A Flashcards
Abate
Her stress over spending so much money on a house abated when the real estate broker told her about the property’s 15-year tax abatement.
abberation
Her good-temper was an abberation/anomaly, made possible only because she sold a lot yesterday.
Acclaim
Tony is enjoying critical acclaim for his thoughtfulness.
Accord
His decision to fire her was in accord with the division manager’s opinion.
acquisitiveness
Her acquisitiveness resulted in a conflict between her and other staff.
Acreage
Austin’s house looks small but it sits on a large property of thousands of acreage.
Adhere to/ Adherent of
Mark only adheres to the boss. He is an adherent of ass-kissing
Adlib
Eventhough his boss asked him to prepare the speech in advance. He adlibbed. The speech was so horrible that any attendant will receive a pen adlib.
Adopt
He adopted my idea for his marketing campaign.
advent
Before the advent of the Internet, people usually call the librarian to look up information in the library’s reference section
Adverse
Her criticism has adverse effects on her employees’ performance
Agency
Agency, also means power or influence, is Dr.Currier’s favorite word :).
Aggravate
My doing all the house chores aggravate her messiness and laziness.
Altogether
It was an altogether/completely successful marketing campaign.
ambivalent
At the beginning, his love was met with an ambivalence from me who were torn between personal happiness and social pressure.
Amotize
A mortgage is an amortized debt - spreading the payments out over as long as 30 years is not uncommon.
Analogous
Our situation us analogous to one in a case study that I read in business school. Maybe what worked for that company will also work for us.
Annex
I found it scary to live in an Annex. I heard lots of ghost stories happen there.
Annihilate
Her unhappiness annihilated their marriage.
Annul
His citizenship was annulled because he came to the U.S as an illegal immigrant.
Anoint
After she successfully completed the GMAT exam, it was only a matter of time before she was anointed the honor recipient of MIT Scholarship.
antithetical
His behavior was totally antithetical to the philosophy of the Judiciary board.
Apprentice
Jason Belkov had his apprentices pick up veggies from Longwood garden for his 1908 restaurant.
arbiter
An arbiter is a judge without his courtroom. In his company, Tony’s an arbiter. At our house, I am one :).
Archaic
Some of the products in our inventory are archaic. Unless you are a handy man who like to put stuff together, you can avoid that archaism.
aristocracy
There was an aristocracy in my country where the king and his relatives are above everyone else.
artifact
My sister’s room is full of the artifacts of modern teenager life: Chinese chick flick books, One Direction posters, and a laptop open to Facebook.
ascribe/ascription to
He ascribes his success to luck.
Assert
Doug asserted that he tested the system before shipping it to the customer
assimilation
Americanization or westernization is a kind of assimilation.
attribute to
Vin Diesel attributed the success of the Fast and Furious series to Paul Walker.
atypical
She has an atypical personality.
