Vocabulary List 2 2
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- accrue
- to accumulate, grow by addition
- acerbic
- bitter, sharp in taste or temper
- acme
- highest point, summit
- acquiesce
- to agree, comply quietly
- acquittal
- release from blame
- acrid
- harsh, bitter
- acrimony
- bitterness, animosity
- acuity
- sharpness
- acumen
- sharpness of insight
- acute
- sharp, pointed
- adage
- old saying, proverb
- adamant
- uncompromising, unyielding
- adapt
- to accommodate, adjust
- adhere
- to cling or follow without deviation
- adjacent
- next to
- adjunct
- something added, attached, or joined
- admonish
- to cautioni or reprimand
- adroit
- skillfull, accomplished, highly competent
- adulation
- high praise
- adulterate
- to make impure or to corrupt
- adumbrate
- to sketch, outline in a shadowy way
- advantageous
- favorable, useful
- adversarial
- antagonistic, competitive
- adverse
- unfavorable, unlucky, harmful
- aerial
- having to do with the air
- aerie
- nook or nest built high in the sky
- aerodynamic
- relating to objects moving through the air
- aesthetic
- pertaining to beauty or art
- affable
- friendly or easy to approach
- affected ( adj.)
- pretentious, phony
- affinity
- fondness, liking; similarity
- affluent
- rich, abundant
- affront (n)
- personal offense, insult
- agenda
- plan, schedule
- aggrandize
- to make larger or greater in power
- aggregate
- collective mass or sum; total
- aggrieve
- to afflict, distress
- agile
- well-coordinated, nimble
- agitation
- commotion, excitement; uneasiness
- agnostic
- one doubting that people can know God
- agrarian
- relating to farming or rural matters
- alacrity
- cheerful willingness, eagerness; speed
- alchemy
- medieval chemical ohilosophy based on changing metal to gold
- algorithm
- mechanical problem solving procedure
- alias
- assumed name
- alienated
- distanced, estranged
- aligned
- precisedly adjusted; commited to one side or party
- allay
- to lessen, ease, or soothe
- allegory
- symbolic representation
- alleviate
- to relieve, improve partially