Letter A

Question 1

Abash

Answer 1

To make ashamed; to embarrass

Question 2

Abate

Answer 2

To subside; to reduce

Question 3

Abdicate

Answer 3

To step down from a position of power

Question 4

Aberration

Answer 4

Something not typical; a deviation from the standard

Question 5

Abhor

Answer 5

To hate very, very much; to detest

Question 6

Abject

Answer 6

Hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out

Question 7

Abnegate

Answer 7

To deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

Question 8

Abortive

Answer 8

Unsuccessful

Question 9

Abridge

Answer 9

To shorten; to condense

Question 10

Absolute

Answer 10

Total; unlimited; perfect

Question 11

Absolve

Answer 11

To forgive or free from blame ; to free from sin; to free from an obligation

Question 12

Abstinent

Answer 12

Voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is bad for you

Question 13

Abstract

Answer 13

Theoretical, impersonal

Question 14

Abstruse

Answer 14

Hard to understand

Question 15

Abysmal

Answer 15

Extremely hopeless/wretched, bottomless

Question 16

Accolade

Answer 16

An award, an honor

Question 17

Accost

Answer 17

To approach and speak to someone

Question 18

Acerbic

Answer 18

Bitter, sour, severe

Question 19

Acquiesce

Answer 19

To comply passively, to accept, to agree, to assent

Question 20

Acrid

Answer 20

Harsh, like acid

Question 21

Acrimonious

Answer 21

Full of spite, bitter, nasty

Question 22

Acumen

Answer 22

Keenness of judgement, mental sharpness

Question 23

Acute

Answer 23

Sharp, shrewd

Question 24

Adamant

Answer 24

Stubborn, unyielding, completely inflexible

Question 25

Address

Answer 25

To speak to, to direct one’s attention to

Question 26

Adherent

Answer 26

Follower, supporter, believer

Question 27

Admonish

Answer 27

To scold gently, to warn

Question 28

Adroit

Answer 28

Skillful, dexterous, clever, shrewd, socially at ease

Question 29

Dexterous

Answer 29

Right, skillful

Question 30

Gauche

Answer 30

Left, graceless, crude, socially awkward, clumsy, maladroit

Question 31

Adulation

Answer 31

Wild or excessive admiration, flattery

Question 32

Adulterate

Answer 32

To contaminate, to make impure

Question 33

Adverse

Answer 33

Unfavorable, antagonistic

Question 34

Aesthetic

Answer 34

Having to do with artistic beauty

Question 35

Affable

Answer 35

Easy to talk to, friendly

Question 36

Affection

Answer 36

Unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress

Question 37

Affinity

Answer 37

Sympathy, attraction, kinship, similarity

Question 38

Affluent

Answer 38

Rich, prosperous

Question 39

Agenda

Answer 39

Program, things to be done

Question 40

Agrarian

Answer 40

Relating to land, relating to the management or farming of land

Question 41

Averse

Answer 41

Opposed to doing it