Hard SAT Words - Group 1

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abbreviate  Speak Example sentences
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aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
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book of literary selections by various authors
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one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase
abet  Speak Example sentences
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give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
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equip; provide with military equipment
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one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
abridge  Speak Example sentences
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condense; shorten; reduce length of written text
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letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
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mechanism that imitates actions of humans
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established procedure for solving problem
abstemious  Speak Example sentences
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calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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attach; add as supplement or appendix
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make or become better; improve; grow better
accretion  Speak Example sentences
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one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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make or become better; improve; grow better
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appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
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growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion
adage  Speak Example sentences
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manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance
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an old saying, that has obtained credit by long use
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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attach; add as supplement or appendix
adumbrate  Speak Example sentences
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make or become better; improve; grow better
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calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
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give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
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an old saying, that has obtained credit by long use
algorithm  Speak Example sentences
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fasten; append; add on; secure to something
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extreme criminality or cruelty; quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
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dictator; ruler having unlimited power
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established procedure for solving problem
allegory  Speak Example sentences
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symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
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comment; make explanatory notes
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dictator; ruler having unlimited power
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sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
ambivalence  Speak Example sentences
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make or become better; improve; grow better
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attach; add as supplement or appendix
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state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
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nest of bird, such as eagle, built on a cliff or other high place