Vocab Week 1

Question 1

Abrasive

Answer 1

rough, coarse, harsh

Question 2

Abasement

Answer 2

humiliation, degradation

Question 3

Abrogate

Answer 3

cancel, deny, repeal

Question 4

Abstain

Answer 4

to choose not to do or have something: to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice

Question 5

Abstemious

Answer 5

marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol

Question 6

Abdicate

Answer 6

to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function

Question 7

Abduction

Answer 7

the action of abducting : the condition of being abducted

Question 8

Abjure

Answer 8

to renounce upon oath

Question 9

Abrade

Answer 9

to rub or wear away especially by friction

Question 10

Abeyance

Answer 10

a state of temporary inactivity

Question 11

Abnormal

Answer 11

deviating from the normal or average

Question 12

Manufacture

Answer 12

the process of making wares by hand or by machinery especially when carried on systematically with division of labor

Question 13

Activate

Answer 13

to make active or more active: such as

Question 14

Aerial

Answer 14

of, relating to, or occurring in the air or atmosphere

Question 15

Aeronaut

Answer 15

one who operates or travels in an airship or balloon

Question 16

Aeronautics

Answer 16

a science dealing with the operation of aircraft

Question 17

Aerostat

Answer 17

a lighter-than-air aircraft (such as a balloon or blimp)

Question 18

Agrarian

Answer 18

of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure

Question 19

Ambidextrous

Answer 19

using both hands with equal ease or dexterity

Question 20

Ambiguous

Answer 20

doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness

Question 21

Amphibious

Answer 21

relating to or adapted for both land and water

Question 22

Perambulate

Answer 22

to travel over or through especially on foot

Question 23

Ambulate

Answer 23

to move from place to place

Question 24

Amicable

Answer 24

characterized by friendly goodwill

Question 25

Amity

Answer 25

friendly relations between nations

Question 26

Pusillanimous

Answer 26

lacking courage and resolution