A-Word List

Question 1

Abrogate

Answer 1

(V)-repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).
-evade (a responsibility or duty).

Question 2

Accretion

Answer 2

(N)-the process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter.

Question 3

Accoutrement

Answer 3

(N)-additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carrier or worn by a person or used for a particular activity.

Question 4

Acerbic

Answer 4

(Adj)-(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.

Question 5

Acrimonious

Answer 5

(Adj)-angry and bitter.

Question 6

Ad hoc

Answer 6

(Adv)-when necessary or needed.

(Adj)-created or done for a particular purpose as necessary.

Question 7

Adroitly

Answer 7

(Adv)-in a clever or skillful way.

Question 8

Affectation

Answer 8

(N)-behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress.

(N)- a studied display of real or pretended feeling.

Question 9

Agora

Answer 9

(N)-(in Ancient Greek) a public open space user for assemblies and markets.

Question 10

Alacrity

Answer 10

(N)-brisk and cheerful readiness.

Question 11

Albatross

Answer 11

(N)-a very large oceanic bird related to the shearwaters, with long narrow wings.

(Adj)- Burden.

Question 12

Aleatory

Answer 12

(Adj)-depending on the throw of the dice or on chance; random.

Question 13

Alliteration

Answer 13

(N)-the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Question 14

Amalgam

Answer 14

(N)-a mixture or blend.

Question 15

Ambrosia

Answer 15

(N)-the food of the gods.

Question 16

Amelioration

Answer 16

(N)-the act of making something better; improvement.

Question 17

Amity

Answer 17

(N)-a friendly relationship.

Question 18

Anachronistic

Answer 18

(Adj)-belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.

Question 19

Analogous

Answer 19

(Adj)-comparable in certain respects, typically in a way that makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

Question 20

Anathema

Answer 20

(N)-a person or thing detested or loathed.

a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction.

a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication.

any imprecation of divine punishment.

a curse; execration.
(Adj)

Question 21

Androgynous

Answer 21

(Adj)- Partly male and partly female in appearance; of indeterminate sex.

Question 22

Anodyne

Answer 22

(Adj)-not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so.
(N)-a painkilling drug or medicine.

Question 23

Anthropocene

Answer 23

adjective
relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.

noun
the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.

Question 24

Aplomb

Answer 24

(N)-self-confidence or assurance, especially when I’m a demanding situation.

Question 25

Apotheosis

Answer 25

(N)-the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax.

Question 26

Apoplectic

Answer 26

(Adj)-overcome with anger; extremely indignant.

Question 27

Apposite

Answer 27

(Adj)-apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.

Question 28

Approbation

Answer 28

(N)-approval or praise.

Question 29

Apropos

Answer 29

preposition with reference to; concerning. adjective very appropriate to a particular situation.

Question 30

Archipelago

Answer 30

(N)-a large group or chain of islands.

Question 31

Armistice

Answer 31

(Adj)-an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time.

Question 32

Artifice

Answer 32

(N)-a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.

Question 33

Artificer

Answer 33

(N)-a skilled craftsman or inventor.

Question 34

Ascetic

Answer 34

(Adj)-characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

Question 35

Assent

Answer 35

(N)- the expression of approval or agreement. (V)- express approval or agreement, typically officially.

Question 36

Assiduously

Answer 36

(Adv)-with great care and perseverance.

Question 37

Astringent

Answer 37

(Adj)-causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues. (N)-an astringent lotion applied to the skin to reduce bleeding from minor abrasions or as a cosmetic to make the skin less oily.

Question 38

Ataraxy/ataraxia

Answer 38

(N)-a state of serene calmness.

Question 39

Attenuate

Answer 39

(V)-reduce the force, effect, or value of.

Question 40

Arable

Answer 40

(Adj) used or suitable for growing crops.

Question 41

Augury

Answer 41

(N)-a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen.

Question 42

Atelier

Answer 42

(N)- a workshop or studio, especially one used by an artist or designer.

Question 43

August

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(Adj)-respected and impressive.

Question 44

Auspice

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(N)-(archaic) a divine or prophetic token.

Question 45

Auteur

Answer 45

(N)-a filmmaker whose personal influence and artistic control over a movie are so great that the filmmaker is regarded as the author of the movie.

Question 46

Avant-garde

Answer 46

(N)-new and unusual or experimented ideas, especially in the arts, or the people introducing them. (Adj)-favoring or introducing experimental or unusual ideas.

Question 47

Avant la lettre

Answer 47

(French phrase)- before the letter; before the (specified) word or concept existed.

Question 48

Avarice

Answer 48

(N)-extreme greed for wealth or material gain. Avaricious (adj)

Question 49

Avuncular

Answer 49

(Adj)-relating to an uncle.

Question 50

Ardor

Answer 50

(N)- Enthusiasm or passion.

Question 51

Atavistic

Answer 51

(Adj)- relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral

Question 52

Apercu

Answer 52

(N)- a comment or brief reference that makes an illuminating or entertaining point.