Princeton Review PSAT Vocabulary
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- abrogate
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v.
to abolish, repeal, or nullify - abstruse
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adj.
difficult to understand - abysmal
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adj.
extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless - accolade
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n.
an award or honor - acerbic
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adj.
bitter, sour, severe - acumen
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n.
keenness of judgement; mental sharpness - affable
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adj.
easy to talk to; friendly - afford
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v.
to permit or allow; to enable - aggregate
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n., adj.
collection of things mixed together; the sum total - allocate
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v.
to distribute, assign, or allot - aloof
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adj.
standoffish, uninvolved, keeping one's distance - ameliorate
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v.
to make better or more tolerable - anachronistic
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adj.
out of place in time or history - anathema
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n.
something or someone loathed or detested - ancillary
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adj.
subordinate; providing assistance - annul
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v.
to make void; usually refers to marriage - anomaly
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n.
an aberration, deviation, or irregularity - anthropology
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n.
the study of human cultures - antithetical
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adj.
in opposition, contrary to - apostate
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n.
one who deserts his or her professed principles or faith - apotheosis
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n.
elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something - appropriate
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v.
to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use - archetype
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n.
an original model or pattern - ardent
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adj.
passionate - arsenal
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n.
a storehouse of weapons - ascertain
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v.
to determine with certainty; to find out definitely - ascetic
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adj.
hermitlike; practicing self-denial - assiduous
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adj.
hardworking, diligent, busy - assuage
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v.
to soothe, pacify, or relieve - attrition
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n.
gradual wearing away; a natural or expected decrease in size or number - augury
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n.
an omen, especially a good omen - auspices
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n.
protection, support; sponsorship - avarice
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n.
greed - avuncular
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adj.
kind, helpful, generous; like a nice uncle - barometer
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n.
an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure - beguile
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v.
to delude by guile or craft; to mislead, divert - behest
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n.
a command or order - beleaguer
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v.
to surround, besiege, or harass - belie
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v.
to give a false impression; to contradict - bellicose
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adj.
warlike, belligerent - bequest
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n.
something left to someone in a will - blithe
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adj.
carefree, cheerful - broach
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v.
to open up a subject, often a delicate one, for discussion - brusque
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adj.
rough and short in manner, blunt, abrupt - burgeon
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v.
to expand; to flourish