List 3 Flashcards
Ardent
(adjective) Passionate, or full of great enthusiasm or eagerness. Emotionally intense and devoted. Hot or glowing brightly.
Arduous
(adjective) Difficult, requiring continuous effort and hard work. Challenging to travel, endure, or overcome
Ascribe
(verb) To assign cause to a person or thing; to give responsibility to a particular person for creation of something. To identify someone or something as belonging to a particular group
Aspersion
(noun) False accusation; slander; a statement that attacks someone’s character or reputation
Assiduous
(adjective) Careful and constant in terms of the attention paid to something; diligent and persistent
Augment
(verb) To increase in growth, size, strength, loudness, or scope
Auspicious
(adjective) Marked by lucky signs or good omens, with the promise of success. Full of encouragement, hope, or reason for optimism, often describing the beginning of an activity or event
Avarice
(noun) Unreasonably strong desire for money and riches
Axiom
(noun) A statement or idea accepted as self-evident, requiring no proof
Bandy
(verb) To exchange trade, or pass words or blows. To exchange witticisms or insults