ASVAB Vocab
Terms
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- abbreviate
- shorten, abridge - to reduce (anything) in length, duration, etc.; make briefer: to abbreviate a speech.
- abstinence
- act of refraining from -Abstinence implies the willful avoidance of pleasures, especially of food and drink, thought to be harmful or self-indulgent
- abstract
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not applied to actual objects - theoretical; not applied or practical - to make an abstract of; summarize - acquired
- developed or learned; not naturally occuring - To get by one's own efforts
- adulation
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high praise - to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter - aesthetic
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having to do with the appreciation of beauty - affable
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easy-going; friendly - alienated
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removed or disassociated from (friends, family, or homeland) - alienate
- To cause to become unfriendly or hostile
- alleviate
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to ease a pain or a burden - alliance
- a union of two or more groups
- ambiguous
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having several possible meanings or interpretations - lacking clearness or definiteness - ambivalent
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simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertainty, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things - amenable
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ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable - amicable
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characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable - ample
- describing a large amount of something - of adequate or more than adequate extent, size, or amount; large; spacious; roomy
- anachronistic
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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare. - anecdote
- short account of event
- anonymous
- of unknown name; lacking individuality, unique character, or distinction
- antagonist
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opponent - anthology
- a collection of literary pieces
- apathetic
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feeling or showing little emotion - not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive - apparatus
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equipment; a group of machines - apprehension
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anxiety or fear about the future - arbiter
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a judge who decides a disputed issue - arbitrary
- determined by impulse rather than reason
- archaic
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characteristic of an earlier period; extremely old-fashioned - arid
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extremely dry - describing a dry, rainless climate - assertion
- a declaration or statement
- assiduous
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hard-working - Adversity
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misfortune - assimilation
- to absorb; to make similar
- astute
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shrewd; clever - asylum
- sanctuary - a place of retreat or security
- auspicious
- favorable; promising
- austere
- without decoration; strict
- benevolent
- friendly, helpful - well-meaning; generous
- benign
- kind and gentle
- biased
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prejudiced; a particular tendency or inclination, esp. one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice. - brittle
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easily broken when subjected to pressure - brusque
- rudely abrupt
- camaraderie
- trust among friends
- camouflage
- to hide by blending in with surroundings
- candor
- sincerity; openness
- capricious
- impulsive and undpredictable
- catalog
- v: to make an itemized list of
- caustic
- bitingly sarcastic or witty
- circuitous
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indirect, roundabout - clandestine
- secretive
- clarity
- clearness in thought or expression
- cogent
- convincing; reasonable
- coherent
- logically connected
- cohesive
- condition of sticking together
- collaborate
- to work together
- compassion
- sympathy, mercy
- compelling
- forceful; urgently demanding attention
- comprehensive
- large in scope or context
- compromise
- to settle differences
- conception
- the ability to form or understand an idea
- condemn
- to express strong disapproval of; denounce
- condescending
- treating people as weak or inferior
- conditional
- provisional, contingent
- congregation
- crowd of people
- consensus
- general agreement
- contemporary
- current, modern; from the same time
- contemptuous
- feeling hatred; scornful
- context
- circumstances of a situation; environment
- convergence
- joining of parts
- conviction
- a fixed or strong belief
- convoluted
- intricate; complex
- copious
- plentiful; having a large quantity
- cordial
- friendly; sincere
- coup
- a brilliantly executed plan
- cryptic
- difficult to comprehend
- decorous
- proper; marked by good taste
- deleterious
- harmful; having a harmful effect; injurious
- derived
- copied or adapted from a source
- despotic
- exercising absolute power; tyrannical
- dictatorial
- domineering, oppressively overbearing
- diligent
- hard-working
- discredit
- dishonor, disgrace
- disdain
- to regard with scorn - to look down on