A-Words Flashcards

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1
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Become less in amount or intensity

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Abate

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2
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Markedly different from an accepted norm

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Aberrant

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3
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Temporary cessation or suspension

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Abeyance

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4
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Run away, often taking something or somebody along

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Abscond

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5
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Marked by temperance in indulgence

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Abstemious

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6
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Scold or reprimand; take to task

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Admonish

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7
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Make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance

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Adulterate

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8
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Characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste

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Aesthetic

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9
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A sum of total of many heterogeneous things taken together

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Aggregrate

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10
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Liveliness and eagerness

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Alacrity

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11
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Provide physical relief, as from pain

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Alleviate

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12
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Bring or combine together or with something else

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Amalgamate

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13
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Having more than one possible meaning

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Ambiguous

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14
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Mixed feelings or emotions

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Ambivalence

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15
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Make better

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Ameliorate

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16
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Locating something at a time when it couldn’t have existed

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Anachronism

17
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Similar or equivalent in some respects

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Analogous

18
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A state of lawlessness and disorder

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Anarchy

19
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Deviating from the general or common order or type

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Anomalous

20
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A feeling of intense dislike

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Antipathy

21
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An absence of emotion or enthusiasm

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Apathy

22
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Make peace with

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Appease

23
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Inform somebody of something

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Apprise

24
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Official acceptance or agreement

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Approbation

25
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Suitable for a particular person, place, or situation

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Appropriate

26
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Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

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Arduous

27
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Simple and natural; without cunning or deceit

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Artless

28
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Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

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Ascetic

29
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Marked by care and persistent effort

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Assiduous

30
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Provide physical relief, as from pain

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Assuage

31
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Become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

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Attenuate

32
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Disposed to venture or take risks

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Audacious

33
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Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor

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Austere

34
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Declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

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Aver