3000 Common SAT Vocabulary (5)

v. subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity

v. make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase

n. abnormal;  markedly different from an accepted norm

n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

v. fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate

v. cancel; put an end to; destroy completely

a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

a. unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless

v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand

a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources

v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

a. bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad

v. agree; give consent, often at the insistence of another; concede

v. emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent

v. applaud; announce with great approval

v. increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time

n. science of sound; the quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in

v. assent; agree without protesting