SAT Vocab words 1-10

abase (v.)

to humiliate, degrade

avate (v.)

to reduce, lessen

adbdicate (v)

to give up a position, usually one of leadership

abduct

to kidnap, take by force

aberration 

something that differs from the norm

abet

to aid, help, encourage

abhor

to hate, detest

abhide

to put up with, to remain

abject

wretched, pitiful

abjure

to reject, renounce