psat vocab 1-50
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- abate (+)
- to subside, decrease; lessen
- abet (+)
- encourage, aid
- abject (-)
- hopeless and crushed; servile and spiritless; wretched
- abrade (-)
- wear away by friction; scrape; erode
- abscond (-)
- depart secretly to avoid capture
- absolve (+)
- pardon an offense; free drom blame
- acclaim (+)
- applaud; announce with great approval
- accolade (+)
- award of merti
- acquittal (+)
- declaration of innocence; deliverance from a charge
- acumen
- mental keenness
- acrimony
- bitterness of words or manner
- adamant
- hard; inflexible
- adhere
- stick faast to
- adjudicate
- pass legal judgment on; sit in judgment
- admonish
- warn; scold
- adroit
- skillful; nimble
- adulation
- flattery; admiration
- adversary
- oppoent
- adverse
- unfavorable; hostile
- adversity
- poverty; misfortune
- affable
- easily apporachable; armly friendly
- affinity
- kinship; attraction to
- affix
- add on; fasten; attach
- affluence
- wealth; prosperity; abundance
- affront
- an insult; offense
- aggregate
- father; accumulate
- alloy
- mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate
- allude
- refer indirectly
- allure
- entice; attract
- altercation
- noisy quarrel; heated dispute
- altruistic
- unselfishly generous; concerned for others
- amalgam
- mixture of different elements; alloy
- amenable
- readily managed; willing to give in; agreeable; submissive
- amorous
- moved by sexual love; loving
- amorphous
- formless; lacking shape or definition
- ancillary
- serving as an aid or accessory; auxilary
- anticlimax
- letdown in thought or emotion
- antiquated
- obsolete; outdated
- antithesis
- contrast; direct opposite of or to
- apathy
- lack of caring; indifference
- aplomb
- poise; assurance
- apostate
- one who abandon's one's faith or religion
- append
- attach
- apprehension
- fear; discernment; capture
- arable
- fit for growing crops
- arbiter
- person w/ the power to decide a dispute; judge
- archipelago
- closely grouped islands
- aria
- operatic solo
- ascendancy
- controlling influence
- aspire
- to long for