SAT & GRE Vocabulary
1757 words worth knowing for the SAT and GRE — each with its part of speech, a plain-English definition, and an example sentence showing how it is actually used.
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- Abase
- Abominable
- Absolute
- Adhere
- Aspersion
- Aver
- Ballast
- Belie
- Bilk
- Burlesque
- Buttress
- Castigate
- Clamor
- Coerce
- Commiserate
- Conscript
- Coy
- Delirious
- Doff
- Droll
- Embellish
- Emollient
- Endemic
- Engaging
- Estrange
- Exhort
- Feign
- Grill
- Heterodoxy
- Laceration
- Lachrymose
- Lackluster
- Lassitude
- Legerdemain
- Libretto
- Loll
- Macerate
- Meddlesome
- Mettle
- Minion
- Obtuse
- Parochial
- Quaint
- Reprisal
- Unkempt
- Utilitarian
- Vagrant
- Vespertine
- Vindicate
- Zeitgeist
- Zoophagous
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- Abaseverb
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
- Abashverb
cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
- Abateverb
become less in amount or intensity
- Abdicateverb
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
- Abductverb
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- Abductionnoun
the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
- Aberrantnoun
one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
- Aberrationnoun
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- Abetverb
assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
- Abeyancenoun
temporary cessation or suspension
- Abhorverb
find repugnant
- Abideverb
dwell