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Vocab - College or above - A

Worddefinition
Contemptuous Feeling discussed or scorn
Fortuitous Accidental; Luck
Harangue A long scolding, in a public place
Neophyte A new convert (ex: Religon)
Onerous Trouble some or burdensome
Rigmarole Nonsensically complicated procedure
Tumultuous Chaotic
abase v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade
abdicate v. To give up (royal power or the like)
abeyance n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction.
abject adj. Sunk to a low condition.
abjure v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
abominate v. To hate violently.
abrogate v. To abolish, repeal.
abscond v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.
abstruse adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
accede v. To agree.
accost v. To speak to.
acerbity n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.
Achillean adj. Invulnerable.
achromatic adj. Colorless
acquiesce v. To comply; submit.
acquiescence n. Passive consent.
addle v. To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.
acrid adj. Harshly pungent or bitter.
acrimonious adj. Full of bitterness.
acumen n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
adduce v. To bring forward or name for consideration.
adjutant adj. Auxiliary.
admonish v. To warn of a fault.
adroit adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
adumbrate v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.
affable adj. Easy to approach.
agglomerate v. To pile or heap together.
aggrandize v. To cause to appear greatly.
aide-de-camp n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.
airy adj. Delicate, ethereal.
alacrity n. Cheerful willingness.
allegory n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.
alluvion n. Flood.
amatory adj. Designed to excite love.
ambulate v. To walk about
ameliorate v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship
amenable adj. Willing and ready to submit.
amplitude n. Largeness.
anagram n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
anathema n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
anhydrous adj. Withered.
ante v. generally used with words to describe actions occuring before something else; a useful prefix
antiphony n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
antiquate v. To make old or out of date.
apogee n. The climax.
apostasy n. A total departure from one's faith or religion.
approbation n. Sanction.
arborescent adj. Having the nature of a tree.
archaic adj. Antiquated
archaism n. Obsolescence.
arrant adj. Notoriously bad.
arrogate v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
artifice n. Trickery
artless adj. Ingenuous
ascetic adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
assiduous adj. Diligent.
athwart adv. From side to side.
atonement n. Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
augment v. To make bigger.
auspice n favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
autarchy n. Unrestricted power.
autocracy n. Absolute government.
autocrat n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
autonomous adj. Self-governing.
auxiliary n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
avarice n. Passion for getting and keeping riches.
avidity n. Greediness.
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