vocab words - a

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

To reduce in intensity; to lessen

Question 2

Abet

Answer 2

To support or encourage

Question 3

Abhor

Answer 3

To hate something

Question 4

Abnegate

Answer 4

To deny or to give up the right or privilege to something

Question 5

Abscond

Answer 5

To escape, run away, or let go of something

Question 6

Advocate

Answer 6

To support or argue for a cause

Question 7

Allue

Answer 7

To refer to something indirectly; commonly used in literature.

Question 8

Ambiguity

Answer 8

Something that can be understood or interpreted in more than one manner

Question 9

Analogy

Answer 9

A comparison of two otherwise unalike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect; widely used in literature

Question 10

Apprehend

Answer 10

To arrest someone recognize the meaning of an idea or a thing

Question 11

Articulate

Answer 11

To explain something clearly

Question 12

Antithetical

Answer 12

Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible

They bully me because their religious values are antithetical to mine.