SAT High Frequency Words : 1-10

1. Abridge (v) : condense or shorten; Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of War and Peace, they proceeded to abridge the novel.
2. Abstemious (adj) : sparing in eating and drinking; temperate. Concerned whether her vegetarian son’s abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him.
3. Abstract (adj) : theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational. To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal.
4. Abstruse (adj) : obscure; profound; difficult to understand. Baffled by the abstruse philosophical texts assigned in class, Dave asked Lexy to explain Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
5. Accessible (adj) : easy to approach; obtainable. We asked our guide whether the ruins were accessible on foot.
6. Acclaim (v) : applaud; announce with great approval. The NBC sportscasters acclaimed every American victory in the Olympics and decried every American defeat.
7. Acknowledge (n) : recognize; admit. Although Iris acknowledged that the Beatles’ tunes sounded pretty dated nowadays, she still preferred them to the hip-hop songs her brothers played.
8. Adulation (n) : flattery; admiration. The rock star thrived on the adulation of his groupies and yes men.
9. Adversary (n) : opponent. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his adversary.
10. Adversity (n) : poverty; misfortune. We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.