Sat Vocab - Set Ii

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abase

Back 1

To lower in position

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abbess

Back 2

The lady superior of a nunnery.

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abbey

Back 3

The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

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abbot

Back 4

The superior of a community of monks.

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abdicate

Back 5

To give up (royal power or the like).

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abed

Back 6

In bed; on a bed.

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abet

Back 7

To aid

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abeyance

Back 8

A state of suspension or temporary inaction.

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abhorrent

Back 9

Very repugnant; hateful.

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abidance

Back 10

An abiding.

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abject

Back 11

Sunk to a low condition.

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abjure

Back 12

To recant

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ablution

Back 13

A washing or cleansing

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abnegate

Back 14

To renounce (a right or privilege).

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aboriginal

Back 15

Primitive; unsophisticated.

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aborigines

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The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.

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aboveboard

Back 17

Without concealment

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abrade

Back 18

To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.

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abrogate

Back 19

To abolish

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abscess

Back 20

A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

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abscission

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The act of cutting off

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abscond

Back 22

To depart suddenly and secretly

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absolution

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Forgiveness

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absolve

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To free from sin or its penalties.

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abstruse

Back 25

Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.

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abut

Back 26

To touch at the end or boundary line.

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abyss

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Bottomless gulf.

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academy

Back 28

Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.

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accede

Back 29

To agree.

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accession

Back 30

Induction or elevation

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acclaim

Back 31

To utter with a shout.

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accompaniment

Back 32

A subordinate part or parts

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accouter

Back 33

to dress.

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accredit

Back 34

To give credit or authority to.

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accumulate

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To become greater in quantity or number.

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accursed

Back 36

Doomed to evil

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acerbity

Back 37

Sourness

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acetate

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A salt of acetic acid.

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acetic

Back 39

Of or like vinegar or acetic acid.

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Achillean

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Invulnerable.

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achromatic

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Colorless

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acme

Back 42

The highest point

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acoustic

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Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.

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acquaint

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To make familiar or conversant.

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acquiesce

Back 45

To comply; submit.

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acquiescence

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Passive consent.

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acquisition

Back 47

Anything gained

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acreage

Back 48

Quantity or extent of land

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actionable

Back 49

Affording cause for instituting an action

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actuary

Back 50

An officer

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actuate

Back 51

To move or incite to action.

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acumen

Back 52

Quickness of intellectual insight

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acute

Back 53

Having fine and penetrating discernment.

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adamant

Back 54

Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.

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addendum

Back 55

Something added

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addle

Back 56

To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.

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adduce

Back 57

To bring forward or name for consideration.

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adjudge

Back 58

To award or bestow by formal decision.

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adjunct

Back 59

Something joined to or connected with another thing

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adjuration

Back 60

A vehement appeal.

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adjutant

Back 61

Auxiliary.

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admonish

Back 62

To warn of a fault.

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admonition

Back 63

Gentle reproof.

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ado

Back 64

unnecessary activity or ceremony.

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adulterate

Back 65

To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.

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adumbrate

Back 66

To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.

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advent

Back 67

The coming or arrival

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advert

Back 68

To refer incidentally.

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advisory

Back 69

Not mandatory.

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advocacy

Back 70

The act of pleading a cause.

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advocate

Back 71

One who pleads the cause of another

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aerial

Back 72

Of

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aeronaut

Back 73

One who navigates the air

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aerostat

Back 74

A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

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aerostatics

Back 75

The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium

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affable

Back 76

Easy to approach.

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affect

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To act upon

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affectation

Back 78

A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

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affiliate

Back 79

Some auxiliary person or thing.

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affirmative

Back 80

Answering yes; to a question at issue.

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affluence

Back 81

A profuse or abundant supply of riches.

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affront

Back 82

An open insult or indignity.

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afire

Back 83

On fire

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afoot

Back 84

In progress.

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aforesaid

Back 85

Said in a preceding part or before.

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afresh

Back 86

Once more

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agglomerate

Back 87

To pile or heap together.

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aggrandize

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To cause to appear greatly.

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aggregate

Back 89

The entire number

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aggrieve

Back 90

To give grief or sorrow to.

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aghast

Back 91

Struck with terror and amazement.

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aide-de-camp

Back 92

An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.

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akin

Back 93

Of similar nature or qualities.

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alacrity

Back 94

Cheerful willingness.

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albeit

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Even though.

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alchemy

Back 96

Chemistry of the middle ages

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alcove

Back 97

A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.

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alder

Back 98

Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus

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alderman

Back 99

A member of a municipal legislative body

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alienable

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Capable of being aliened or alienated