Word list 01-05
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- abdicate
- renounce; give up
- abet
- assist, usually in doing something wrong; assist
- abeyance
- suspended action
- abjure
- renounce upon oath; disavow
- abrogate
- abolish
- accede
- agree
- accost
- apporach and speek first to a person
- accoutre
- equip
- accretion
- growth;increase
- adjuration
- oath; solemn urging
- adversity
- poverty; misfortune
- aerie
- nest of a large bird
- affable
- easily apporachable
- affliction
- state of distress; cause of suffering
- agog
- highly excited; intensely curious
- alimony
- payments made to ex-spouse after divorce
- allegiance
- loyalty
- allegory
- fable
- alliteration
- repetition of beginning sound in poetry
- allude
- refer indirectly
- altruistic
- unselfishly generous; concerned for others
- amenable
- readily managable; willing to be led
- amok, amuck
- in stage of rage
- anathema
- curse
- annals
- records; history
- animadversion
- critical remark
- anneal
- reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
- annotate
- comment
- anodyne
- drug that relieves pain; opiate
- antagonism
- hostility; active resistance
- antecede
- precede
- anthology
- book of literary selections by various authors
- antic
- extravagantly odd
- aplomb
- poise; assurance
- apocryphal
- spurious; not authentic
- apologist
- one who writes in defense of a cause or institution
- apostate
- one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
- apothecary
- druggist; pharmacist
- apothegm
- pithy, compact saying
- apotheosis
- elevation to godhood; ideal example
- apparition
- ghost; phantom
- appellation
- name; title
- apposite
- appropriate; fitting
- apprehend
- arrest(ciriminal); dread; perceive
- appurtenances
- subordinate possessions
- appropos
- to the point and timely; regarding
- arabseque
- style of decoration involving intertwined plants
- arcane
- secret; mysterious
- argot
- slang
- aria
- operatic solo
- armada
- fleet of warships
- arraign
- charge in court; indict
- array
- marshal; draw up in order; clothe; adorn
- arroyo
- gully
- artifice
- deception; trickery
- ascetic
- practising self-denial; austere
- askance
- with a sideways look or indirect look
- asperity
- sharpness ( of temper)
- aspersion
- slanderous remark
- assail
- assault
- assay
- analyse; evaluate
- astral
- relating to stars
- asunder
- into parts; apart
- atavism
- resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback;
- atrophy
- wasting away
- audacious
- daring; bold
- augury
- omen; prophecy
- avarice
- greediness for wealth
- averse
- reluctant; disinclined
- avid
- greedy; eager for
- avocation
- secondary or minor occupation
- awl
- pointed tool used for piercing
- awry
- distorted; crooked
- azure
- blue sky
- bacchanalian
- drunken
- badinage
- teasing conversation
- baleful
- threatening; menancing; foreshadows evil
- balk
- foil; stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; stop or get in the way of; frustrate
- bandy
- discuss lightly or gilbly; exchange words heatedly
- bane
- curse; cause of ruin
- baneful
- harmful; destructive
- bantering
- good-natured ridiculing