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abase
lower in rank, prestige, vitiate, take down
abash
discomfit, disconcert, embarrass, destroy the self-confidence
abet
assist, support, encourage, instigate
abiding
lasting for a long time, enduring, perennial, perpetual, everlasting,
abnegate
deny, renounce, abjure, repudiate, forswear, surrender, relinquish
abominate
hate, loathe, abhor, despise, execrate, detest
aboveboard
free from deceit, duplicity
abrade
rub, wear away, wear down spiritually, chafe, excoriate
abrogate
annul, abolish, rescind
absolve
exculpate, exonerate, vindicate
abstain
refrain from something
abstruse
difficult to comprehend
abut
adjacent
acclimate
make suitable for new use, adjust,
accost
approach and speak in aggressive way
acme
highest point
adjourn
suspend a session
ad-lib
done without preparation
affinity
attraction to something
aggravate
make worse, more severe
agog
show urgent desire or interest
agonize
deep sadness or mental pain
airtight
no flaw
alibi
excuse intended to avert blame
alienate
make unfriendly
align
bring into line
allegiance
loyalty, devotion
allude
convey idea indirectly
allure
attract or delight as if by magic
ally
association
amicable
friendly,affable
amity
friendship, friendly relation
amorphous
shapeless, unformed
anathema
curse, execration, benison,
ancillary
of secondary importance
anemic
lacking vitality, spirit
anesthetic
pain reliever
animus
spiteful, malevolent ill will, enmity, rancor
antic
clownish
apocalyptic
prophetic, predictive, prognostic, turning point, unrestrained
appall
overcome with consternation
appreciable
perceptible
apprehension
fear, arrestment, understand
apt
exactly suitable, likely, intelligent
archaic
antiquated
arrhythmic
lacking regularity
ascendant
dominant, superior, rising
ascetic
self-denial
asunder
into separate parts
augur
one who predicts future
autocracy
government in which a person possesses unlimited power
aver
state
awash
covered with water
badger
harass, annoy persistently
bale
woe, sorrow
balk
check or stop by an obstacle, unwillingness to accept
balloon
increase rapidly
balm
sweet-smelling oil, pleasant smell
bane
source of harm, ruin
banish
require by authority to leave a country, force out