SAT 50

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abase
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to humiliate/degrade
abate
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to reduce/lessen
abdicate
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to give up a position, usually one of leadership
abduct
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to kidnap/take by force
aberration
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sth that differs from the norm
abet
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to aid/help/encourage
abhor
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to hate/detest
abide
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to put up with remain
abject
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wretched/pitiful
abjure
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to reject/renounce
abnegation
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denial of comfort to oneself
abort
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to give up on a half-finished project or effort
abridge
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to cut down/shorten shortened
abrogate
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to abolish, usually by authority
abscond
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to sneak away and hide
absolution
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freedom from blame, guilt, sin
abstain
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to freely choose not to commit an action
abstruse
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hard to comprehend
accede
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to agree
accentuate
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to stress/highlight
accessible
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obtainable/reachable
acclaim
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high praise
accolade
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high praise/special distinction
accomodating
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helpful/obliging/polite
accord
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an agreement
accost
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to conform verbally
accretion
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slow growth in size or amount
acerbic
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biting/bitter in tone or taste
acquiesce
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to agree without protesting
acrimony
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bitterness/discord
acumen
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keen insight
acute
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sharp/severe having keen insight
adamant
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impervious/immovable/unyielding
adept
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extremely skilled
adhere
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to stick to sth to follow devoutly
admonish
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to caution/criticize/reprove
adorn
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to decorate
adroit
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skillful/dexterous
adulation
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extreme praise
adumbrate
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to sketch out in a vague way
adverse
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antagonistic/unfavourable/dangerous
advocate
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to argue in favour of sth a person who argues in favour of sth
aerial
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somehow related to the air
aesthetic
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artistic/ related to the appreciation of beauty
affable
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friendly/amiable
affinity
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a spontaneous feeling of closeness
affluent
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rich/wealthy
affront
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insult
aggrandize
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to increase or make greater
aggregate
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a whole/ total to gather into a mass

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