051-100 Flashcards
Aqueous
[Adj] Similar to or containing or dissolved in water
Arable
[Adj] Capable of being farmed productively
Arbitrate
[Verb] Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
Arduous
[Adj] Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
Articulate
[Verb] Express or state clearly
Ascetic
[Noun] Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
Ascribe
[Verb] Attribute or credit to
Asperity
[Noun] Harshness of manner
Aspersion
[Noun] A disparaging remark
Aspiration
[Noun] A cherished desire
Assess
[Verb] Estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
Assuage
[Verb] Provide physical relief, as from pain
Astringent
[Adj] Tending to constrict soft organic tissue; (of a remark) clever but unkind; having a dry, sour, slightly bitter taste or smell
Astute
[Adj] Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
Atone
[Verb] Turn away from sin or do penitence
Atrophy
[Noun] A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
Attentive
[Adj] Listening or watching carefully; helpful and taking care
Attenuate
[Verb] Become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
Audacious
[Adj] Disposed to venture or take risks
Augment
[Verb] Enlarge or increase
Auspicious
[Adj] Indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
Austere
[Adj] Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; plain and without decoration or unnecessary details; very simple
Avarice
[Noun] Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
Aver
[Verb] Declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Averse
[Adj] Strongly opposed
Avert
[Verb] Turn away or aside
Avid
[Adj] Marked by active interest and enthusiasm
Baleful
[Adj] Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; harmful
Balk
[Verb] Refuse to proceed or comply
Banal
[Adj] Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; hackneyed
Baneful
[Adj] Causing harm or trouble
Banter
[Noun] Conversation that is funny and not serious
[Verb] To talk to someone in a friendly and humorous way
Barefaced
[Adj] With no effort to conceal
Bask
[Verb] Expose oneself to warmth and light, as for relaxation
Belie
[Verb] Be in contradiction with; to show something to be false; to hide something such as an emotion
Belicose
[Adj] Having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Benevolent
[Adj] Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
Benign
[Adj] Kind in disposition or manner
Bilk
[Verb] To get money from someone unfairly or dishonestly
Bizarre
[Adj] Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Blandishment
[Noun] Flattery intended to persuade
Bleak
[Adj] Unpleasantly cold and damp
Blithe
[Adj] Carefree and happy and lighthearted
Blunder
[Noun] An embarrassing mistake
Board
[Noun] A stout length of sawn timber
Bog
[Noun] Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation
Bogus
[Adj] Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Bolster
[Verb] Support and strengthen
Bombast
[Noun] Pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Boor
[Noun] A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking refinement