Sean's Vocabulary List
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- Abdicate
- to give up a position, right, or power
- Abhor
- to hate or detest
- Acclaim
- to praise
- Acute
- sharp in some way (as in acute angle) or sharp in intellect; crucial
- Adage
- an old saying or proverb
- Adhere
- to stick fast or hold to
- Adjourn
- to postpone or suspend
- Adjunct
- something or someone associated with another but in a defendant or secondary position
- Admonish
- to scold
- Adorn
- to decorate or add beauty to
- Adversary
- an opponent or enemy
- Aeronautic
- of or relating to an aircraft
- Affable
- easy to get a long with; friendly
- Affection
- to attempt to be what one is not in order to impress others
- Aghast
- overcome by surprise, disgust, or amazement
- Agitate
- to shake or to disturb or excite emotionally
- Aimless
- lacking purpose or goals
- Alleviate
- to make easier to bear; lessen
- Allure
- fascination or appeal
- Aloof
- distant in relations with other people
- Altruistic
- concerned for the welfare of others
- Amateur
- someone who is not paid to engage in a hobby or sport
- Amorphous
- lacking a specific shape
- Amphibian
- animal who lives on land and water
- Angular
- having clear angles or thin and bony facial features
- Animosity
- resentment
- Annihlate
- to destroy completely
- Aperture
- an opening
- Aqueous
- of or relating to water
- Ardent
- characterized by passion or desire
- Artifice
- trickery or cleverness
- Ascertain
- to find out or discover by examination
- Assailable
- able to be attacked or assaulted by words or blows
- Astute
- shrewd and perceptive
- Atrocity
- a horrible brutal act
- Audacity
- boldness or daring, especially with disregard for personal saftey
- Banal
- borigly predictable
- Belligerence
- aggressive hostility
- Benefactor
- someone giving finacial or general assistance
- Benevolence
- inclination to do good deeds
- Bile
- ill temper
- Bliss
- supreme happiness
- Boisterous
- loud and unrestrained
- Botanist
- scientist who specializes in the study of plants
- Bounty
- generosity in giving
- Bravado
- displaying courage
- Brevity
- state of being brief
- Brig
- ship's prison
- Burnish
- to make shine by rubbing
- Cajole
- to persuade with promises or flattery
- Candor
- sincerity and fairness
- Cantankerous
- quarrelsome and grouchy
- Cascade
- a waterfall
- Celestial
- of or relating to the heavens
- Censor
- to remove material from a book, play, magazine, etc. for moral, political, or religious reasons
- Chasm
- a deep canyon or gorge
- Choleric
- bad tempered
- Chorus
- group acting together
- Chronic
- continuing over a long period of time
- Circumscribe
- to encircle with a line; to limit in any way
- Compassion
- a deep feeling of pity or sympathy for others
- Competent
- having enough skill for some purpose, but not exceptional
- Concise
- brief and compact
- Condone
- to pardon, forgive, or overlook
- Contentious
- eager to quarrel
- Convene
- to assemble or meet
- Conventional
- established or approved by general usage
- Copious
- an abundance
- Countenance
- the face or facial expression of someone
- Couplet
- unit of poetry with two rhyming lines
- Courier
- person who carries messages, news, or information
- Cue
- a hint or guiding suggestion