A-Words Flashcards
Become less in amount or intensity
Abate
Markedly different from an accepted norm
Aberrant
Temporary cessation or suspension
Abeyance
Run away, often taking something or somebody along
Abscond
Marked by temperance in indulgence
Abstemious
Scold or reprimand; take to task
Admonish
Make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
Adulterate
Characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
Aesthetic
A sum of total of many heterogeneous things taken together
Aggregrate
Liveliness and eagerness
Alacrity
Provide physical relief, as from pain
Alleviate
Bring or combine together or with something else
Amalgamate
Having more than one possible meaning
Ambiguous
Mixed feelings or emotions
Ambivalence
Make better
Ameliorate
Locating something at a time when it couldn’t have existed
Anachronism
Similar or equivalent in some respects
Analogous
A state of lawlessness and disorder
Anarchy
Deviating from the general or common order or type
Anomalous
A feeling of intense dislike
Antipathy
An absence of emotion or enthusiasm
Apathy
Make peace with
Appease
Inform somebody of something
Apprise
Official acceptance or agreement
Approbation
Suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
Appropriate
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
Arduous
Simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
Artless
Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
Ascetic
Marked by care and persistent effort
Assiduous
Provide physical relief, as from pain
Assuage
Become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
Attenuate
Disposed to venture or take risks
Audacious
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
Austere
Declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Aver
