Additional Words

Question 1

abase

Answer 1

humiliate, belittle, demean, degrade

Question 2

abet

Answer 2

encourage, help, assist

Question 3

abeyance

Answer 3

a temporary postponement

Question 4

abject

Answer 4

miserable, wretched, pathetic

Question 5

abjure (ab joor)

Answer 5

to give up (usually rights)

Question 6

ablution

Answer 6

a washing or cleansing

Question 7

abnegate

Answer 7

deny, reject

Question 8

abolition

Answer 8

a doing away with

Question 9

aborigine (ab or rih juh nee)

Answer 9

an original inhabitant

Question 10

abortive

Answer 10

unsuccessful, failed, vain

Question 11

aboveboard

Answer 11

honest, frank, open

Question 12

abrade

Answer 12

to wear away, erode

Question 13

abridge

Answer 13

to shorten, cut short

Question 14

abrogate

Answer 14

to abolish, to repeal

Question 15

abscond (ab scahnd)

Answer 15

to leave secretly, to flee

Question 16

abstemious (ab steem ee us)

Answer 16

moderate in eating or drinking

Question 17

abstinence

Answer 17

act of restraining oneself from a temptation

Question 18

abstruse

Answer 18

hard to understand, complex

Question 19

abut

Answer 19

to rest on, to touch, to share a common boundary with

Question 20

accede (ak seed)

Answer 20

to agree to

Question 21

acclaim

Answer 21

to greet with approval, praise

Question 22

acclivity

Answer 22

an upward slope (literally)

Question 23

accost

Answer 23

to approach and speak to, confront

Question 24

accoutrement (uh coot ur ment)

Answer 24

equipment, outfit

Question 25

accredit

Answer 25

to give credit to someone, to attribute

Question 26

accretion

Answer 26

a process of accumulation, an increase, an addition

Question 27

acerbic

Answer 27

sharp or bitter in smell or taste

sarcastic

Question 28

acquiesce (ah kwee es)

Answer 28

to agree, consent with some reluctance

Question 29

acrid

Answer 29

having an irritating and unpleasant smell or taste

angry and bitter

Question 30

acrimonious

Answer 30

harsh, bitter in speech or behavior, rancorous

Question 31

acrophobia

Answer 31

fear of heights

Question 32

actuate

Answer 32

to put something in motion, activate

Question 33

acumen

Answer 33

mental keenness, shrewdness

Question 34

ad infinitum

Answer 34

endlessly, forever

Question 35

ad lib

Answer 35

to speak or act without preparation