Units 1-5

Question 1

abate

Answer 1

v., to decrease, reduce

Question 2

abdicate

Answer 2

v., to give up a position, right, or power

Question 3

aberrant, aberration

Answer 3

adj., deviating from what is normal n., something different from the usual or normal

Question 4

abeyance

Answer 4

n., temporary suppression or suspension

Question 5

abject

Answer 5

adj., miserable, pitiful

Question 6

abjure

Answer 6

v., to reject, abandon formally

Question 7

abscission, abscise

Answer 7

n, the act of cutting; the natural separation of a leaf or other parts of a plant v., to cut off or away

Question 8

abscond

Answer 8

v, to depart secretely

Question 9

abstemious

Answer 9

adj, moderate in appetite

Question 10

abstinenence

Answer 10

n, the giving up of certain pleasures

Question 11

abysmal

Answer 11

adj, very bad

Question 12

accretion

Answer 12

n, growth in size or increase in amount

Question 13

accrue

Answer 13

v, to accumulate; grow by addition

Question 14

adamant

Answer 14

adj, uncompromising; unyeilding

Question 15

adjunct

Answer 15

n, something added, attached, or joined

Question 16

admonish

Answer 16

v, to caution or reprimant

Question 17

adulterate

Answer 17

v, to corrupt or make impure

Question 18

aesthetic

Answer 18

adj, relating to beauty or art n, a conception of what is artificially beautiful

Question 19

affected

Answer 19

adj, pretentious, phony

Question 20

affinity

Answer 20

n, fondness; liking; similatiry

Question 21

aggrandize

Answer 21

v, to make larger or greater

Question 22

aggregate

Answer 22

adj, amounting to a whole; total v, to collect into a mass n, collective mass or sum

Question 23

alacrity

Answer 23

n, cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed

Question 24

alchemy

Answer 24

n, medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold; a seemingly magical power or process of transmutation

Question 25

allay

Answer 25

v, to lessen; ease; soothe

Question 26

alleviate

Answer 26

v, to relieve; improve partially

Question 27

alloy

Answer 27

n, a combination; a mixture of two or more metals

Question 28

allure, alluring

Answer 28

n, the power to entice by charm v, to entice by charm adj

Question 29

amalgamate

Answer 29

v, to combine into a unified whole

Question 30

ambiguous

Answer 30

adj, unclear or doubtful in meaning

Question 31

ambivalence, ambivalence

Answer 31

n, the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes adj

Question 32

ambrosia, ambrosial

Answer 32

n, something delicious; the food of the gods adj

Question 33

ameliorate

Answer 33

v, to improve

Question 34

amenable

Answer 34

adj, agreeable; cooperative; suited

Question 35

amenity

Answer 35

n, something that increases comfort

Question 36

amulet

Answer 36

n, ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits

Question 37

anachronism

Answer 37

n, something out of the proper time

Question 38

analgesic

Answer 38

n, medication that reduces or eliminates pain

Question 39

analogous, analogy, analog

Answer 39

adj, comparable n, a similarity in some ways between things that are otherwise dissimilar n, something that is comparable to something else

Question 40

anarchy, anarchic

Answer 40

n, absence of government; state of disorder adj, lacking order or control

Question 41

anodyne

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n, something that calms or soothes pain adj, relaxing, or capable of soothing pain

Question 42

anomalous, anamaly

Answer 42

adj, irregular; deviating from the norm n

Question 43

anatecedent

Answer 43

n, something that comes before

Question 44

antediluvian

Answer 44

adj, prehistoric

Question 45

antipathy

Answer 45

n, dislike; hostility

Question 46

apathy, apathetic

Answer 46

n, indifference adj

Question 47

apex

Answer 47

n, the highest point

Question 48

apogee

Answer 48

n, the point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point

Question 49

apothegm

Answer 49

n, a terse, witty saying

Question 50

appease

Answer 50

v, to calm; pacify; placate