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MAT Vocabulary (As)
Common vocabulary starting with "a" tested on the MAT
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03/29/2011

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Abaft

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Adv.

 

 

on or toward the rear of a ship

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abdicate

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v.

 

to reject, denounce, or abandon

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abjure

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to renounce upon oath

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abnegation
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n. a denial
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abscond
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v. to go away hastily or secretly often with the intention to hide; to avoid capture by the authorities
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abstemious
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adj. sparing in diet. sparingly used
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abysmal
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adj. bottomless; extraordinarily bad
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acerbity
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n. harshness or bitterness
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acrimony
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n. sharpness
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addle
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adj. confused
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adjure
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v. to entreat earnestly and solemnly
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adulation
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n. praise in excess
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adulterate
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v. to corrupt, debase, or make impure
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agrarian
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adj. relating to land and the equal divisions of land
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alchemy
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n. any imaginary power of transmitting one thing into another
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allegory
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n. symbolic narration or description
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anachronism
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n. representation of something existing at other than its proper time
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annihilate
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v. to reduce to nothing
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apocalyptic
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adj. pertaining to revelation or prophecy
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arrogate
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v. to claim or demand unduly
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artifice
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n. skill; ingenuity; craft; deception; trickery
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askance
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adv. 1. sideways 2. with suspicion
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assay
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n. the determination of any quantity of a metal in an ore or alloy
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attenuate
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v. 1. to make thin or slender 2. to lessen or weaken
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avarice
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n. inordinate desire of gaining and possessing wealth
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