WS lists 1-5 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
abash | to make ashamed; to embarass |
unabashedly | to do something wtihout shame or embarassment |
abate | to reduce |
abatement | a reduction; tax abatement- tax reduction |
abject | hopeless, extremely sad and servile; defeatedan abject person is one who is crushed and without hope aka a slave"abject poverty"--hopeless, desperate proverty |
abnegate | to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce |
abortive | unsuccessful |
absolve | to forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from obligation; the act of absolving is called absolution |
abstruse | hard to understand |
abysmal | extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless |
acerbic | bitter; sour; severe; acerb |
acquiesce | to comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree.. aka to do something wtihout objection |
acrid | harsh, like acid |
acrimonious | full of spite, bitter, nasty |
acumen | keeness of judgement; mental sharpness |
adherent | follower; supporter; believer |
admonish | to warn; scold gently |
adroit | skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease;droit=right (Fr.); dexter=right (Lat.); gauche=left (Fr.); |
maladroit | unskillful |
dexterous | skillful |
adulation | wild or excessive admiration; flattery (with a note of insincerity |
unadulterated | pure |
adverse | unfavorable; antagonistic |
adversity | misfortune or unfavorable circumstances |
averse | opposed; having a strong feeling of opposition |
aversion | a strong feeling of dislike, opposition |
aesthetic | having to do with artistic beauty |
aesthete | someoe who admires beautiful things |
affable | friendly, easy to talk to |
affectation | unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress |
affinity | sympathy, attraction, kinship, similarity/resemblance |
affluent | rich; prosperous |
agnostic | opne who believes that the existence of a god can neither be proven nor disproven |
aggregate | sum total; a collection of separate things |
congregate | to get together |
aggregate | to bring together |
segregate | to keep apart |
integrate | to unite |
alacrity | cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond |
allege | to asset without proof |
allocate | to distribute, to assign, to allot |
alloy (n) | a combination o ftwo or more things, ususally metals |
alloy (v) | to mix things together |
unalloyed | undiluted or pure |
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