Gruber SAT 3400 Word List A
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- Accede
- to agree to
- Abjure
- to give up (rights)
- Abnegate
- to deny, to reject
- Abominate
- to detest; to dislike strongly
- Abide (two meanings)
- to remain; to put up with
- aboveboard
- honest; frank; open
- abrogate
- to abolish; to repeal
- adulterate
- to make impure
- adduce
- to give an example in proving something
- admonish
- to warn
- adulation
- excessive praise/flattery
- adventitious
- accidental; nonessential
- ague
- a fever,plague
- albatross (two meanings)
- seabird; constant birden
- alimentary
- furnishing food or nourishment
- agnostic
- one who doubts existence of God
- alluvial
- pertaining to a deposit of sand formed by flowing water
- aloft
- up in the air, high
- amalgamate
- combine, unite, blend
- ambuscade
- hidden/secret attack
- acclivity
- upward slope
- acrophobia
- fear of heights
- academic (2 meanings)
-
theoretical/unrealistic
pertaining to school - acrid
-
bitter to taste or smell
sarcastic - Achilles' heel
- weakness
- addled
- confused
- addendum
- something added as a supplement
- ad lib
- to speak or act without preparation
- ablution
- a washing, cleansing
- actuate
- to put into motion or action
- abstract (two meanings)
-
summary (noun)
to remove (verb) - amazon
- big, strong, masculine woman
- ambrosial
- pleasing to taste or smell
- altercation
- argument; disagreement
- alchemy
- chem. of Middle Ages
- albeit
- although
- affront
- an insult
- aggrandize
- enlarge/expand
- ado
- fuss, trouble
- adjunct
- subordinate/assistant
- adipose
- fatty
- absolve
- free from responsibility
- abrade
- to wear away
- accoutrement
- equipment, outfit
- accretion
- an increase; an addition
- abysmal
- wretched; extremely bad