L+L 10 100 Vocab words: A Flashcards
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Acumen
Ability to make quick decisions and good judgements
Adapt
Make (something) suitable for new use or purpose; modify
Admonish
Warn or reprimand someone firmly
Adopt
Chose to take up, follow or use / to legally take (a child) and bring it up as one’s own
Advocate
A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy
Affluent
Having a great deal of money, wealth / a great quantity of water flowing
Alias
Used to indicate that a named person is also known or more familiar under another specified name
Ambivalent
Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
Antiseptic
Relating to or denoting substances that prevent the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
Antithesis
A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else
Apathetic
Showing or feeling no interest, concern or enthusiasm.
Arbitrary
Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system / unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority.
Austere
Severe or strict in manner, attitude or appearance.