Sat Vocab

Front 1

abase

Back 1

lower, humiliate
key: a base
sent: he committed such a base act, that he was lowered and humiliated in the eyes of the world.

Front 2

abash

Back 2

embrass
key:a bash
sent:his friends threw a bash in his honor although they knew that such attention embrassed him.

Front 3

abate

Back 3

subside
key:a bait
sent:stick w/ a bait that works, until the bites subside.

Front 4

abdicate

Back 4

to give up a high position
key:abide ate
sent:because he couldn't abide what they ate, he gave up his position as king of cannibals.

Front 5

aberration

Back 5

a deviation from the normal
key:a bear rat
sent:a bear as small as a rat is a deviation from the normal

Front 6

abettor

Back 6

encourager
key:a bettor
sent:a bettor on a 100-to-1 shot will shout encouragement to the horse and jockey.

Front 7

abeyance

Back 7

a temporary suspension
key:obey aunt's
sent:when she didn't boey her aunt's curfew, her punishment was a temporary suspension of privilages.

Front 8

abhor

Back 8

despise
key:a bore
sent:the long-winded candidate was such a bore that all the voters dispised him.

Front 9

abject

Back 9

wretched
key:abe objected
sent:abe lincoln objected to the wretched state of the slaves.

Front 10

abjure

Back 10

to renounce under oath
key:abe jury
sent:as a young lawyer defending an accused murderer, abe lincoln declared to the jury that his client had renounced all claims to the victim's estate.