LIST 3A Flashcards
Abridge
To shorten
Abide by
To follow
Access
A way of entering
Acute
Sharp
Adjoining
Connected
Affable
Likable; friendly
Aggravate
To make worse
Ailing
Sick
Alias
False name
Ally
Friend
Ambitious
Desire to achieve a lot
Amplify
To make louder
Anguish
Pain; misery
Antiquated
Very old
Appease
To calm; to soothe
Aptly
Appropriately
Arid
Dry
Assess
To measure
Atlas
Book of maps
Authenticity
Realness
Ballad
Song that tells a story
Base
Low; immoral
Benefactor
A kindly helper; a donor
Blaring
Loud
Bluff
- Hill
2. To fake
Bondage
Slavery
Branded
Labeled
Broad minded
Not prejudiced; tolerant
By - line
Writers name at the beginning of an article
Calf
Baby animal
Capsize
To tip over
Celebrity
- Fame
2. A famous person
Champion
- Winner
2. To support
Chronological
Arranged in order of time
Climax
1 high point
2 ending
Color
To shade the meaning of
Compel
To force someone to do something
Complimentary
Praising
Composure
Calmness
Conceal
To hide
Condemn
To disapprove; to find guilty
Confirm
To strengthen an opinion; to make sure
Consciousness
Awareness
Conservatory
School of music or art
Constitution
- Document by which a government is run
2. Physical makeup of something or someone
Contempt
Hatred
Contradict
To go against; to oppose
Convex
Curved like the outer surface of a globe
Corrupt
- Immoral; wicked
2. To make morally bad
Courier
Messenger
Credible
Believable
Crude
- Rude; crass
2. Unpurified
Curb
- Edge of a sidewalk
2. To control; to urge to the side
Dazzling
Brilliant; shiny
Deception
Fraud or trick
Defame
To attack someone’s reputation
Degenerate
To get worse and worse
Delineate
To outline
Deport
To send an unwanted person out of the country
Desolate
Isolated; alone
Detour
Path that goes off the main road
Diehard
Stubborn person
Dilute
- To make weaker
2. To add water
Discard
To throw away
Discontented
Unhappy
discreet
- Not obvious; subtle
2. Very careful, especially in keeping secrets
Disentangle
To untangle
Disintegration
Breaking into small pieces
Disperse
To scatter
Dissection
Process of taking apart
Distillation
Purification
Divergent
Separating
Drastic
Extreme
Dumbfound
To surprise; to stun
Dweller
One who lives in a particular place
Economy
Careful spending
Embezzler
One who steals money entrusted to him
Emend
To correct a text
Endearment
Affection; fondness
Enfeeble
To weaken
Enrich
To add to; to improve
Epic
A long narrative poem, book or film about heroes
Erosion
The wearing away of
Eternal
Never - ending
Evolve
To develop gradually
Execute
- To kill
2. To carry out
Exile
- Removal from ones home
2, to make someone leave
Expulsion
Removal; rejection
Exuberant
Enthusiastic
Facilities
Things built for a particular purpose; conveniences
Fell
To knock down
Fluctuate
To rise and fall; to shift; to change back and forth
Forgery
The act of creating fake documents
Frail
Weak
Fret
To worry
Gauge
- Instrument used for measuring
2. To measure
Giddy
Dizzy; silly
Goblet
Large cup
Graphic
Described in clear detail
Grimy
Dirty
Gullible
Believing everything; foolishly trusting
Hail
- Frozen rain
2. To greet; to call
Harvest
To gather crops
Hearten
To cheer up; to encourage
Heralded
Announced; publicized
Hilarity
Lightheartedness; merriment
Horticulture
Gardening; science of growing plants
Hydraulic
Operated by water pressure
Hysterical
Having uncontrollable emotion, fear, or laughter