SAT Vocab Set #1 - Words 1-5

to hate very much, to detest utterly

• abhor

• abstruse

• abut

To _____ insects is to find them abhorrent.

• abhor

• abridge

• abstruse

It is generally believed that most women have an _____ of mice.

• abomination

• abhorrence

• abut

to dislike strongly, to regard with intense aversion or loathing

• abridge

• abstruse

• abominate

David _____ vegetables. He doesn't even want them on his dinner plate.

• abridges

• abominates

• abstruses

Sylvia _____ her relatives when they came to visit and tracked mud on her new white carpet.

• abominated

• abridged

• abutted

to shorten; to condense; to diminish; to curtail

• abhor

• abominate

• abridge

An _____ dictionary is one that has been shortened.

• abstruse

• abridged

• abutted

We saw an _____ of the movie Gone with the Wind on TV last night; it only lasted two hours whereas the original lasted four.

• abhorrent

• abridgement

• abutted

hard to understand

• abstruse

• abut

• abominate