| Question |
Answer |
| artery |
blood-vessel; CF. vein |
| artful |
exhibiting art or skill; deceitful; cunning; CF. artifice |
| articulate |
effective; distinct; expressing ideas clearly; having clear sounds; having joints; Ex. articulate speech; V: express thoughts and feeling clearly; pronounce clearly; unite by joints |
| artifacts |
object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced |
| artifice |
deception; trickery |
| artisan |
a manually skilled worker |
| artless |
without guile; open and honest |
| ascendancy |
controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant |
| ascertain |
find out for certain; make certain |
| ascetic |
practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism |
| ascribe |
refer; attribute; assign |
| aseptic |
preventing infection; having a cleansing effect |
| ashen |
ash-colored; deadly pale |
| asinine |
stupid; Ex. asinine remarks |
| askance |
with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at |
| askew |
crookedly; slanted; at an angle |
| asperity |
sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter |
| aspersion |
slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on |
| aspirant |
seeker after position or status |
| aspire |
seek to attain (position or status); long for; Ex. aspire to become president; Ex. aspire to/after the leadership |
| assail |
assault |
| assay |
analyze (to discover what materials are present); evaluate (soil or ore) |
| assent |
agree; accept; N. assessment |
| assert |
state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence |
| assiduous |
diligent |
| assimilate |
absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking) |
| assuage |
mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger) |
| assumption |
something taken for granted; the taking over or taking possession of; Ex. her assumption of power; V. assume |
| assurance |
firm statement that something is certainly true; promise or pledge; certainty; confidence in one's own ability; self-confidence; Ex. In spite of all his assurances, he did not come back; Ex. assurance of his loyalty; Ex. The teacher lacked assuranc |
| asteroid |
small planet |
| astigmatism |
eye defect which prevents proper focus; OP. stigmatism |
| astral |
relating to the stars |
| astringent |
binding; causing contraction (stopping bleeding); harsh or severe; stringent; Ex. astringent criticism |
| astronomical |
enormously large or extensive |
| astute |
wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something that is to one's advantage |
| asunder |
into parts; apart; V. sunder |
| asylum |
place of refuge or shelter; protection (religious or political) |
| asymmetric |
not identical on both sides of a dividing central line |
| atavism |
resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic |
| atheistic |
denying the existence of God; N. atheism |
| atone |
make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for |
| atrocity |
brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious |
| atrophy |
wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use) |
| attentive |
alert and watchful; listening carefully; paying attention; considerate; thoughtful; politely helpful; Ex. attentive audience; Ex. He was attentive to the old lady; N. attentions: act of courtesy and consideration |
| attenuate |
make thin; weaken |
| attest |
testify; bear witness |
| attire |
clothe; N: clothing; array; apparel |
| attribute |
essential quality; V: ascribe; explain |
| attrition |
rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition |
| atypical |
not normal; not typical |
| audacious |
daring; bold; N. audacity |
| audit |
examination of accounts of a business; official examination; V. |
| augment |
increase; add to |
| augury |
omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future) |
| august |
impressive; majestic |
| aureole |
sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light |
| auroral |
pertaining to the aurora borealis; CF. aurora australis |
| auspicious |
favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices |
| austere |
forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk's austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity |
| authenticate |
prove genuine |
| authoritarian |
subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will; Ex. authoritarian regime/father |
| authoritative |
having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable; peremptory and dictatorial; Ex. authoritative dictionary/manner; CF. definitive |
| autocratic |
having absolute unchecked power; dictatorial; N. autocrat, autocracy |
| automaton |
mechanism that imitates actions of humans; machine that works by itself |
| autonomous |
self-governing; N. autonomy |
| autopsy |
examination of a dead body; postmortem; V. |
| auxiliary |
offering or providing help; additional or subsidiary; N: helper; assistant |
| avalanche |
great mass of falling snow and ice |
| avantgarde |
group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| avarice |
greediness for wealth |
| avenge |
take vengence for something or on behalf of someone; Ex. They avenged his death by burning the village; Ex. He swore to avenge his brother; Ex. They avenged themselves on their enemy. |
| aver |
state confidently; declare as true |
| averse |
reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work |
| aversion |
firm dislike |
| avert |
prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex. An accident was averted by his quick thinking; Ex. She averted her eyes from the terrible sight. |
| aviary |
enclosure for birds; large cage |
| avid |
greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. avidity |
| avocation |
secondary or minor occupation |
| avow |
declare openly; N. avowal |
| avuncular |
of or like an uncle |
| awe |
solemn wonder; feeling of respect mixed with wonder and fear; V: fill with awe; ADJ. awesome |
| awful |
terrible; very bad |
| awl |
pointed tool used for piercing |
| awry |
distorted; crooked; bent; Ex. Our plans have gone awry. |
| axiom |
self-evident truth requiring no proof |
| azure |
sky blue |
| babble |
chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N. |
| bacchanal |
noisy party with a lot of drinking |
| bacchanalia |
the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus |
| bacchanalian |
drunken |
| backslide |
revert (to bad habits); N. reverter |
| backwards |
and forwards; Ex. reciprocate his invitation by inviting him; N. reciprocity: reciprocal relationship; mutual interchange of advantages between two groups; Ex. reciprocity in trading rights |
| badger |
pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal |
| badinage |
teasing conversation; banter; joking talk |
| baffle |
frustrate; perplex |
| bait |
harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals |
| baleful |
evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look |
| balk |
stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate |
| ballast |
heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast |
| balm |
something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees |
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