Vocab A Flashcards
Allay my fear…. Allay
Reduce fear
Abrogate the sentence…by judge
Reduce, cancel, repeal by authority
Abscess - big boil with pus
Pustule, inflammation, a medical condition
Abject poverty
Hopeless, dismal
Alloy, amalgamation - mix of met
Mix of elements or metals or things
Ambidextrous - right & left hand
Use both hands easily, versatile
Ambience - candle in restaurant
Environment, general mood, atmosphere
Unclear explanation ambiguous
Unclear, cloudy, not committal
Undecided voter ambivalent
Back and forth, vacillate
Leisurely amble through the park
Walk casually, for fun, no hurry
Move with self power ambulatory
Vagrant, nomad, able to move by self
Amend , atone –> hurt feelings
Make up, correct something wrong or hurt feelings.. Mend or fix
Affable, amiable, amity –> smiley friendly person
Friendly, approachable person
Amity - friendship
Aggrandize, amplitude - to make it great, greater extent
Make it grand, bigger, louder,
Animosity -cats and dogs
ill will, can’t stand the sight of each other, cannot get along
Anomaly, aberration - deviate from normal. From match
Not the norm, different from the usual
Nameless author - anonymous, incognito
Pseudonym, undisclosed, unknown person
Antipathy, abhor - dislike, hate
Dislike, hate
The priests offered fruits to the gods to appease them.. And have the much needed rain fal
Please, make happy, plead, mollify, pacify , soothe
Aptitude for social studies
Natural ability to learn “ social studies”
Arbitrary - random tickets handed by the traffic police
Inconsistent, random, erratic,
Soccer referee - arbitrator for soccer rules and disputes
Mediator, settles disputes
Plowing in the hot sun - arduous task
Tough task, strenuous
Assimilate into the new culture - become part of new culture
Cells take in food through absorption - assimilation
Become part of new culture
Muscle wasting away, medical condition - atrophy
Wasting away, disintegrating
Attrition of workforce
Gradual loss of size or numbers, lay offs in companies
Augment food with vitamins to make it healthier
Enhance, increase , make it bigger or better
Authentic diamond – real deal.. Not a lab created diamond
Real deal, genuine
Authoritarian, autocratic - dictator, someone who controls and commands only
Domineering, autocratic, despotic, like Hitler
Anarchy when there is no government
No laws or no government in place.. Makes people go wild and lawless ..commit crimes no consequence
Travel plans went awry because of bad weather
Topsy turvy, askew, off course, amiss, crooked, not straightforward
Fizzy is the bane of Teeko’s existence
Torment, plague, cause of harm, trouble maker
