A-Words

Question 1

Become less in amount or intensity

Answer 1

Abate

Question 2

Markedly different from an accepted norm

Answer 2

Aberrant

Question 3

Temporary cessation or suspension

Answer 3

Abeyance

Question 4

Run away, often taking something or somebody along

Answer 4

Abscond

Question 5

Marked by temperance in indulgence

Answer 5

Abstemious

Question 6

Scold or reprimand; take to task

Answer 6

Admonish

Question 7

Make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance

Answer 7

Adulterate

Question 8

Characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste

Answer 8

Aesthetic

Question 9

A sum of total of many heterogeneous things taken together

Answer 9

Aggregrate

Question 10

Liveliness and eagerness

Answer 10

Alacrity

Question 11

Provide physical relief, as from pain

Answer 11

Alleviate

Question 12

Bring or combine together or with something else

Answer 12

Amalgamate

Question 13

Having more than one possible meaning

Answer 13

Ambiguous

Question 14

Mixed feelings or emotions

Answer 14

Ambivalence

Question 15

Make better

Answer 15

Ameliorate

Question 16

Locating something at a time when it couldn’t have existed

Answer 16

Anachronism

Question 17

Similar or equivalent in some respects

Answer 17

Analogous

Question 18

A state of lawlessness and disorder

Answer 18

Anarchy

Question 19

Deviating from the general or common order or type

Answer 19

Anomalous

Question 20

A feeling of intense dislike

Answer 20

Antipathy

Question 21

An absence of emotion or enthusiasm

Answer 21

Apathy

Question 22

Make peace with

Answer 22

Appease

Question 23

Inform somebody of something

Answer 23

Apprise

Question 24

Official acceptance or agreement

Answer 24

Approbation

Question 25

Suitable for a particular person, place, or situation

Answer 25

Appropriate

Question 26

Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

Answer 26

Arduous

Question 27

Simple and natural; without cunning or deceit

Answer 27

Artless

Question 28

Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

Answer 28

Ascetic

Question 29

Marked by care and persistent effort

Answer 29

Assiduous

Question 30

Provide physical relief, as from pain

Answer 30

Assuage

Question 31

Become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

Answer 31

Attenuate

Question 32

Disposed to venture or take risks

Answer 32

Audacious

Question 33

Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor

Answer 33

Austere

Question 34

Declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

Answer 34

Aver