Word Lists 1-4 Flashcards by Kate Anoufrieva

abate

subside; decrease; lessen

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abdicate

renounce; give up

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aberration

deviation from the expected of the normal; mental irregularity or disorder

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abet

encourage; aid

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abeyance

suspended action

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abject

hopeless and crushed; servile and spiritless; wretched

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abase

lower; humiliate

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abrade

wear away by friction; scrape; erode

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abscond

depart secretly to avoid capture

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absolute

complete; totally unlimited; certain

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absolve

pardon (an offense); free from blame

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abstain

refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice, especially one regarded as improper or unhealthy

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abstract

theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresantational

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abstruse

obscure; profound; difficult to understand

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accelerate

move faster

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accessible

easy to approach; obtainable

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accessory

additional object; useful but not essential thing

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acclaim

applaud; announce with great approval

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accolade

award of merit

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accommodate

provide lodgings; oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt

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accomplice

partner in crime

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acknowledge

recognize, admit

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acquittal

declaration of innocence; deliverance from a charge

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acrimony

bitterness of words or manner

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acumen

mental keenness

adamant

hard; inflexible

adapt

alter; modify

addiction

compulsive, habitual need

adhere

stick fast to

adjacent

adjoining; neighboring; close by

adjudicate

pass legal judgment on; sit in judgment

admonish

warn; scold

adroit

skillful; nimble

adulation

flattery; admiration

adulterate

make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

adversary

opponent

adverse

unfavorable; hostile

adversity

poverty; misfortune

advocate

urge; plead for

aesthetic

artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful

affable

easily approachable; warmly friendly

affected

artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress

affinity

kinship; attraction to

affirmation

positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath

affix

add on; fasten; attach

affluence

wealth; prosperity; abundance

affront

insult; offend

aggregate

gather; accumulate

agility

nimbleness

agitate

stir up; disturb

alacrity

cheerful promptness

alias

an assumed name

alienate

make hostile; separate

alleviate

relieve; lessen

alloy

mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate

allude

refer indirectly

allure

entice; attract

allusion

indirect reference

aloft

upward

aloof

apart; reserved; standoffish

altercation

noisy quarrel; heated dispute

altruistic

unselfishly generous; concerned for others

amalgam

mixture of different elements; alloy

ambiguous

unclear or doubtful in meaning

ambivalence

having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

ambulatory

able to walk; not bedridden

ameliorate

improve; make more satisfactory

amenable

readily managed; willing to give in; agreeable; submissive

amiable

agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly

amorous

moved by sexual love; loving

amorphous

formless; lacking shape or definiton

ample

abundant

amplify

broaden or clarify by expanding; itensify; make stronger

anachronism

something regarded as outmoded; something or someone misplaced in time

analogy

similarity; parallelism

anarchist

person who seeks to overturn the established government

anarchy

absence of governing body; state of disorder

ancillary

serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary

animated

lively; spirited

animosity

active enmity

anomaly

irregularity

antagonism

hostility

antecedents

preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background

anticlimax

letdown in thought or emotion

antipathy

aversion; dislike

antiquated

obsolete; outdated

antiseptic

substance that prevents infection

antithesis

contrast; direct opposite of or to

apathy

lack of caring; indifference

aplomb

poise; assurance

apocryphal

untrue; made up

apostate

one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

append

attach

apprehension

fear, discernment; capture

apprenticeship

time spent as a novice learning a trade from a skilled worker

appropriate

fitting or suitable; pertinent

appropriate (verb)

acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set aside for a special purpose

arable

fit for growing crops

arbiter

a person with power to decide a dispute; judge

arbitrary

unreasonable or capricious; randomly selected without any reason; based solely on one's unrestricted will or judgment

archipelago

group of closely located islands

arduous

hard; strenuous

aria

operatic solo

arid

dry; barren

aristocracy

hereditary nobility; privileged class

Word Lists 1-4 Flashcards

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