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WS quick quiz 1-5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abash | To make ashamed; to embarrass |
| abate | To subside; to reduce |
| abdicate | To step down from a position of power or responsibility |
| aberration | Something not typical; a deviation from the standard |
| abhor | To hate very very much; to detest |
| abject | Hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out |
| abnegate | To deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce |
| abortive | Unsuccessful |
| abridge | To shorten; to condense |
| absolute | Total; unlimited; perfect |
| absolve | To forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation |
| abstinent | Abstaining; voluntarily not doing something especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation |
| abstract | Theoretical; impersonal |
| abstruse | Hard to understand |
| abysmal | Extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless |
| accolade | An award; an honor |
| accost | To approach and speak to someone |
| acerbic | Bitter; sour; severe |
| acquiesce | To comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree |
| acrid | Harsh; like acid |
| acrimonious | Full of spite; bitter; nasty |
| acumen | Keenness of judgment; mental sharpness |
| acute | Sharp; shrewd |
| adamant | Stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible |
| address | To speak to; to direct ones attention to |
| adherent | Follower; supporter; believer |
| admonish | To scold gently; to warn |
| adroit | Skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease |
| adulation | Wild or excessive admiration; flattery |
| adulterate | To contaminate; to make impure |
| adverse | Unfavorable; antagonistic |
| aesthetic | Having to do with artistic beauty; artistic |
| affable | Easy to talk to; friendly |
| affectation | Unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress |
| affinity | Sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity |
| affluent | Rich; prosperous |
| agenda | Program; the things to be done |
| agrarian | Relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land |
| aggregate | Sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together |
| agnostic | One who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven |
| alacrity | Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond |
| allege | To assert without proof |
| alleviate | To relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen |
| allocate | To distribute; to assign; to allot |
| alloy | A combination of two or more things, usually metals |
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