Study Guide for test week of march. 4th Flashcards
: to decrease in force or intensity
: to become defeated or become null or void (as of a writ or appeal)
: to decrease in amount or value
Abate
: deviating from the normal or average
often : unusual in an unwelcome or problematic way
Abnormal
: the place where one lives : HOME
: a temporary stay
Abode
: characterized by or involving action or change without preparation or warning
: rudely or unceremoniously curt
: lacking smoothness or continuity
: giving the impression of being cut or broken off
Abrupt
: to move faster : to gain speed
: to bring about at an earlier time
Accelerate
APPLAUD, PRAISE
Acclaim
: to recognize the rights, authority, or status of
: to express gratitude or obligation
: to take notice of
Acknowledge
: to get as one’s own:
: to come into possession or control of often by unspecified means
Acquire
: to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal
Aspire
: sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor
: deeply or violently bitter
Acrid
: one exhibiting a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity
: one strongly inclined to do, use, or indulge in something repeatedly
Addict
not distant : NEARBY
Adjacent
to indicate duties or obligations to
b
: to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner
Admonish
: a cause of persistent pain or distress
a mysterious affliction
: great suffering
Affliction
to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of
Agitate
slightly open
Ajar
related by blood : descended from a common ancestor or prototype
Akin
to assert without proof or before proving
Allege
: to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains
: to destroy a considerable part of
Annihilate
of unknown authorship or origin
an anonymous tip
: not named or identified
anonymous
