Ab-An #2

Question 1

adhesive

Answer 1

ADJ: able to stick fast to a surface or object; sticky, clingy.
“an adhesive label”

N: substance used for sticking objects or materials together; glue.

Question 2

admonish

Answer 2

V: warn or reprimand someone firmly; reprimand, scold.

“she admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven”

Question 3

adversary

Answer 3

N: one’s opponent in a contest; antagonist, rival, enemy.

Question 4

affiliated

Answer 4

ADJ: of a person or group officially attached to an organization.

affiliated union members

N:affiliation: the state of being affiliated

his political affiliations

Question 5

aggrandize

Answer 5

V: to make great or greater

“an action intended to aggrandize the Frankish dynasty”

Question 6

antagonistic

Answer 6

ADJ: showing dislike or opposition

“an antagonistic group of bystanders”

Question 7

annex

Answer 7

V: add an extra part to the document.

N: 1. a building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodations.
“the school’s one-story wooden annex”

2. an addition to a document.
   “an annex to the report”

Question 8

aggravate

Answer 8

V: 1) make sth worse.
2) annoy or exasperate sm

1) military action would only aggravate the situation
2) “the gesture aggravated me even more”

Question 9

animosity

Answer 9

N: strong hostility

He no longer felt any animosity towards her.

Question 10

aggregate

Answer 10

N: 1) a whole formed by combining several elements.
2) construction material ( made of compacted material)

1) The council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies

V: form or group into a class or cluster. 
"the butterflies aggregate in dense groups"

Question 11

anguish

Answer 11

N: severe pain

“she shut her eyes in anguish”

V: be extremely distressed about sth.

he anguished over how to reply”

Question 12

ail

Answer 12

V: Trouble sm; pain, afflict.

exercise is good for whatever ails you”