Vocab Builder 3
Terms
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- aquiline
- curved, hooked
- arable
- fit for plowing
- arbiter
- person with power to decide a dispute; judge
- arbitary
- fixed or decided; despotic
- arcade
- covered passageway, usually line with shops.
- archaeolohy
- study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
- archaic
- antiqated
- archipelago
- group of closely located islands
- ardor
- heat; passopn; zeal
- arduous
- strenuous
- argot
- slang
- aromatic
- fragrant
- arraign
- charge in court; indict
- arrant
- thorough; complete; unmitigated
- arrogance
- haughtiness
- artifacts
- products of primitive culture
- artifice
- deception; trickery
- artisan
- manually skilled worker
- ascertain
- find out for certain
- ascetic
- practicing self-denial
- asceticism
- doctrine of self-denial
- ascribe
- refer; attrubute; assign
- ashen
- ash-colored
- asinie
- stupid
- askance
- with a side ways or indirect look
- askew
- crookedly; slanted at an angle
- asperity
- sharpness (of temper)
- aspersion
- slanderous remark
- aspirant
- seeker after position or status
- aspiration
- noble ambition
- assail
- assault
- assay
- analyze; evalute
- asseverate
- make a positive statement or solemn declaration
- assiduous
- diligent
- assuage
- ease; lessen (pain)
- asteroid
- small planet
- astral
- relating to the stars
- astringent
- binding; causing contraction
- astute
- wise; shrewd
- atheistic
- denying the existence of God
- athwart
- across; in opposition
- atrocity
- brutal deed
- atrophy
- wasting away
- attenuate
- make thin; weaken
- attest
- testify, bear witness
- attribute
- essential quality
- attrition
- gradual wearing down
- atypical
- not normal
- audacity
- boldness
- audit
- examination of accounts
- augment
- increase
- augury
- omen; prophecey
- auspocopus
- favoring success
- austere
- strict, stern
- austerity
- sternness; severity
- authenticate
- prove genuine
- autocrat
- monarch with supreme power
- automaton
- mechaism which imitates action of humans
- autonomous
- self-governing
- autopsy
- examination of a dead body; postmortem
- auxiliary
- helper, additional or subsidiary
- avarice
- greediness for wealth
- aver
- state confidently
- averse
- reluctant
- avid
- greedy; eager for
- avouch
- affirm; proclaim
- avow
- declare openly
- avuncular
- like an uncle
- awe
- solemn wonder
- awry
- distorted; crooked
- axiom
- self-evident truth requiring no proof
- azure
- sky blue
- babble
- chatter idly
- bacchanalian
- drunken
- badger
- pester; annoy
- baffle
- frustrate; perplex
- baleful
- deadly; destructive
- balk
- foil
- balmy
- mild; fragrant
- banal
- hackneyed; commonplace; trite
- bandanna
- large, bright colored handkerchief
- baneful
- ruinous; poisonous
- bantering
- good-natured ridiculing