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

restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something

Question 5

Abstemious

Answer 5

not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking

Question 6

Abdicate

Answer 6

fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty)

Question 7

Abduction

Answer 7

the action or an instance of forcibly taking someone away against their will.

Question 8

Abjure

Answer 8

solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)

Question 9

Abrade

Answer 9

scrape or wear away by friction or erosion

Question 10

Abeyance

Answer 10

a state of temporary disuse or suspension

Question 11

Abnormal

Answer 11

deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying

Question 12

Manufacture

Answer 12

make (something) on a large scale using machinery

Question 13

Activate

Answer 13

to cause to function

Question 14

Aerial

Answer 14

existing, happening, or operating in the air

Question 15

Aeronaut

Answer 15

a traveler in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft

Question 16

Aeronautics

Answer 16

the science or practice of travel through the air

Question 17

Aerostat

Answer 17

an airship or hot-air balloon, especially one that is tethered

Question 18

Agrarian

Answer 18

relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land

Question 19

Ambidextrous

Answer 19

(of a person) able to use the right and left hands equally well

Question 20

Ambiguous

Answer 20

unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made

Question 21

Amphibious

Answer 21

relating to, living in, or suited for both land and water

Question 22

Perambulate

Answer 22

walk or travel through or around a place or area, especially for pleasure and in a leisurely way

Question 23

Ambulate

Answer 23

walk; move about

Question 24

Amicable

Answer 24

(of relations between people) having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor

Question 25

Amity

Answer 25

a friendly relationship

Question 26

Pusillanimous

Answer 26

showing a lack of courage or determination; timid