Flashcards
First 50
Cards in this deck (50)
- 1AbateTo become weaker, to decrease in strength, Decrease
- 2AberrantUnusual, Different from usual
- 3AbetTo help, Encourage
To support someone in a criminal act - 4AbeyanceCold Storage, Latency, Deep Freeze
- 5AbnegateSurrender, Step down from, resign
- 6AbortiveNot Successful, Failure
- 7AbridgeTo shorten by leaving out some parts.
To lessen the strength or effect of something - 8Abrogateto end, cancel in a formal and official way
- 9AbscondTo go away, Escape secretly.
- 10AbstemiousNot eating or drinking too much.
Sober, Temperate - 11AbstractA brief written statement of the main points or facts in a longer
report
Summary, Synopsis, To steal, To obtain or remove something - 12AbstruseHard to understand
- 13AbyssA hole or space so deep which cannot be measured.
- 14AbysmalExtremely poor or bad
Deep, bottomless - 15AccedeTo agree to a request or demand
To enter a high office or position. - 16AcclaimTo praise in very strong and enthusiastic way.
Applause, Cheer, Salute. - 17AcclivityAn ascending slop,
Hill, rise, uphill - 18AccoladeAn award, Expression of praise
- 19AccretionSlow accumulation or formation
A result of gradual growth - 20AcmeThe highest point of something
Peak, Summit, Culmination - 21AcquiesceTo agree/accept/allow something without any argument
Accede, Consent - 22AcridBitter and unpleasant in taste or smell.
- 23AcrimoniousAngry and bitter
Acrid, Bitter, Hard, Sore - 24ActuateTo make move/operate
To cause someone to do something
Activate, Crank up, Drive - 25AcuityThe ability to see, hear or understand something easily
Delicacy, sensitivity, sharpness - 26AcumenThe ability to think clearly and make good decision.
- 27AdeptHighly skilled and well-trained person
Expert, Proficient - 28AdjureTo urge/Command to do something
- 29AdmonishTo speak to someone in a way that expresses disapproval or
criticism. - 30AdulateExcessive or slavish admiration or flattery.
- 31AdulterateTo make something impure by adding something of poor.
Impure, Alloyed, Dilute - 32AdumbrateTo suggest, Disclose, outline partially.
Something that shows what is coming
To suggest beforehand - 33AdversaryEnemy, Opponent
- 34AdversityA difficult situation/condition
Misfortune, Tragedy - 35AdvocateA person who argues for or support a cause or policy
- 36AerieA nest of a bird especially of Hawk or Eagle Built at the cliff
Or at the top of mountain. - 37AestheticRelating to art or beauty, Beautiful, Lovely
- 38AffableFriendly and easy to talk to
- 39AggrandizeTo make great or greater
To increase, enlarge - 40AlchemyA science that was used in the middle ages with the goal of
changing ordinary metals into gold.
A power that changes or transforms something in a mysterious
Or impressive way. - 41AlacrityA quick and cheerful readiness to do something.
- 42AllayTo make less strong/severe.
- 43AlludeTo make indirect reference
Hint, imply - 44AltruistA person having feelings and behavior that show a desire to
help others and lack selfishness - 45AmalgamateTo unite in one thing
- 46AmbidextrousAble to use both hands equally
- 47AmbiguousNot expressed or understood clearly
Having more than one possible meaning - 48AmbivalenceContinual fluctuation between one thing and its opposite.
- 49AmeliorateTo make better, less painful
To make tolerable - 50AmenableWilling to agree, Ready