Abject - Ambidextrous Flashcards

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Abject

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Utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, wretched

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Acquiesce

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To assent tactically, submit or comply silently without protest, agree, consent

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Abrasive

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Any material or substance used for grinding, polishing, etc.

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Abrogate

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To abolish by formal means

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Abstemious

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Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking

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Abstruse

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Hard to understand

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Absurd

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Obviously senseless, illogical or untrue

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Acrimonious

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Angry and bitter

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Acronym

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A word formed from the initial letters in a set phrase

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Adjudicate

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To pronounce or decree by judicial sentence

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Adroit

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Expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body

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Adulation

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Excessive devotion to someone

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Adumbrate

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To produce a faint image or resemblance

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Advocate

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To speak or write in favour, support or urge by argument

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Affable

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Pleasantly easy to approach and talk to

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Affinity

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A natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc.

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Affirmative

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Asserting the truth, validity or fact of something

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Agnostic

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A person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause as god

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Allusion

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A passing or casual reference, an incidental mention of something

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Altruistic

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Unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others

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Ambidextrous

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Able to use both hands equally well