Vocab

Question 1

Abase

Answer 1

humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed
leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.)

Question 2

Abate

Answer 2

reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)

Question 3

Aberration

Answer 3

(n.)something that differs from the norm (In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won
the World Series, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and the Red Sox
have not won a World Series since.)

Question 4

Abet

Answer 4

to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the
inside to abet him.)

Question 5

Abhor

Answer 5

To hate, detest (Because he always wound up kicking himself in the head
when he tried to play soccer, Oswald began to abhor the sport.)

Question 6

Abide

Answer 6

.) to put up with (Though he did not agree with the decision, Chuck decided
to abide by it.) 2. (v.) to remain (Despite the beating they’ve taken from the weather
throughout the millennia, the mountains abide.)

Question 7

Abject

Answer 7

wretched, pitiful (After losing all her money, falling into a puddle, and
breaking her ankle, Eloise was abject.)

Question 8

Abjure

Answer 8

reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil
policies of his wicked predecessor.)

Question 9

Abnegation

Answer 9

denial of comfort to oneself (The holy man slept on the floor, took only
cold showers, and generally followed other practices of abnegation.)

Question 10

Abridge

Answer 10

to cut down, shorten (The publisher thought the dictionary was too long
and abridged it.) 2. (adj.) shortened (Moby-Dick is such a long book that even the
abridged version is longer than most normal books.)

Question 11

Abrogate

Answer 11

abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that the
government cannot abrogate our right to a free press.)

Question 12

Abscond

Answer 12

To sneak away and hide

Question 13

Absolution

Answer 13

freedom from blame, guilt, sin (Once all the facts were known, the jury
gave Angela absolution by giving a verdict of not guilty.)

Question 14

Abstain

Answer 14

to freely choose not to commit an action (Everyone demanded that Angus
put on the kilt, but he did not want to do it and abstained.

Question 15

Accede

Answer 15

agree (When the class asked the teacher whether they could play baseball
instead of learn grammar they expected him to refuse, but instead he acceded to
their request.)

Question 16

Accentuate

Answer 16

stress, highlight (Psychologists agree that those people who are
happiest accentuate the positive in life.)

Question 17

Acclaim

Answer 17

high praise (Greg’s excellent poem won the acclaim of his friend

Question 18

Accolade

Answer 18

high praise, special distinction (Everyone offered accolades to Sam after
he won the Noble Prize.)

Question 19

Accord

Answer 19

an agreement (After much negotiating, England and Iceland finally came to
a mutually beneficial accord about fishing rights off the cost of Greenland.)

Question 20

Accost

Answer 20

confront verbally (Though Antoinette was normally quite calm, when the
waiter spilled soup on her for the fourth time in 15 minutes she stood up and accosted
the man.)

Question 21

Accretion

Answer 21

slow growth in size or amount (Stalactites are formed by the accretion of
minerals from the roofs of caves.)

Question 22

Acerbic

Answer 22

biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and began to
cruelly make fun of all her friends.)

Question 23

Acquiesce

Answer 23

agree without protesting (Though Mr. Correlli wanted to stay outside
and work in his garage, when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner,
he acquiesced to her demands.)

Question 24

Acrimony

Answer 24

bitterness, discord (Though they vowed that no girl would ever come
between them, Biff and Trevor could not keep acrimony from overwhelming their
friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Teresa.)

Question 25

Acumen

Answer 25

keen insight (Because of his mathematical acumen, Larry was able to figure out in minutes problems that took other students hours.

Question 26

Acute

Answer 26

.) sharp, severe (Arnold could not walk because the pain in his foot was so acute.) 2. (adj.) having keen insight (Because she was so acute, Libby instantly figured out how the magician pulled off his “magic.”)

Question 27

Adamant

Answer 27

) impervious, immovable, unyielding (Though public pressure was intense, the President remained adamant about his proposal.)

Question 28

Adept

Answer 28

extremely skilled (Tarzan was adept at jumping from tree to tree like a monkey.)

Question 29

Adhere

Answer 29

to stick to something (We adhered the poster to the wall with tape.) 2. (n.) to follow devoutly (He adhered to the dictates of his religion without question.)

Question 30

Admonish

Answer 30

) to caution, criticize, reprove (Joe’s mother admonished him not to ruin his appetite by eating cookies before dinner.)