Word List 9 Flashcards
Abstemious
avoiding extremes
Accrue
to gather, to increase
Acrophobia
fear of heights
Adulterate
to ruin, to contaminate
Affront
insult
Alcove
small section of a room
Almanac
annual book of statistics
Ambulatory
able to move
Analogous
similar
Annotator
commentator
Antagonist
an opponent
Antipathy
dislike
Appalling
horrible; shocking
Appropriation
setting something aside for a specific use
Ardent
full of strong feelings
Articulate
to speak clearly
Assiduous
hard-working
Atrophy
to waste away
Auspicious
showing signs of future success
Aversion
hatred
Baneful
harmful
Bastion
a fortified place
Beleaguer
to weigh down
Bemoan
to regret deeply
Bequeath
to hand down
Betoken
to be a sign of
Billowing
rising and falling like a wave
Blithe
happy; carefree
Boor
rude person
Brink
edge
Bulwark
defensive wall
Caliper
instrument that measure thickness
Capricious
changeable
Catcall
sound of disapproval
Caulk
to seal
Celestial
related to planets, sky or heaven
Chameleon
something that keeps changing
Chastise
to punish
Chortle
to laugh
Circumspect
careful
Clandestine
secret; hidden
Coarse
rough
Cognizant
aware
Coined
created; invented
Comely
attractive
Communal
shared; public
Conciliate
to reconcile
Confederate
friend, ally
Confound
to confuse
Conjugal
having to do with marriage