English Vocab 04-05
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Abash
V. - To make ashamed or uneasy. - Abhor
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Abhor
V. - To view with horror or detest. - Accessory
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Accessory
N. - 1. A supplementary item
2. Something not essential, but desirable for a certain effect or result.
3. One who aids or abets a lawbreaker in committing a crime but is not present at the time. - Accost
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Accost
V. - To approach and speak to in an aggressive way. - Addle
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Addle
V. - To confuse. - Adept
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Adept
Adj. - Very skilled.
N. - A highly skilled person. - Affinity
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Affinity
N. - 1. Natural attraction or feeling of kinship.
2. Marriage - Alleviate
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Alleviate
V. - To make more bearable (pain). - Allusion
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Allusion
N. - Implied or indirect reference (mostly in literature). - Ambulatory
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Ambulatory
Adj. - Able to walk. - Anathema
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Anathema
N. - 1. A curse.
2. An object of extreme dislike. - Ancillary
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Ancillary
Adj. - Secondary importance. - Anomaly
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Anomaly
N. - Different from the common or usual or average. - Anthropologist
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Anthropologist
N. - A person that studies human beings. - Arbitrary
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Arbitrary
Adj. - Determined without reason. - Artifacts
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Artifacts
N. - An object produced by human beings, especially of historical significance. - Astringent
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Astringent
Adj. - Tending to draw together or constrict organic tissues.
N. - A substance that modifies body tissues. - Atrophy
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Atrophy
N. - A wasting away or deterioration of a body part. - Attrition
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Attrition
N. - 1. A rubbing away or wearing down caused by friction.
2. A gradual reduction in membership or personnel due to retirement or death. - Authenticate
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Authenticate
V. - To prove to be genuine. - Avid
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Avid
Adj. - 1. Marked by keen desire or enthusiasm, e.g., "an avid sports fan."
2. Having a desire or craving. - Circumvent
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Circumvent
V. - To go around or avoid. - Behoove
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Behoove
V. - To be necessary for you or to be good for you. - Bereft
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Bereft
V. - To be left alone (feeling of loss, especially by death). - Berserk
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Berserk
Adj. 1. - Destructive or violent.
2. - Mentally or emotionally upset. - Bleak
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Bleak
Adj. - Lacking warm and cheery qualities. - Bravado
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Bravado
N. - A false show of bravery. - Burlesque
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Burlesque
N. - A ludicrous or mocking imitation; a show or literary work or song that makes fun of something in a very open way through imitation. - Cacophony
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Cacophony
N. - A collection of loud off sounds. - Cajole
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Cajole
V. - To urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing or flattery.
Etymology: To lure into a cage or to chatter like a Jay (French). - Canny
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Canny
Adj. - Careful and shrewd, especially in regard to one's own interests (for example, money) - Capacious
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Capacious
Adj. - Large and roomy, able to hold a large amount. - Celestial
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Celestial
Adj. - Heavenly and divine. - Chafe
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Chafe
V. - To be worn and irritated by rubbing. - Chary
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Chary
Adj. - Very cautious. - Chimerical
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Chimerical
Adj. - Fanciful, highly improbable organism. - Circumscribe
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Circumscribe
V. - 1. To surround by or draw a line around.
2. To limit narrowly, restrict
3. To determine the limits of - Circumspect
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Circumspect
Adj. - One who brings awareness and looks over something. - Cognomen
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Cognomen
N. - A known name such as a nickname or surname. - Clamber
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Clamber
V. - to climb with difficulty, especially on all fours
N. - A difficult climb or scramble. - Commiserate
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Commiserate
V. - To sympathize with. - Compliant
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Compliant
Adj. - Willing to obey. - Confiscate
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Confiscate
V. - To take an item away. - Conjugal
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Conjugal
Adj. - Of or relating to marriage. - Consummate
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Consummate
V. - To complete.
Adj. - Perfect - Copious
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Copious
Adj. - Containing a large amount. - Corroborate
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Corroborate
V. - To confirm or to make more certain. - Corrosive
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Corrosive
Adj. - Gradually harmful, slowly destroying. - Craven
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Craven
Adj. - Acting cowardly.
N. - A coward. - Cryptic
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Cryptic
Adj. - Having hidden meaning.