A-words

Question 1

Abase

Answer 1

lower; humiliate

Question 2

Abash

Answer 2

To embarrass

Question 3

Abate

Answer 3

To lessen

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Abominate

Answer 4

To loathe; hate

Question 5

Abstruse

Answer 5

Profound; difficult to understand

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Accentuate

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To stress; emphasize

Question 7

Acclivity

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Sharp incline of a hill

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Accolade

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Award; honor

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Accost

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To approach and speak to

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Adroit

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Skillful

Question 11

Adulate

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To flatter and praise so much it’s sickening

Question 12

Adulterate

Answer 12

To make impure

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Adumbrate

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To foreshadow by disclosing only partially

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Adverse

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Hostile; opposed; unfavorable

Question 15

Advocate

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To urge; recommend

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Aesthetic

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Artistic; pertaining to a sense of what is beautiful

Question 17

Affected

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Fake

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Affinity

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Attraction

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Affluent

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Rich

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Affray

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Public brawl

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Agape

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Open-mouthed

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Aghast

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Horrified

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Agile

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Able to move in a quick easy fashion

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Alacrity

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Cheerful promptness

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Alias

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False name

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Alimentary

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Supplying nourishment

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Allay

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To soothe; to make more bearable

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Alleged

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Stated without proof

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Alleviate

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To make more bearable

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Allude

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To refer indirectly

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Allusion

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A reference to something

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Altercation

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Violent dispute

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Amass

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To collect; to get a bunch of

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Ambulatory

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Able to walk

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Ameliorate

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To improve a bad situation

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Amity

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Peaceful relations; friendship

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Amnesia

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Loss of memory

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Amok

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Freaked out and violently pissed off

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Amorphous

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Shapeless

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Anthropoid

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Humanlike

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Antipathy

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Hatred; aversion; dislike

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Apathetic

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Indifferent; showing lack of interest

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Apathy

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Indifferent; lack of interest

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Apex

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Tip; peak; summit

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Appease

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To soothe; placate

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Arbitrary

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Chosen at random or without apparent reason

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Ardor

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Heat; passion; zeal

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Askew

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Crooked; off to one side

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Assuage

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To ease; pacify

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Astute

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Shrewd; wise; observing

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Attribute

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(N) a characteristic, usually a good one | (V) to explain by indicating a cause

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Atypical

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Not typical

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Audacity

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Boldness

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August

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Majestic; awe-inspiring

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Austerity

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Severity; strictness

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Averse

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Opposed; unwilling | Used when something is opposed to something else, adverse used when something else is opposed to a thing

Question 57

Avuncular

Answer 57

Like an uncle

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Awry

Answer 58

Twisted; crooked; out of whack; askew; wrong