Difficult Words -A Flashcards
Abash
make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
Her elder cousins abashed her by commenting on her shyness
Abate
to become less strong; to make something less strong
The storm showed no signs of abating
Abdicate
To step down from a position of power
To give up responsibility
Aberration
a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not typical, and that may be unacceptable. Deviation from standard
Snowstorm in July is aberration
Abhor
to hate something very much
Abject
terrible and without hope
They live in abject misery.
Abnegate
To deny oneself things
Saman abnegated desserts for one month after on the scale .
Abortive
Unsuccessful
Abridge
To shorten ,condense
Absolute
Total ,unlimited and perfect
Absolve
To forgive or free from blame,sin or obligation .
Abstinent
Abstaining ,voluntarily not doing something especially something pleasant that is bad for you and has a bad reputation
Abstract
existing only as an idea, not as a physical thing
Abstruse
Hard to understand
Abysmal
Very bad ,hopeless
Abysmal despair is so deep that there seems no possible solution to it
Abyss
Bottomless pit
Accolade
a comment, prize, etc. that you receive that shows people’s high opinion of something that you have done
Accost
To approach and speak to someone.
He was accosted by three gang members on the subway.
She was so famous that people would accost her on the street and ask for an autograph.
Acerbic ,acerb
Bitter sour and severe
Acquiesce
To comply passively , to accept,to assent and to agree
Acrid
Harsh
Acrid smell ,taste ,personality or comment
Acrimonious
Full of spite,bitter ,nasty
Acumen
Keenness to judgement ,mental sharpness
Acute
Sharp and shrewd
Adage
Old saying
Adamant
Stubborn,completely inflexible
Address
To give speech
To direct one’s attention to
She addressed the problem of addressing the convention by preparing the speech
Adherent
Follower ,supporter
King’s adherents threw him a party
To adhere to it means to stick to it
Admonish
To scold gently ,to warn
Adulterate
To contaminate,to make impure
Adverse
Unfavorable,antagonistic
Averse
against or not in favour of something
He is not averse to trying out new ideas
Aesthetic
Having to do with artistic beauty
Affable
Easy to talk to,friendly
Affectation
Unnatural or artificial behaviour,usually intended to impress
Affinity
alikingorsympathyfor someone or something,especiallybecause ofsharedcharacteristics:
Sheseemsto have anaturalaffinityfor/withwater.
Affluent
Rich ,prosperous
Agenda
Program ,things to be done
Agrarian
Relating to land or farming
Aggregate
A sum total ,collection of seperate things mixed together
Agnostic
One who believes that the existence of a god can neither be proven nor disproven
Alacrity
great willingness, eagerness or enthusiasm
She accepted the assignment with alacrity.
Allege
to say that somebody has done something wrong, but without having any proof that this is true
Alleviate
To relieve,to lessen
Allocate
To allot ,assign ,to distribute
Alloy
A combination of two or more things ,usually metals .