A Flashcards by Sarah Lootah

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Accolade

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Award of merit

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Abate

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Subside, recede, diminish, decrease, lessen

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Acquiesce

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Assent, agree

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Acrid

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Sharp, bitterly pungent, caustic, and bitting

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Acrimonious

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Bitter in words or manner

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Aggregate

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Gather, accumulate, garner

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Amorphous

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Formless, lacking shape or definition

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Anachronistic

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Having an error involving time in a story

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Anomaly

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Irregularity, deviation

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Antediluvian

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Old, ancient, archaic, dilapidated

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Antipathy

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Dislike, hatred, loathe, detest

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Apocryphal

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Untrue, made up

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Arable

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Fit for growing crops

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Ardent

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Intense, passionate, and zealous

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Assiduous

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Diligent, hard working, and industrious

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Assuage

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Ease or lessen (pain, satisfy (hunger), soothe (anger)

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Atrophy

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Waste away

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Audacious

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Daring, bold, fearless, and intrepid

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Avarice

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Greediness for wealth

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Avert

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Turn away

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Aviary

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Enclosure for birds

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Abstinence

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Restraining oneself, abstemious

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Acclimate

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Adapt

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Admonish

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To advise, urge

Affluence

Wealth, prosperity

Allegory

Symbolism, representative

Allusion

Reference, suggestion

Analogy

Comparison of a partial similarity between 2 things

Arbitrary

Random, no reason for

Archetypal

Typical, standard

Ardor

Passion, love

Arduous

Difficult, hard

Aristocracy

Nobility, wealth

Astronomical

Excessive, huge, vast

Averse

Opposed to doing something

Avuncular

Kind and friendly towards someone younger

Abridge

Condense, shorten, lessen

Abstemious

To refrain from doing something, temperate, abstinence

Abstract

Theoretical, not concrete

Abstruse

Difficult to understand, perplexing, esoteric, discombobulated

Accessible

Obtainable, approachable

Acclaim

Applaud, announce with greasy approval

Adulation

Praise, hero worship, admiration, sycophancy

Adversary

Opponent, foe

Advocate

To support

Aesthetic

Artistic

Affable

Sociable, approachable, amiable

Affirmation

Confirmation, positive assertion

Alleviation

To lessen pain, soothe, relieve

Aloof

Separated, coy, shy, introvert, apart

Altruistic

Unselfishly generous, charitable

Ambiguous

Unclear, hazy, enigmatic, misty

Ambivalence

State of contradictory emotional attitudes