Ants and Grandmother Vocab Flashcards
(of a monarch) renounce one’s throne
abdicate
Encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offense.
abet
Regard with disgust and hatred.
abhor
(of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree.
abject
Restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something.
abstain
Agree to a demand, request, or treaty.
accede
Become accustomed to a new climate or to new conditions.
acclimate
Break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later.
adjourn
Preventing success or development; harmful; unfavorable.
adverse
Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
aesthetic
Friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to.
affable
Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress.
affectation
(especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy.
affluent
A list of items to be discussed at a formal meeting.
agenda
A whole formed by combining several (typically disparate) elements.
aggregate
Able to move quickly and easily.
agile
lizardlike animals
saurians
treeless plains in South America
pampas
Laborers in Spanish America
peons
Show contempt for
flout
A low dam
weir
Food
provender
Material such as sand or gravel deposited by moving water
alluvium
Applications of warm, moist substances in the treatment of an injury
formentations
Leniency; forgiveness
indulgence
Making a twisted or distorted facial expression
grimacing
Coated with a varnish made from shellac or resin
lacquered
