August Vocab

Question 1

Abet

Answer 1

(v) to assist or encourage, especially in wrongdoing

Question 2

Abhor

Answer 2

(v) to detest, loathe, hate strongly

Question 3

Acquit

Answer 3

(v) to find not guilty of a fault or crime

Question 4

Acrimony

Answer 4

(n) harsh temper or bitter feeling

Question 5

Adamant

Answer 5

(adj) unyielding; firm in opinion

Question 6

Adulation

Answer 6

(n) excessive praise or admiration

Question 7

Affable

Answer 7

(adj) friendly: courteous; agreeable in manner, easy to talk to

Question 8

Agnostic

Answer 8

(n) one who believes that the existence of God is unknown and unknowable

Question 9

Agrarian

Answer 9

(adj) having to do with farms, farmers, or the use of land

Question 10

Altercation

Answer 10

(n) a heated argument

Question 11

Ambivalent

Answer 11

(adj) to be uncertain; to be unable to decide between two opposing points of view

Question 12

Amicable

Answer 12

(adj) friendly; peaceable

Question 13

Anathema

Answer 13

(n) a greatly disliked, hated person or thing; a curse or a person cursed

Question 14

Apathy

Answer 14

(n) lack of interest

Question 15

Appease

Answer 15

(v) to make calm or quiet; to give in to the demands of

Question 16

Arduous

Answer 16

(adj) difficult; requiring much effort; strenuous

Question 17

Audacity

Answer 17

(n) insolence; rude boldness

Question 18

Augment

Answer 18

(v) to enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity

Question 19

Austere

Answer 19

(adj) stern, severe, plain, “no frills”

Question 20

Abate

Answer 20

(v) to lesson in violence or intensity