AT Word List 6 Flashcards

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Abatement

A

Decrease in force.

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2
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Absolutist

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One in favor of total control by ruler.

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3
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Accost

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To approach and speak to.

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4
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Acrimonious

A

bitter, as in feeling, langage, or tone.

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5
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Adulation

A

Excessive praise

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6
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Afforded

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Allowed.

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7
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Alchemist

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Medieval chemist who claimed to turn metal to gold

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8
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Alluson

A

Subtle Reference

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9
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Ambivalent

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Undecided

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10
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Analgesic

A

painkiller

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Annex

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In addition to a building, to add

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12
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Anomaly

A

Unusual event or thing

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13
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Antidote

A

Curse

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14
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Apocrypical

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false: of doubtful origin

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15
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Approbatory

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Approving:Praising

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16
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Archipelago

A

group of islands

17
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Arson

A

crime involving fire

18
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Assailable

A

able to be attacked; vulnerable

19
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Asunder

A

not whole; in two or more parts

20
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August

A

dignified; serious

21
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Avarice

A

Greed