71-140 Flashcards
Artless
Free of deceit or craftiness, natural, genuine; lacking skill or knowledge, crude, uncultured
Ascertain
Find out with certainty
Ascetic
abstinent or austere in lifestyle (adj); a person who leads an austere and simple life without material pleasures, esp. someone who does this for religious reasons
Ascribe
Assign or credit to a certain cause or source
Aseptic
Free from germs
Asperity
Rigor, severity; harshness or sharpness of tone; roughness of surface
Aspersions
Damaging remarks, defamation, slander
Assail
Attack violently, assault
Assiduous
Persevering, diligent, constant
Assuage
Make milder, relieve; soothe, pacify, or calm
Attenuate
Weaken or thin out
Attuned
In harmony; in sympathetic relationship
Audacious
Very bold or brave, often in a rude or reckless way; extremely original
Augment
Make larger
Augury
Telling the future, such as through supernatural means
August
Venerable, majestic; inspiring admiration
Austere
Severe in manner or appearance; very self-disciplined, ascetic; without luxury or ease; sober or serious
Autonomous
Self-governing, independent
Avarice
Insatiable greed; a miserly desire to hoard wealth
Aver
Declare or affirm with confidence
Avid
Enthusiastic, dedicated, passionate;
excessively desirous
Axiom
Self-evident truth requiring no proof; universally or generally accepted principle
Balk
Refuse to proceed or to do something
Balloon
Swell or puff out; increase rapidly
Banal
Lacking freshness and originality; cliché
Bane
Something that ruins or spoils
Base
Morally low, mean, dishonorable; of little or no value; crude and unrefined; counterfeit
Baying
Howling in a deep way, like a dog or wolf