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WS lists 1-5
| 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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