful; nimble

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adulation

Back 17

flattery; admiration

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adversary

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oppoent

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adverse

Back 19

unfavorable; hostile

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adversity

Back 20

poverty; misfortune

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affable

Back 21

easily apporachable; armly friendly

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affinity

Back 22

kinship; attraction to

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affix

Back 23

add on; fasten; attach

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affluence

Back 24

wealth; prosperity; abundance

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affront

Back 25

an insult; offense

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aggregate

Back 26

father; accumulate

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alloy

Back 27

mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate

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allude

Back 28

refer indirectly

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allure

Back 29

entice; attract

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altercation

Back 30

noisy quarrel; heated dispute

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altruistic

Back 31

unselfishly generous; concerned for others

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amalgam

Back 32

mixture of different elements; alloy

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amenable

Back 33

readily managed; willing to give in; agreeable; submissive

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amorous

Back 34

moved by sexual love; loving

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amorphous

Back 35

formless; lacking shape or definition

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ancillary

Back 36

serving as an aid or accessory; auxilary

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anticlimax

Back 37

letdown in thought or emotion

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antiquated

Back 38

obsolete; outdated

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antithesis

Back 39

contrast; direct opposite of or to

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apathy

Back 40

lack of caring; indifference

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aplomb

Back 41

poise; assurance

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apostate

Back 42

one who abandon's one's faith or religion

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append

Back 43

attach

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apprehension

Back 44

fear; discernment; capture

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arable

Back 45

fit for growing crops

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arbiter

Back 46

person w/ the power to decide a dispute; judge

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archipelago

Back 47

closely grouped islands

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aria

Back 48

operatic solo

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ascendancy

Back 49

controlling influence

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aspire

Back 50

to long for