| Question |
Answer |
| abase |
to lower |
| abash |
to embarrass |
| abate |
to lessen |
| abominate |
to loathe/ to hate |
| abstruse |
profound/difficult to understand |
| accentuate |
to stress/to emphasize |
| acclivity |
sharp incline of a hill |
| accolade |
award/honor |
| accost |
to approach and speak to |
| adroit |
skillful |
| adulate |
to flatter and praise so much it's sickening |
| adulterate |
to make impure |
| adumbrate |
to foreshadow by disclosing only partially |
| adverse |
hostile/opposed/unfavorable |
| advocate |
to urge/to recommend |
| aesthetic |
artistic;pertaining to a sense of what is beautiful |
| affected |
fake |
| affinity |
attraction |
| affluent |
rich |
| agape |
open-mouthed |
| aghast |
horrified |
| agile |
able to move in a quick and easy fashion |
| alacrity |
cheerful promptness |
| alias |
a false name |
| alimentary |
supplying nourishment |
| allay |
to soothe;to make more bearable |
| alledged |
stated without proof |
| alleviate |
to make more bearable |
| allude |
to refer indirectly |
| allusion |
a reference to something |
| altercation |
a violent dispute |
| amass |
to collect;to get a bunch of |
| ambulatory |
able to walk |
| ameliorate |
to improve a bad situation |
| amity |
peaceful relations; friendship |
| amnesia |
loss of memory |
| amok |
freaked out and violently pissed off |
| amorphous |
shapeless |
| anthropoid |
humanlike |
| antipathy |
hatred/aversion/dislike |
| apathetic |
indifferent/showing lack of interest |
| apathy |
indifference/lack of interest |
| apex |
tip/peak/summit/way up there |
| appease |
to soothe/to placate |
| arbitrary |
chosen at random or without apparent reason |
| ardor |
heat/passion/zeal |
| askew |
crooked/off to one side |
| assuage |
to ease/to pacify |
| astute |
shrewd/wise/observing |
| attribute |
a characteristic that is usually a good one/to explain by indicating a cause |
| atypical |
not typical |
| audacity |
boldness |
| august |
magnificent/awe-inspiring |
| austerity |
severity/strictness |
| averse |
opposed/unwilling |
| avuncular |
like an uncle |
| awry |
twisted/crooked/out of whack/askew/wrong |
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