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abash
to make ashamed, to embarrass
abate
to reduce , to subside
abdicate
to step down from a position of power of responsibility
abberation
deviate from the standard
abhor
to hate very
abject
hopeless
abnegate
to reject, to deny oneself thing
abortive
unsuccessful
abridge
to shorten, to condense
absolute
total, perfect
absolve
to forgive or free from blame
abstinent
abstaining; voluntarily not doing something
abstract
theoretical, impersonal
abstruse
hard to understand
absymal
extremely hopeless
accolade
an award; an honor
accost
to approach and speak to someone
acerbic
bitter; sour ; severe
acrid
harsh; like acid
acrimonious
full of spite; bitter; nasty
acumen
mental sharpness
acute
sharp
adamant
stubborn; completely inflexible
address
to speak to; to direct ones attention to
adherent
follower ; supporter; believer
admonish
to warn ; to scold gently
adroit
skillful
adulation
wild or excessive admiration; flattery
adulterate
to contaminate; to make impure
adverse
unfavorable
aesthetic
having to do with artisitc beauty
affable
easy to talk to
affectation
unnatural or artificial behavior
affinity
sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
affluent
rich ; prosperous
agenda
program
agrarian
relating to land
aggregate
sum total
agnostic
one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven
alacrity
cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
allege
to assert without proof
alleviate
to relieve; to lessen
allocate
to distribute
alloy
a combination of two or more things
allusion
an indirect reference
aloof
uninvolved
alturism
selflessness
ambience
atmosphere
ambiguous
unclear in meaning
ambivalent
undecided; neutral
ameliorate
to make better or more tolerable
amenable
obedient; agreeable
amenity
pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feauture
amiable
friendly; agreeable
amnesty
an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
amoral
lacking sense of right or wrong
amorous
feeling loving; espeacially in a sexual sense
amorphous
shapeless
anachronism
something out of place in history
analogy
a comparison of one thing to another
anarchy
absence of government or control
anecdote
a short account of a humorous or revealing incident
anguish
mental pain
animosity
resentment
anomaly
an aberration; a deviation
antecedent
someone or something that went before
antipathy
firm dislike; a dislike
antithesis
the direct opposite
apartheid
racial segregation ; 인종차별
apathy
lack of interest; lack of feeling
aphorism
a brief, often witty saying
apocalypse
a prophetic revelation
apocryphal
dubious authenticity
apotheosis
elevation to divine status
appease
to soothe
appreciate
increase in value
apprehensive
worried; anxious
approbation
approval; praise
appropriate
to take without permission
aptitude
capacity for learning
arbiter
one who decides
arbitrary
randam
arcane
mysterious
archaic
extremely old
archetype
an original model or pattern
ardent
passionate
arduous
hard; difficult
aristocratic
of noble birth
artful
wily
artifice
a clever trick
ascendency
supremacy; domination
ascetic
hermitlike; practicing self-denial
assiduous
hardworking; busy; quite diligent
assimilate
to take in; to absorb
assuage
to soothe; to pacify; to relieve pain
astute
shrewd
attrition
gradual wearing away
audacity
boldness
augment
to make bigger
auspicious
favorable
austere
unadorned
autocratic
ruling with absolute authority
autonomous
acting independently
avarice
greed; excessive love of riches
avow
to claim
avuncular
like an uncle
awry
off course
axiom
self-evident rule or truth
