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High School Placement Test (HSPT):Vocabulary Cards A-M well answered to
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Abbreviate - correct answer ✔✔to make briefer, to shorten
Abrasive - correct answer ✔✔irritating, grinding, rough
Abridge - correct answer ✔✔to shorten, to reduce
Absolve - correct answer ✔✔to free from guilt, to exonerate
Abstain - correct answer ✔✔to refrain, to hold back
Accentuate - correct answer ✔✔to emphasize, to stress
Acrimonious - correct answer ✔✔biting, harsh, caustic
Adaptable - correct answer ✔✔able to be changed to be suitable for a new purpose
Adulation - correct answer ✔✔extreme admiration
Adversary - correct answer ✔✔an enemy or opponent
Adversity - correct answer ✔✔misfortune
Aesthetic - correct answer ✔✔relating to art or beauty
,Affected - correct answer ✔✔false, artificial
Aggressive - correct answer ✔✔forceful, energetic, and attacking
Alacrity - correct answer ✔✔promptness, speed
Allege - correct answer ✔✔to state without proof
Alleviate - correct answer ✔✔to make lighter or more bearable
Ambiguous - correct answer ✔✔having two or more possible meanings
Ambivalent - correct answer ✔✔having two or more contradictory feelings or attitudes
Amiable - correct answer ✔✔likable, agreeable
Amicable - correct answer ✔✔friendly, peaceable
Amplify - correct answer ✔✔to enlarge, expand, or increase
Anachronistic - correct answer ✔✔out of the proper time
Anarchy - correct answer ✔✔absence of law or order
Anomaly - correct answer ✔✔something different or irregular
Antagonism - correct answer ✔✔hostility, conflict, opposition
, Antiseptic - correct answer ✔✔fighting infection; extremely clean
Apathy - correct answer ✔✔lack of interest, concern, or emotion
Arable - correct answer ✔✔able to be cultivated for growing crops
Arbiter - correct answer ✔✔someone able to settle disputes; a judge or referee
Arbitrary - correct answer ✔✔based on random or merely personal preference
Arcane - correct answer ✔✔little-known, mysterious, obscure
Ardor - correct answer ✔✔a strong feeling of passion, energy, or zeal
Arid - correct answer ✔✔very dry; boring and meaningless
Ascetic - correct answer ✔✔practicing strict self-discrimination for moral or spiritual reasons
Assiduous - correct answer ✔✔working with care, attention, and diligence
Astute - correct answer ✔✔observant, intelligent, and shrewd
Atypical - correct answer ✔✔not typical; intelligent, and shrewd
Audacious - correct answer ✔✔bold, daring, adventurous
Audible - correct answer ✔✔able to be heard
Auspicious - correct answer ✔✔promising good fortune; propitious
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