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| Answer | Question |
|---|---|
| accent | to stress or emphasize |
| ascent | a climb or rise |
| assent | consent; compliance |
| accept | to take something offered |
| except | other than; but |
| advice | opinion bivern as to what to do of how to handle a situation |
| advise | to counsel |
| affect | to influence |
| effect | to cause, as a result |
| allusion | indirect reference |
| illusion | false idea or conception,belief or opinion not in accord with the facts |
| already | previously |
| all ready | prepared |
| altar | table or stand used in religious rites |
| alter | to change |
| capital | a city where the government meets |
| capitol | building in which the legislature meets |
| choose | to select |
| chose | (past tense of choose) |
| cite | to quote |
| site | location |
| clothes | garments |
| cloths | pieces of material |
| coarse | rough, unrefined |
| course | path of action, passage, sereis of studies, part of a meal |
| consul | a person appointed by the government to live in a foreign city and represent the citzenry and business interests of his native country there |
| council | a group used for discussion, advisement |
| counsel | to advise |
| decent | proper, respectable |
| descent | moving down, ansestry |
| device | plan; scheme |
| devise | to contrive |
| emigrate | to go away from a country |
| immigrate | to come into a country |
| eminent | prominent |
| imminent | impending |
| immanent | existing within |
| fair | beautiful,just, festival |
| fare | amount, of money paid for transport |
| forth | onward |
| fourth | 4th |
| its | possessive form of it |
| it's | contraction of it is |
| later | at a subsequent date |
| latter | second of the two |
| lead | a metal, to show the way |
| led | past tense of lead |
| loose | free unrestricted |
| lose | to suffer the loss of |
| moral | vituous, lesson taught by a story |
| morale | mental condition |
| of | from |
| off | away at a distance |
| passed | having satisgied some requirement |
| past | gone by or elapsed in time, a period of time gone by |
| pesonal | private |
| pesonnel | staff |
| principal | head of school |
| principle | the ultimate source, orgin, or cause of something, a law truth |
| prophecy | prediction of the future |
| prophesy | to declare or predict |
| quiet | still calm |
| quite | really, truly |
| quit | to free oneself |
| respectfully | with respect, honor, eteem |
| respectively | in the order mentioned |
| stationary | immovalbe |
| stationery | paper used for writing |
| straight | not curved |
| strait | restricted, narrow, confined,narrow waterway |
| than | used most commonly in comparisons |
| then | soon afterward |
| their | possessive form of they |
| they're | contraction of they are |
| there | at that place |
| to | in the direction of, toward, as |
| too | more than enough |
| two | 2, one on one |
| weather | the general condition of the atmosphere |
| whether | if it be a case or fact |
| who's | contraction of who is or who has |
| whose | possessive form of who |
| your | possessive form of you |
| you're | contraction of you and are |
| abstract | not easy to understand |
| acclaim | loud approval, applause |
| acquisce | agree or consent to an opinion |
| adamant | not yielding, firm |
| adversary | an enemy, foe |
| advocate | to plead in favor of |
| aesthetic | showing good taste; artistic |
| alleviate | to lessen or make easier |
| aloof | distant in interest; reserved; cool |
| altercation | controversy; dispute |
| alruistic | unselfish |
| amass | to collect together; accumulate |
| ambiguous | not clear; unceertain; vague |
| ambibavalent | undecided |
| ameliorate | to make better to improve |
| amiable | friendly |
| amorphous | having no determinate form |
| anarchist | one who believes that a formal government is unnecessary |
| antagonism | hostility; oppostion |
| apatthy | lack of emotion or interest |
| appease | to make quiet; to calm |
| apprehensive | fearful; aware; conscious |
| arbitrary | base on one's preference or whim |
| arrogant | acting superior to others;conceited |
| aritculate | to speak distinctly;eloquent;fluent;capable of speech;to hinge; to connent; to convey ;to express effectively |
| assess | to estimate the value of |
| astute | cunning; sly; crafty |
| atrophy | to waste away through lack of nutrition |
| audacious | fearless, bold |
| augment | to increase or add to; to make larger |
| austere | harsh; severe; strict |
| authentic | real, genuine; trustworthy |
| authoritarian | acting as a dictator; demanding abedience |
| banal | common; pretty; ordinary |
| belittle | to make small; to think lightly of |
| benefactor | one who helps others;a donor |
| benevolent | kind generous |
| benign | mild harmless |
| biased | prejudicied; influenced; not neutral |
| blasphemous | irreligious; away from acceptable standards |
| blithe | happy; cheery; merry |
| brevity | briefness; shortness |
| candid | honest; truthful; sincere |
| capricious | changeable; fickle |
| caustic | burning;sarcastic; harsh |
| censor | to examine adn delete objectionable material |
| censure | to criticize or disapprove of |
| charlatan | an imposter; fake |
| coalesce | to combine; come together |
| collaborate | to work together; cooperate |
| compatible | in agreement harmonious |
| complacent | content; self-satisfied;smug |
| compliant | yielding; obedient |
| comprehensive | all inclusive; complete; thorough |
| compromise | to settle by mutual adjustment |
| concede | to acknowledge;admit; to surrender; to abandon one's position |
| concise | in few words; brief; condensed |
| condescend | to come down from one's position or dignity |
| condone | to overlook,to forgive |
| conspicuous | easy to see; noticeable |
| consternation | amazement or terror that causes confusion |
| comsummation | the completion;finish |
| contemporary | living or happening at the same time; modern |
| contempt | scorn; direspect |
