A! Flashcards
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Abdicate
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Give up one’s throne
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Abundant
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Plentiful, a lot of
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Admonish
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Warn or reprimand
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Adversary
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Opponent
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Agenda
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A list of things to be done or discussed
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Aggrandize
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Increase the power, status, or wealth of
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Allege
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Claim that someone has done something wrong
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Aloof
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Not friendly, and distant
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Altruism
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Caring about others, usually giving to them
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Ameliorate
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Make something better
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Amiable
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Friendly
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Androgynous
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Neither male nor female
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Antagonistic
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Showing hostility towards someone
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Antipathy
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Hatred
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Apprehension
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Fear
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Ascertain
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Find out for sure
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Aspect
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A particular feature of something
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Assail
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Make a violent attack on
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Astute
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clever
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Auspicious
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A sign of future success
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Abandon
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Give up completely/leave forever
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Ackowledge
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Accept the truth of
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Adhesive
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Sticky or a sticky substance
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Admire
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Regard with respect
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Aggravate
Make a problem worse
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Ail
To trouble
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Aimless
Without purpose or direction
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Alarmed
Worried, distressed
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Alter
To change
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Approximate
Close to the actual value
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Assert
To state a fact with confidence
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Assured
Confident
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Astonish
Suprise or impress greatly
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Audible
Able to be heard
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Authentic
Genuine, true to life
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Abate
Become less in amount or intensity
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Abbreviate
Shorten
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Abduct
Kidnapping, against their will
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Abet
Assist or encourage, usually a crime
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Abide
Put up with something or someone unpleasent
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Abridge
To shorten
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Absolve
Let off the hook
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Absurd
Without reason, logic or common sense
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Accelerate
Move faster
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Acclaim
Enthusiastic approval
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Acclimate
Adjust to climate or environment, adapt
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Accuse
Blame for, make a claim of wrong doing
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Accustom
To make familiar
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Achieve
To gain with effort
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Acquit
Pronounce not guilty of a crime
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Acrid
Harsh in taste or odor, sharp in manner or temper
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Adamant
Unchanging of the opinion
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Adapt
Make fit for, or change to suit a new enviornment
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Aesthetic
Appreciation of beauty
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Affable
Spreading warmth and friendliness
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Affection
A loving and caring feeling
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Affluent
Rich, wealthy
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Agressive
Quick to attack, bold and energetic
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Agile
Moving quickly and lightly
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Agony
Intense feelings of suffering
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Alleviate
Reducing suffering, making suffering less severe
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Allocate
Set apart for a particular purpose
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Amass
Collect or gather
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Ambiguous
Open to two or more interpretations, no clear answer
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Ambush
A suprise attack
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Amend
To make better
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Amoral
Having no understanding of right and wrong
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Anology
Comparison made ebtween two things to show how they are alike
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Ancestor
Someone from whom you are descended
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Angst
Anxiety, fear
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Anguish
Extreme mental distress
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Announcement
A formal public statement
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Ancient
Very old
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Annoy
To bother, to make someone angry by repeated noise or action
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Anomaly
Odd, something that is set apart from what is standard, normal or expected
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Anonymous
Having no known name or identity or known source
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Antecedent
Something that came before
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Anthology
A collection of selected literary passages
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Antiquated
Out of fashion, no longer usable
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Antithesis
The direct opposite
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Anxious
Worried, concerned
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Apex
The highest point
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Appraise
Place a value on
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Apprehend
To arrest
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Archaic
Old, out of use
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Ardor
Intense feeling of love
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Arouse
To excite
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Array
An impressive display
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Arrest
The act of taking someone in
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Arrogant
Thinking one's better or more important than others and looking down on others
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Articulate
Speaking fluently
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Artificial
Made by human beings
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Ascend
Travel up
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Aspire
Directing one's hopes to achieve something
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Assassinate
To murder for political reasons
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Asset
A useful or valuable quality
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Assign
Select something or someone for a specific purpose
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Assimilate
To absorb fully or make one's own
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Assist
To help
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Assuage
To calm
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Assume
To take for granted
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Astound
Great suprise
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Austere
Having no comfort, strict in attitude
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Authority
Power to give orders
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Aware
Knowing something
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Adjust
An accessory, something to add on
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Assess
To determine the worth of
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Amorphous
Without shape
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Aspirant
wanting to achieve something
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Abyss
a deep space
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Animosity
strong hatred
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ambivalent
having mixed feelings about someone
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analytical
using local reasoning, examing details to discover more about something
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arid
very dry
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abominable
very bad and unpleasant, worthy of hatred
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abhor
to hate
