Page 152 Letter A

Question 1

Adjacent

Answer 1

Next to, close, adjoining

Question 2

Admire

Answer 2

To respect, to esteem, to look up to, to appreciate

Question 3

Admit

Answer 3

To permit to enter, to acknowledge, offer reluctantly

Question 4

Admonish

Answer 4

To advise against doing something, to warn about, to reprove gently

Question 5

Adore

Answer 5

To love greatly, to revere, to worship, to venerate

Question 6

Adroit

Answer 6

Clever, smart, skillful, dexterous, deft

Question 7

Adverse

Answer 7

Bad, unfavorable, harmful, negative, unpleasant

Question 8

Affable

Answer 8

Pleasant, friendly, and easy to talk to

Question 9

Affluent

Answer 9

Rich, wealthy, prosperous

Question 10

Aggravate

Answer 10

To make worse, to exacerbate, to complicate

Question 11

Agile

Answer 11

Lively, nimble, quick, deft

Question 12

Agitate

Answer 12

To disturb, to upset, to shake, to argue for or against

Question 13

Ailment

Answer 13

Mild illness

Question 14

Akin

Answer 14

Similar, related

Question 15

Alert

Answer 15

Perceptive, quick, watchful, aware

Question 16

Alleviate

Answer 16

To lessen, to relieve

Question 17

Alienate

Answer 17

To make someone stop feeling friendly or stop feeling that he/ she belongs in a group

Question 18

Alloy

Answer 18

A metal that is made by mixing two or more different metals

Question 19

Alluring

Answer 19

Attractive in an exciting way, appealing, tempting

Question 20

Aloof

Answer 20

Reserved, indifferent

Question 21

Amateur

Answer 21

Not professional, untrained

Question 22

Ambiguous

Answer 22

Doubtful, uncertain, vague, obscure

Question 23

Amicable

Answer 23

Friendly, done or achieved in a polite or friendly way and without quarreling

Question 24

Ample

Answer 24

More than enough, spacious, plentiful