first 50 vocab

Question 1

abase

Answer 1

(v.) to humiliate, degrade

Question 2

abate

Answer 2

(v.) to reduce, lessen

Question 3

abdicate

Answer 3

(v.) to give up a position, usually one of leadership

Question 4

abduct

Answer 4

(v.) to kidnap, take by force

Question 5

aberration-aberrant

Answer 5

(n.)something that differs from the norm

Question 6

abet

Answer 6

(v.) to aid, help, encourage

Question 7

abhor

Answer 7

(v.) to hate, detest

Question 8

abide

Answer 8

1. (v.) to put up with
2. (v.) to remain

Question 9

abject

Answer 9

(adj.) wretched, pitiful

Question 10

abjure

Answer 10

(v.) to reject, renounce

Question 11

abnegation

Answer 11

(n.) denial of comfort to oneself

Question 12

abort

Answer 12

(v.) to give up on a half-finished project or effort

Question 13

abridge

Answer 13

1. (v.) to cut down, shorten
2. (adj.) shortened

Question 14

abrogate

Answer 14

(v.) to abolish, usually by authority

Question 15

abscond

Answer 15

(v.) to sneak away and hide

Question 16

absolution

Answer 16

(n.) freedom from blame, guilt, sin

Question 17

abstain

Answer 17

(v.) to freely choose not to commit an action

Question 18

abstruse

Answer 18

(adj.) hard to comprehend

Question 19

accede

Answer 19

(v.) to agree

Question 20

accentuate

Answer 20

(v.) to stress, highlight

Question 21

accessible

Answer 21

(adj.) obtainable, reachable

Question 22

acclaim

Answer 22

(n.) high praise

Question 23

accolade

Answer 23

(n.) high praise, special distinction

Question 24

accommodating

Answer 24

(adj.) helpful, obliging, polite

Question 25

accord

Answer 25

(n.) an agreement

Question 26

accost

Answer 26

(v.)to confront verbally

Question 27

accretion

Answer 27

(n.) slow growth in size or amount

Question 28

acerbic

Answer 28

(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste

Question 29

acquiesce

Answer 29

(v.) to agree without protesting

Question 30

acrimony

Answer 30

(n.) bitterness, discord

Question 31

acumen

Answer 31

(n.) keen insight

Question 32

acute

Answer 32

1. (adj.) sharp, severe
2. (adj.) having keen insight

Question 33

adamant

Answer 33

(adj.) impervious, immovable, unyielding

Question 34

adept

Answer 34

(adj.) extremely skilled

Question 35

adhere

Answer 35

1. (n.) to stick to something
2. (n.) to follow devoutly

Question 36

admonish

Answer 36

(v.) to caution, criticize, reprove

Question 37

adorn

Answer 37

(v.) to decorate

Question 38

adroit

Answer 38

(adj.) skillful, dexterous

Question 39

adulation

Answer 39

(n.) extreme praise

Question 40

adumbrate

Answer 40

(v.) to sketch out in a vague way

Question 41

adverse

Answer 41

(adj.) antagonistic, unfavorable, dangerous

Question 42

advocate

Answer 42

1. (v.) to argue in favor of something
2. (n.) a person who argues in favor of something

Question 43

aerial

Answer 43

(adj.) somehow related to the air

Question 44

aesthetic

Answer 44

(adj.) artistic, related to the appreciation of beauty

Question 45

affable

Answer 45

(adj.) friendly, amiable

Question 46

affinity

Answer 46

(n.)a spontaneous feeling of closenes

Question 47

affluent

Answer 47

(adj.) rich, wealthy

Question 48

affront

Answer 48

(n.) an insult

Question 49

aggrandize

Answer 49

(v.) to increase or make greater

Question 50

aggregate

Answer 50

1. (n.) a whole or total
2. (v.) to gather into a
   mass

Question 51

salient

Answer 51

important, true