High School Placement Test Vocabulary

competent

able; adequate

teem

abound

lavish

abundant; extravagant

feat

achievement; noticeable act

concede

admit often in a reluctant way

era

age or time period

assent

agree; climb

affable

amiable; friendly

abate

become less, end,ebb

inception

beginning

brazen

bold, unashamed

tedious

boring, dull

recurrent

returning; recurring

plaintive

sad sounding; mournful

gratify

satisfy

acumen

sharpness of mind

gloss

shininess

stench

smell, stink, reek

vindictive

spiteful

gruff

stern; harsh

curtail

stop

pungent

strong smell

marshy

swampy

diplomatic

tactful; skill dealing with people

confiscate

take away

pacify

to make calm

amplify

to make louder

defy

to resist; openly challenge

aspire

to seek or desire

usurp

to take without right

ponder

to think about

garish

too bright, gaudy, overly ornate (super fancy)

veracity

truth

aloof

unfriendly; distant

elated

very happy

devout

very religious

affluence

wealth

placid

calm

rescind

cancel, take back

divert

change path; draw attention away

emerge

come out

relevant

connected; having social signifigance

persistent

continuing despite problems

abacus

counting device

quell

crush; stop

girded

encircled; surrounded by something

ostracized

expel; kick out; banish

aerate

expose to air

fatigue

extreme mental or physical exhastion

exorbitant

extreme, unreasonable

succumb

give into

flagrant

glaring, very noticeable

gorge

greedy eating; narrow valley

detrimental

harmful

infamous

having an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful

alluded to

hint at; refer to

candor

honest; open; frank

deficient

lacking; inadequate

impair

lessen the quality

diminish

lessen; make smaller

chronic

long lasting; always present

clamor

loud noise

encounter

meeting

temerity

nerve; boldness

abstract

not concrete; expressing something intellectual only

unscrupulous

not held by moral or ethical principals

verge

on the brink; edge

intent

plan; giving attention

indigence

poverty

chastise

punish

query

question; doubt

docile

quiet, passive

hoise

raise up

zest

relish; enthusiasm

remuneration

pay; fee

remedial

a remedy; solution; helpful

accumulate

collect

discord

disagreement

consternation

dismay, feeling of discouragement

vertigo

dizzy sensation

pariah

outcast

wan

pale; sickly

sallow

pale; unnaturally yellow