vocab Flashcards
AUSTERE
stern, as in manner; without excess,
unadorned, severely simple and plain
(link : steer)
ATYPICAL
abnormal
ASUNDER
in separate parts; apart from
each other in position (link : thunder)
ASSUAGE
to soothe; to make less severe;
to satisfy, ease, lessen
Link: MASSAGE
ASPIRE
to seek, attain, or achieve a goal
ARDUOUS
hard, difficult, tiresome
Link: HARD ON US
ARCHAIC
belonging to an earlier
time, ancient; outdated
Link: CAKE
APTITUDE
capacity for learning; natural ability
Link: ALTITUDE
APPALLING
filling with dismay; causing
horror or consternation; shock
Link: FALLING
ANTECEDENT
going before; preceding; an occurrence
or event preceding another
Link: HAND SEED
AMPLIFY
to make larger, louder, or more powerful
Link: ANTS AND FLIES
AMENABLE
agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant,
willing to give in to the wishes of another
Link: MEAN BULL
ALTERNATIVE
the choice between two mutually exclusive
possibilities, a situation presenting such a choice
Link: TURN NATIVE
ALTERCATION
a heated quarrel
Link: ALTAR
ALOOF
distant, reserved in manner; uninvolved
Link: ROOF
ALLURE
to entice with something desirable;
to tempt;
Link: LURE
ALLEVIATE
to make less severe; to relieve, to lessen
Link: LEAVES ATE
AGGRANDIZE
to increase in size; enlarge, to cause
to appear greater in power, influence
Link: GRAND EYES
AFTERMATH
events following some occurrence;
a consequence of
Link: AFTER MATH
AFFINITY
a natural attraction; kinship; similarity
Link: FIN TEA
ACCOLADE
an award, an honor; approval, praise
Link: LEMONADE
ABSTRUSE
hard to understand
Link: MOOSE
ABRIDGE
to shorten; to condense;
to diminish; to curtail
Link: BRIDGE
ABOMINATE
to dislike strongly, to regard with
intense aversion or loathing
Link: A BOMB HATE
ABHOR
to hate very much, to detest utterly
Link: CHORE
