blue book #02 Flashcards
(85 cards)
aggregate
1.
formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined:
the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
2.
a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount:
the aggregate of all past experience.
aggrieve
1.
to oppress or wrong grievously; injure by injustice.
2.
to afflict with pain, anxiety, etc.
agile
1.
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
an agile leap.
2.
active; lively:
an agile person.
3.
marked by an ability to think quickly; mentally acute or aware:
She’s 95 and still very agile.
agitation
the act or process of agitating; state of being agitated:
She left in great agitation.
agnostic
a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience; disbeliever, doubter.
agrarian
- pertaining to farming.
2.
rural; agricultural.
3.
growing in fields; wild:
an agrarian plant.
alacrity
1.
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness:
We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
2.
liveliness; briskness.
alarmist
a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
alchemy
1.
a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
2.
any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value.
algorithm
a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps
alias
a false name used to conceal one’s identity; an assumed name:
The police files indicate that “Smith” is an alias for Simpson.
alibi
1.
an excuse, especially to avoid blame.
2.
to make or find (one’s way) by using alibis:
to alibi one’s way out of work.
alien
1.
a resident born in or belonging to another country who has not acquired citizenship by naturalization (distinguished from citizen).
2.
a foreigner.
3.
a person who has been estranged or excluded.
alienated
1.
to make indifferent or hostile:
By refusing to get a job, he has alienated his entire family.
2.
to cause to be withdrawn or isolated from the objective world:
Bullying alienates already shy students from their classmates.
3.
to turn away; transfer or divert:
to alienate funds from their intended purpose.
alight
1.
to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
2.
to settle or stay after descending:
The bird alighted on the tree.
3.
to encounter or notice something accidentally.
allay
1. to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet.
2.
to lessen or relieve; mitigate; alleviate:
to allay pain.
allege
1.
to assert without proof.
2.
to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert:
to allege a fact.
3.
to declare before a court or elsewhere, as if under oath.
4.
to plead in support of; offer as a reason or excuse.
allegory
1.
a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
2.
a symbolical narrative.
alleviate
to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate:
to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain.
alliteration
1.
the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration) as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration) as in each to all.
2.
the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration’s artful aid.
allocate
to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or apportion:
to allocate funds for new projects.
allot
1.
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
2.
to appropriate for a special purpose:
to allot money for a park.
3.
to assign as a portion; set apart; dedicate.
allure
1.
to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable.
2.
to fascinate; charm; appeal.
3.
to be attractive or tempting.
allusion
1.
a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication:
The novel’s title is an allusion to Shakespeare.
2.
the act of alluding; the making of a casual or indirect reference to something:
The Bible is a fertile source of allusion in art.
