Vocab List #7

Question 0

the giving up of certain pleasures such as food or drink

Answer 0

abstinence

Question 1

a deviating from the right path or usual course of action

Answer 1

aberration

Question 2

theoretical, not applied or practical, not concrete

Answer 2

abstract

Question 3

loud applause; approval

Answer 3

acclaim

Question 4

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

Answer 4

acquiesce

Question 5

to advise against something; to war; to scold gently; to urge strongly

Answer 5

admonish

Question 6

to support; to be in favor of

Answer 6

advocate

Question 7

showing an appreciation of beauty in nature or art; artistic

Answer 7

aesthetic

Question 8

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

Answer 8

affinity

Question 9

an increase in rank or wealth; growth in power

Answer 9

aggrandizement

Question 10

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

Answer 10

alienate

Question 11

to make easier to endure; to relieve; to diminish

Answer 11

alleviate

Question 12

indifferent; unsympathetic, not interested; apart

Answer 12

aloof

Question 13

thoughtful of the welfare of others

Answer 13

altruistic

Question 14

permitting more than one interpretation; not clearly defined

Answer 14

ambiguous

Question 15

condition of having conflicting attitudes

Answer 15

ambivalence

Question 16

to make better or more tolerable; to improve

Answer 16

ameliorate

Question 17

similar in certain qualities; comparable

Answer 17

analogous

Question 18

active dislike; ill will

Answer 18

animosity

Question 19

condition of being nameless or unknown

Answer 19

anonymity

Question 20

hostility; active opposition

Answer 20

antagonism

Question 21

direct opposite

Answer 21

antithesis

Question 22

doubtful authenticity; counterfit

Answer 22

apocryphal

Question 23

hard to do; strenuous

Answer 23

arduous