Word List 2

Question 1

adversity

Answer 1

poverty; misfortune

Question 2

advocacy

Answer 2

support

Question 3

aesthetic

Answer 3

artistic; dealing with or capable fo appreciating the beautiful

Question 4

affable

Answer 4

easily approachable, warmly friendly

Question 5

affected

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artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress

Question 6

affiliation

Answer 6

joining; associating with

Question 7

affinity

Answer 7

kinship

Question 8

affirmation

Answer 8

positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath

Question 9

affliction

Answer 9

state of distress; cause of suffering

Question 10

affluence

Answer 10

abundance, wealth

Question 11

affront

Answer 11

insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

Question 12

agenda

Answer 12

items of business at a meeting

Question 13

agglomeration

Answer 13

collection; heap

Question 14

aggrandize

Answer 14

increase or intensify; raise in power, wealth, rank, or honor

Question 15

aggregate

Answer 15

gather, accumulate

Question 16

aggressor

Answer 16

attacker

Question 17

aghast

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horrified; dumbfounded

Question 18

agility

Answer 18

nimbleness

Question 19

agitate

Answer 19

stir up; disturb

Question 20

agnostic

Answer 20

one who is skeptical of the existence of a god or any ultimate reality

Question 21

alacrity

Answer 21

cheerful promptness; eagerness

Question 22

alienate

Answer 22

make hostile; separate

Question 23

allay

Answer 23

calm, pacify

Question 24

allege

Answer 24

state without proof

Question 25

allegiance

Answer 25

loyalty

Question 26

alleviate

Answer 26

relieve

Question 27

allocate

Answer 27

assign

Question 28

alloy

Answer 28

a mixture of metals; to make less pure/lessen or moderate

Question 29

allude

Answer 29

refer indirectly

Question 30

allure

Answer 30

entice; attract

Question 31

allusion

Answer 31

indirect reference

Question 32

aloof

Answer 32

apart; reserved

Question 33

altercation

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noisy quarrel; heated dispute

Question 34

altruistic

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unselfishly generous; concerned for others

Question 35

amalgamate

Answer 35

combine; unite in one body

Question 36

amass

Answer 36

collect

Question 37

ambience

Answer 37

environment; atmosphere

Question 38

ambiguous

Answer 38

unclear or doubtful in meaning

Question 39

ambivalence

Answer 39

the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

Question 40

ambulatory

Answer 40

able to walk, not bedridden

Question 41

ameliorate

Answer 41

improve

Question 42

amenable

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readily managed or willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally

Question 43

amend

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correct; change, generally for the better

Question 44

amenities

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convenient features; courtesies

Question 45

amiable

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agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly

Question 46

amicable

Answer 46

politely friendly; not quarrelsome

Question 47

amiss

Answer 47

wrong; faulty

Question 48

amity

Answer 48

friendship

Question 49

amnesty

Answer 49

pardon

Question 50

amoral

Answer 50

nonmoral

Question 51

amorous

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moved by sexual love; loving

Question 52

amorphous

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formless, lacking shape or definition

Question 53

ample

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abundant

Question 54

amplify

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broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger

Question 55

amputate

Answer 55

cut off part of body; prune

Question 56

anachronism

Answer 56

something or someone misplaced in time

Question 57

analogous

Answer 57

comparable

Question 58

analogy

Answer 58

similarity; parallelism

Question 59

anarchy

Answer 59

absence of governing body; state of disorder