Hard SAT Words - Group 1

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abet  Speak Example sentences
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aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
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self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
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having properties of vinegar; sour
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gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment
abnegation  Speak Example sentences
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collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass
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make slender, fine, or small; weaken; lessen density of
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repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
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elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
acrophobia  Speak Example sentences
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make slender, fine, or small; weaken; lessen density of
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fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
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aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
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a combination of many different things; an alloy of mercury and other metals
addle  Speak Example sentences
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one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality
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source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain
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muddle; drive crazy; become confused
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repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
adjure  Speak Example sentences
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causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere
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be next to; be contiguous to; border on
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humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
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appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
agglomeration  Speak Example sentences
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look, or particular appearance of the face; the visual percept of a region
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with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
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self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
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collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass
amity  Speak Example sentences
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repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
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aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
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providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion
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friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
amphitheater  Speak Example sentences
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appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
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give up or surrender; deny something to oneself
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combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
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oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
ancestry  Speak Example sentences
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bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
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activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
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combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury
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family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
angular  Speak Example sentences
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having aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
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oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
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one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality
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sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner