Week 6 Of Long Words Flashcards
Carry off or lead away by force; kidnap
Abduct
Formally remove oneself from; give up; relinquish; renounce; resign
Abdicate
Shrink from; detest; loathe; hate
Abhor
Deviating from the normal; unusual; irregular
Abnormal
Scraping or wearing away of the skin by friction; irritation
Abrasion
Broken off; sudden; unexpected
Abrupt
Steal off and hide; depart secretly ; flee; escape
Abscond
- ) set free from some duty or responsibility; exempt ; excuse
- ) declare free from guilt or blame; exculpate; exonerate
Absolve
Fully taking away one’s attention; extremely interesting; engrossing
Absorbing
Withhold oneself deliberately from doing something; refrain; desist
Abstain
Literally,”turned from”; opposed; disinclined; unwilling
Averse
Turn away; ward off; prevent; forestall
Avert
Occupation away from one’s customary occupation; hobby
Avocation
- )(Literally, “fit to”) adjust; suit; fit
2. ) make suitable for a different use; modify
Adapt
Given over ( to a habit) ; habituated ; devoted
Addicted
Equal to, or sufficient for, a specific need; enough; sufficient
Adequate
One who sticks to a leader, party, etc.; follower; faithful supporter
Adherent
Lying near; nearby; neighboring; bordering
Adjacent
Be next to; be in contact with; border; abut
Adjoin
Put off to another day; suspend a meeting to resume at a future time; defer; recess
Adjourn
A “ coming to” ; arrival; approach
Advent
Person “turned toward” or facing another as an opponent; foe; antagonist
Adversary
In opposition to one’s interests; hostile; unfavorable
Adverse
Ancestors; forebears; predecessors
Antecedents
- ) assign a date before the true date
2. ) come before in date; predate; precede
Antedate
Assign a date after the true date
Postdate
Before noon
Ante meridiem
After noon
Post meridiem
Room placed before and forming an entrance to another; antechamber; waiting room
Anteroom
Having to do with study after graduation, especially after graduation from college
Postgraduate
- ) thorough examination of a body after death; autopsy
2. ) detailed analysis or discussion of an event just ended
Postmortem
Note added to a letter after it has been written
Postscript
Consisting of two chambers or legislative houses
Bicameral
Two- hundredth anniversary
Bicentennial
Occurring every two years
Biennial
Occurring every half month, or twice a month
Semimonthly
Having two sides
Bilateral
- ) speaking two languages equally well
2. ) written in two languages
Bilingual
Representing two political parties
Bipartisan
Divide into two equal parts
Bisect
Half of a circle
Semicircle
Half conscious; not fully conscious
Semiconscious
Partly detached; sharing a wall with an adjoining building on one side, but detached on the other
Semidetached
Partly skilled
Semiskilled
