#4 Flashcards
Assimilate
To take in
Assuage
To soothe
Astute
Showing ability to accurately assess situations
Atheist
One who doesn’t believe in God
Attrition
Gradual wearing away
Audacity
Boldness, nerve
Augment
To make bigger
Auspicious
Favorable
Austere
Stern, without excess
Autocratic
Extremely bossy
Autonomous
Acting independently
Avarice
Greed
Avow
To claim
Avuncular
Like an uncle
Awry
Off course
Axiom
Self-evident truth
Banal
Unoriginal
Bane
Poison
Bastion
Fortress
Beget
To create
Belabor
To go over repeatedly
Beleaguer
To surround
Belie
To give a false impression of
Belittle
To make to seem little
Belligerent
Combative
Bemused
Confused
Benefactor
One who provides help
Benevolent
Generous
Benign
Gentle
Bequest
Something left to someone in a will
Bereaved
Deprived through death
Beset
To harass
Blasphemy
Profanity, especially about God
Blatant
Offensively noisy