A-D Flashcards by Jane Johnson

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Abeyance

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State of suspension ; temporary inaction

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Aberrant

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Abnormal

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Abstemious

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Self denial, particularly in food & drink

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Acquiescent

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Agreeing without protest

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Acrid

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Bitter, harsh

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Acrimonious

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Bitter in temper, manner, and speech

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Acumen

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Keenness

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Admonition

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A gentle reproof

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Affront

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To offend

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Aggrandize

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To make bigger

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Aggregate

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To make bigger

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Allay

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To reduce the intensity

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Amalgamate

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To mix or blend together

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Ameliorate

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To improve

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Anecdote

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A short account of an interesting incident

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Artifice

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Cleverness

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Ascetic

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Practicing severe abstinence

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Assiduous

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Persistent, unceasing

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Astute

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Keen, wise

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Audacious

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Fearless

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Austere

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Unadorned; severely simple

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Aver

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To justify or prove

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Banal

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Commonplace

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Beset

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To surround, as in a attack

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Blatant

Offensively loud

Bombastic

Pompous

Boon

A timely benefit

Brevity

Brief or concise

Browbeat

To intimidate in an overbearing manner

Bumptious

Offensively self- assertive; pushy

Bungle

To perform clumsily or botch

Burgeon

To send out buds

Cacophony

Bad sound

Callous

Insensitive, indifferent

Calumniate

To make false & malicious statements about

Candor

To be open and sincere

Chicanery

Use of trickery to deceive

Churl

A rude, boorish , or surly person

Complacency

A feeling of quiet security

Congruous

Appropriate or fitting

Consternation

Panic

Contentious

Quarrelsome

Contrite

Penitent

Contumacious

Rebellious

Corroborate

To make more certain, confirm

Countenance

Appearance of the face

Craven

Cowardly

Credulity

Trusting too readily; gullible

Cronyism

Favoring friends esp in politics

Dearth

An inadequate supply; scarcity; lack

Deleterious

Hurtful

Delineate

To represent by sketch or diagram

Depravity

Morally bad or evil

Deride

To ridicule

Derision

Ridicule

Desultory

Aimless; haphazard

Diatribe

Bitter or malicious criticism

Didactic

Pertaining to teaching

Dilatory

Causing delay

Disconcert

To disturb the composure of

Disquiet

Lack of calm, peace

Dissemble

To disguise or pretend

Dissolution

Breaking up of a group of people

Divest

To strip to deprive

Doldrums

Low spirits

Dubious

Doubtful