List 1 Flashcards
adroit
skillful
ambience
atmosphere
abnegate
to reject
abortive
unsuccessful
acrimonious
bitter
absolve
to forgive or free from blame
allusion
an indirect reference
adherent
follower
adulation
wild or excessive admiration
abstract
theoretical
acquiesce
to accept
affable
friendly
abdicate
to step down from a position of power or responsibility
abstruse
hard to understand
aloof
uninvolved
affluent
rich
accost
to approach and speak to someone aggressively
admonish
to scold gently
acrid
bitter
affectation
unnatural orr artifical behavior
alleviate
to lessen
altruism
selflessness
accolade
an award
agrarian
relating to land
abject
hopeless
adamant
stubborn
aberration
something not typical
acute
sharp
acerbic
sour
agnostic
one who believes that the existnece of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
acumen
keenness of judgment
antecedent
what came before
arbitrary
random
archaic
old or old fashioned
amenable
- cooperative, easily persuaded 2. receptive,
responsive
atrophy
waste away
augment
enlarge, increase
auspicious
favorable, promising
aversion
dislike
allege
to assert without proof
assuage
- relieve, soothe 2. satisfy
alacrity
cheerful eagerness or readliness to respond
affinity
sympathy
aggegate
a collection of separate things mixed together
abstinent
abstaining
abate
to reduce
abash
to make ashamed
abridge
to shorten
absymal
extremely hopeless or wretched
adulterate
to contaminate
agenda
program
apprehensive
worried
analogy
a comparison of one thing to another
antipathy
a dislike
ameliorate
to make better or more tolerable
artifice
cunning
aptitude
natural ability
amorphous
shapeless
ascetic
practicing self-denial
appease
pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands
archetype
an original model or pattern
arbiter
a judge
apocryphal
fictitious, imaginary
approbation
praise
arduous
hard, difficult
amenable
obedient
amenity
pleasantness
audacity
boldness
apartheid
the former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa
aphorism
a brief
assuage
to soothe
amoral
lacking a sense of right and wrong
assiduous
hardworking
apathy
lack of interest
amorous
feeling loving
assimilate
to absorb
appreciate
to increase in value
apotheosis
the perfect example of something
archaic
ancient
anguish
agonizing physical or mental pain
amnesty
an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
aristocratic
of noble birth
ardent
passionate
arcane
mysterious
ascendancy
domination
amiable
friendly
anachronism
something out of place in time or history
astute
keen in judgement
attrition
a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size
artful
willy
animosity
ill will