Page 241 Vocab Flashcards
Adjuration
Solemn urging ; v: Adjure : entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly
Adjutant
Staff officer assisting the commander ; assistant
Admonish
Warn or speak to with gentle disapproval ; reprove
Adore
Love deeply and respect highly
Adorn
Decorate
Adroit
Skilful( in using mind of hand )
Adulation
Flattery ; admiration that is more necessary or deserved
Adulterate
Make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted (contaminated ) substances
Advent
Arrival
Adventitious
Accidental ; casual ; happening by chance
Adversary
Opponent ; enemy
Adverse
Going against ; opposing ; unfavourable; hostile
Adversity
Great hardship or affliction ; misfortune ; calamitous event
Advert
Refer
Advocacy
Support ; active pleading on behalf of someone or something
Advocate
Speak in favour of ; support ( an idea or plan ) ; urge ; plead for
Aegis
Shield ; protection ; defense
Aerie (aery, eyrie, eyry)
Nest of a large bird of prey
Aesthetic
Artistic ; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building ); cf. Aesthete; cf. Aesthetics
Affable
Easily approachable ; easy to talk to ; warmly friendly
Affected
Artificial ; pretended
Affidavit
Written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)
Affiliation
Joining ; associating with
Affinity
Feeling of kinship; similarity ; ex. Strong affinity for her ex. Many affinities between two languages
Affirmation
Positive assertion ; confirmation ; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath ; v. Affirm ; adj. Affirmative action : positive discrimination
Affliction
State of distress ; trial ; cause of distress or suffering ; v. Afflict : inflict grievous suffering on
Affluence
Abundance ; wealth
Affront
Insult ; offense ; intentional act of disrespect ; v: insult or hurt the feelings of someone intentionally
Afterlife
Life after death ; later part of one’s life
