#s 41-60 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Appropriate
To set aside for a particular purpose; to set aside for private use; to take without permission
Approbation
Approval; commendation
Ardent
Impassioned; fiery
Artful
Skillful and cunning
Ascetic
Austere; self-denying
Askew
Crooked, skewed, awry
Assuage
To relieve, sooth, pacify
Audacity
Boldness; daring
Austere
Strict; severely simple
Autonomous
Independent; self-governing
Avarice
Greed; inordinate desire for wealth
Axiom
A universally recognized truth; something self evidented
Banal
Ordinary, commonplace, trite
Bastion
Fortress; stronghold
Belabor
To harp on; to attack verbally; to bear with blows
Bellicose
Quarrelsome; warlike
Bereaved
Deprived (usually by loss of a loved one
Bibliophile
One who loves books; a book collector
Bilk
To cheat, swindle, to avoid payment
Blight
Something that injures or destroys