Vocab Lesson 1 & 2

Question 1

Aberration

Answer 1

A deviating from the right path or usual course of action; a mental disorder, especially of a minor or temporary nature.

Question 2

Abstinence

Answer 2

The giving up of certain pleasures such as food or drink.

Question 3

Abstract

Answer 3

Theoretical, not applied or practical; not concrete; hard to understand.

Question 4

Acclaim

Answer 4

Loud applause; approval

Question 5

Acquiesce

Answer 5

To accept the conclusions or arrangements of others; to accede; to give consent by keeping silent.

Question 6

Admonish

Answer 6

To advise against something; to warn; to scold gently; to urge strongly

Question 7

Advocate

Answer 7

To support, to be in favor of

Question 8

Aesthetic

Answer 8

Showing an appreciation of beauty in nature or art; artistic

Question 9

Affinity

Answer 9

Natural attraction to a person or liking for a thing; relation; connection

Question 10

Alienate

Answer 10

To turn away the normal feelings of fondness toward anyone; to estrange

Question 11

Alleviate

Answer 11

To make easier to endure; to relieve; to diminish

Question 12

Aloof

Answer 12

Indifferent, unsympathetic, not interested, apart

Question 13

Altruistic

Answer 13

Thoughtful of the welfare of others

Question 14

Ambiguous

Answer 14

Permitting more than one interpretation; not clearly defined

Question 15

Ambivalence

Answer 15

Condition of having conflicting attitudes

Question 16

Ameliorate

Answer 16

To make better or more tolerable; to improve

Question 17

Analogous

Answer 17

Similar in certain qualities; comparable

Question 18

Animosity

Answer 18

Active dislike; ill will

Question 19

Anonymity

Answer 19

Condition of being nameless or unknown

Question 20

Aggrandizement

Answer 20

An increase in rank or wealth; growth in power