| contrite | regretful; sorrowful |
| conventional | traditional; common; routine |
| cower | crouch down in fear or shame |
| defamation | any harm to a name or reputation ; slander |
| deference | a yielding to the opinion of another |
| deliberate | to consider carefully, weigh in the mind, intentional |
| denounce | to speak out against; condemn |
| depict | to portray in words; present a visual image |
| deplete | to reduce; to empty |
| depravity | moral corruption; badness |
| deride | to ridicule; laugh at with scorn |
| desecrate | to violate a holy place or sactuary |
| detached | separated; not interested; standing alone |
| deter | to prevent; to discourage; hinder |
| didactic | instructive; dogmatic;preachy |
| digress | stray from the subject; wander from topic |
| diligence | hard work |
| discerning | distinguishing one thing from another |
| discord | disagreement; lack of harmony |
| discriminating | distinguishing one thing from another; demonstrating bias; able to ditinguish |
| disdain | intense dislike; look down upon; scorn |
| disparage | to belittle; undervalue |
| disparity | difference in form, character, or degree |
| dispassionate | lack of feeling; impartial |
| disperse | to scatter; separated |
| disseminate | to circulate; scatter |
| dissent | to disagree;differ in opinion |
| dissonance | harsh contradiction |
| diverse | difference; dissimilar |
| document | official paper containing information; to support ; substantiate; verify |
| dogmatic | stubborn; biased; opinionated |
| dubious | doubtful; uncertain; skeptical; suspicious |
| eccentric | odd; peculiar; strange |
| efface | wipe out; erase |
| effervescene | liveliness; spirit; enthusiasm; bubbliness |
| egocentric | self-centered |
| elaboration | the act of clarifying or adding details |
| eloquence | the ability to speak well |
| elusive | hard to catch; difficult to understand |
| emulate | to imitate; copy; mimic |
| endorse | support; to approve; compliment; make more attractive |
| enigma | mystery; secret; perplexity |
| ephemeral | temporary; brief; short-lived |
| equivocal | doubtful; uncertain |
| erratic | unpredictable; strange |
| erroneous | untrue; inaccurate; not correct |
| esoteric | incomprehensible; obscure |
| euphony | pleasant sound |
| execute | put to death; kill; to carry out; fulfill |
| exemplary | serving as an example; outstanding |
| exhaustive | thorogh; complete |
| expedient | helpful; practical; worthwhile |
| expedite | speed up |
| explicit | specific; definite |
| extol | praise; commend |
| extraneous | irrelevant;not related; not essential |
| facilitate | make easier; simplify |
| fallacious | misleading |
| fanatic | enthusiast; extremist |
| fastidious | fussy; hard to please |
| fervor | passion; intensity |
| fickle | changeable; unpredictable |
| fortuitous | accidental; happening by chance; lucky |
| frivolity | giddiness; lack of seriousness |
| fundamental | basic; necessary |
| furtive | secretive; sly |
| futile | worthyless; unprofitable |
| glutton | overeater |
| grandiose | extravagant; flamboy |
| gravity | seriousness |
| guile | slyness; deceit |
| gullible | easily fooled |
| hackneyed | commonplace; trite |
| hamper | interfere with; hinder |
| haphazard | disorganized; random |
| hedonistic | pleasure seeking |
| heed | obey; yeild to |
| heresy | opinion contary to popular belief |
| hindrance | blockage; obstacle |
| humility | lack of pride; modesty |
| hypocritical | two-faced; deceptive |
| hypothetical | assumed; uncertain |
| illuminate | make understandable |
| illusory | unreal; false; decptive |
| immune | protected; unthreatened by |
| immutable | unchangeable; permanent |
| impartial | unbiased; fair |
| impetuous | rash; impulsive; forcible; violent |
| implication | suggestion; inference |
| inadvertent | not on purpose; unintentional |
| incessant | constant; continual |
| incidental | extraneous; unexpected |
| inclined | apt to; likely to; angled |
| incoherent | illogical; rambling |
| incompatible | disagreeing; disharmonious |
| incredulous | unwilling to believe;skeptical |
| indifferent | unconcerned |
| indolent | lazy; inactive |
| indulgent | lenient; extravagant |
| inevitable | sure to happen; unavoidable |
| infamous | having a bad reputation; notorious |
| infer | form an opinion; conclude |
| initiate | begin; admit into a group; a person who is in the process of being admitted into a group. |
| innate | natural; inborn |
| innocuous | harmless; innocent |
| innovate | introduce a change; depart from the old |
| insipid | uninteresting; bland |
| instigate | start; provoke |
| intangible | incapable of being touched; immaterial |
| ironic | contradictory; inconsistent; sarcastic |
| irrational | not logical |
| jeopardy | danger |
| kindle | ingnite; arouse |
| languid | weak; fatigued |
| laud | to praise |
| lax | careless irresponsible |
| lethargic | lazy; passive |
| levity | silliness; lack of seriousness |
| lucid | shining, easily understood |
| magnanimous | forgiving; unselfish |
| malicious | spiteful; vindictive |
| marred | damaged |
| meander | wind on a cours; go aimlessly |
| melancholy | depression; gloom |
| meticulous | exacting;precise |
| minute | extremely small; tiny |
| miser | penny pincher; stingy person |
| mitigate | alleviate; lessen; soothe |
| morose | moody; despondent |
| negligence | carelessness |
| neutral | impartial;unbiased |
| nostalgic | longing for the past; filled with bittersweet memories |
| novel | new |
| nullify | cancel; invalidate |
| objective | open-minded; impartial Goal |
| obscure | not easily understood; dark |
| obsolette | out of date; passe |
| ominous | threatening |
| optimist | person who hopes for the best; sees the good side |
| orthodox | traditional; accepted |
| pagan | polytheist polytheistic |
| partisan | supporter, follower baised; one sided |
| perceptive | full of insight; aware |
| peripheral | marginal;outer |
| pernicious | dangerous; harmful |
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