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Barron's SAT Vocabulary List
800 High Frequency Words
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English
12th Grade
07/31/2007

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Term
abate
Definition
v. subside or moderate
"Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to ABATE."
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aberrant
Definition
adj. abnormal or deviant
"Given the ABERRANT nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment."
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abrasive
Definition
adj. rubbing away; tending to grind down
"Just as ABRASIVE cleaning powders can wear away a shiny finish, ABRASIVE remarks can wear away a listener's patience."
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abridge
Definition
v. condense or shorten
"Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of 'War and Peace,' they proceeded to ABRIDGE the novel."
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absolute
Definition
adj. complete; totally unlimited; certain
"Although the King of Siam was an ABSOLUTE monarch, he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without ABSOLUTE evidence of her infidelity."
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abstemious
Definition
adj. sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
"Concerned whether her vegetarian son's ABSTEMIOUS diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him."
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abstract
Definition
adj. theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
"To him, hunger was an ABSTRACT concept; he never missed a meal."
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abstruse
Definition
adj. obscure; profound; difficult to understand
"She carries around ABSTRUSE works of philosophy, not because she understands them but because she wants her friends to think she does."
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accessible
Definition
adj. easy to approach; obtainable
"We asked our guide whether the ruins were ACCESSIBLE on foot."
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acclaim
Definition
v. applaud; announce with great approval
"The NBC sportscasters ACCLAIMED every American victory in the Olympics and lamented every American defeat."
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accolade
Definition
n. award of merit
"In the world of public relations, a 'Clio' is the highest ACCOLADE an advertising campaign can receive"
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acknowledge
Definition
v. recognize; admit
"Although I ACKNOWLEDGE that the Beatle's tunes sound pretty dated nowadays, I still prefer them to the 'gangsta' rap songs my brothers play."
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acquiesce
Definition
v. assent; agree without protesting
"When we asked her to participate in the play, she immediately ACQUIESCED."
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acrimonious
Definition
adj. bitter in words or manner
"The candidate attacked his opponent in highly ACRIMONIOUS terms."
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acute
Definition
adj. quickly perceptive; keen; brief and severe
"The ACUTE young doctor realized immediately that the gradual deterioration of her patient's once-ACUTE hearing was due to a chronic illness, not an ACUTE one."
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