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Abash: (uh BASH)

v. to make ashamed; to embarrass
Abate: (uh BAYT)

v. to subside; to reduce
Abdicate: (AB duh kayt)

v. to step down from a position of power or responsibility
Aberration: (ab uh RAY shun)

n. something not typical; a deviation from the standard
Abhor: (ab HOR)

v. to hate very, very much; to detest
Abject: (AB jekt)

adj. hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out
Abnegate: (AB nuh gayt)

v. to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce
Aboritve: (uh BOR tiv)

adj. unsuccessful
Abridge: (uh BRIJ)

v. to shorten; to condense
Absolute: (AB suh loot)

adj. total; unlimited; perfect
Absolve: (ab ZOLV)

v. to forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation
Abstinent: (AB stuh nunt)

adj. abstaining; voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation
Abstract: (AB strakt)

adj. theoretical; impersonal
Abstruse: (ab STROOS)

adj. hard to understand
Abysmal: (uh BIZ mul)

adj. extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless
Accolade: (AK uh layd)

n. an award; an honor
Accost: (uh KAWST)

v. to approach and speak to someone
Acerbic: (uh SUR bik)

adj. bitter; sour; severe
Acquiesce: (ak wee ES)

v. to comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree
Acrid: (AK rid)

adj. harsh; like acid
Acrimonious: (ak ruh MOH nee us)

adj. full of spite; bitter; nasty
Acumen: (AK yoo mun)

n. keenness of judgement; mental sharpness
Acute: (uh KYOOT)

adj. sharp; shrew
Adamant: (AD uh munt)

adj. stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible
Address: (uh DRES)

v. to speak to; to direct one's attention to
Adherent: (ad HEER unt)

n. follower; supporter; believer
Admonish: (ad MAHN ish)

v. to scold gently; to warn

Noun = admonition
Adj = admonitory
Adroit: (uh DROYT)

adj. skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease
Adulation: (aj uh LAY shun)

n. wild or excessive admiration; flattery
Adulterate: (uh DUL tuh rayt)

v. to contaminate; to make impure
Adverse: (ad VURS)

adj. unfavorable; antagonistic
Aesthetic: (es THET ik)

adj. having to do with artistic beauty; artistic
Affable: (AF uh bul)

adj. easy to talk to; friendly

Noun = affability
Affectation: (af ek TAY shun)

n. unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress
Affinity: (uh FIN uh tee)

n. sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
Affluent: (AF loo unt)

adj. rich; prosperous
Agenda: (uh JEN duh)

n. program; the things to be done
Agrarian: (uh GRAR ee un)

adj. relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land
Aggregate: (AG ruh gut)

n. sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together

Verb = aggregate (AG ruh gayt)
Agnostic: (ag NAHS tik)

n. one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
Alacrity: (uh LAK ri tee)

n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
Allege: (uh LEJ)

v. to assert without proof
Alleviate: (uh LEE vee ayt)

v. to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
Allocate: (Al uh kayt)

v. to distribute; to assign; to allot
Alloy: (AL loy)

n. a combination of two or more things, usually metals

Verb = alloy (uh LOY) To alloy two things is to mix them together. There is usually an implication that there is something undesirable or debased about an alloy (as opposed to a pure substance).
Allusion: (uh LOO zhun)

n. an indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint
Aloof: (uh LOOF)

adj. uninvolved; standing off; keeping one's distance
Altruism: (AL troo iz um)

n. selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others
Ambience: (AM bee uns)

n. atmosphere; mood; feeling

adjective = ambient (surrounding or circulating)
Ambiguous: (am BIG yoo us)

adj. unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways
Ambivalent: (am BIV uh lunt)

adj. undecided; neutral; wishy-washy
Ameliorate: (uh MEEL yuh rayt)

v. to make better or more tolerable
Amenable: (uh MEE nuh bul)

adj. obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable
Amenity: (uh MEN i tee)

adj. pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature
Amiable: (AY mee uh bul)

adj. friendly; agreeable
Amnesty: (AM nuh stee)

n. an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
Amoral: (ay MOR ul)

adj. lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings
Amorous: (AM ur us)

adj. feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love
Amorphous: (uh MOR fus)

adj. shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; bloblike
Anachronism: (un NAK ruh niz um)

n. something out of place in time or history; an incongruity
Analogy: (uh NAL uh jee)

n. a comparison of one thing to another; similarity
Anarchy: (AN ur kee)

n. absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder
Anecdote: (AN ik doht)

n. a short account of a humorous or revealing incident
Anguish: (ANG gwish)

n. agonizing physical or mental pain
Animosity: (an uh MAHS uh tee)

n. resentment; hostility; ill will
Anomlay: (uh NAHM uh lee)

n. an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation
Antecedent: (an tuh SEED unt)

n. someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it
Antipathy: (an TIP uh thee)

n. firm dislike; a dislike
Antithesis: (an TITH uh sis)

n. the direct opposite
Apartheid: (uh PAHRT hayt)

n. the abhorrent policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa
Apathy: (AP uh thee)

n. lack of interest; lack of feeling
Aphorism: (AF uh riz um)

n. a brief, often witty saying; a proverb
Apocalypse: (uh PAHK uh lips)

n. a prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world
Apocryphal: (uh POK ruh ful)

n. of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious
Apotheosis: (uh pahth ee OH sis)

n. elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something
Appease: (uh PEEZ)

v. to soothe; to pacify by giving in to

Noun = appeasement
Appreciate: (uh PREE shee ayt)

v. to increase in value
Apprehensive: (ap ruh HEN siv)

adj. worried; anxious
Approbation: (ap ruh BAY shun)

n. approval; praise
Appropriate: (uh PROH pree ayt)

v. to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use
Aptitude: (AP tuh tood)

n. capacity for learning; natural ability
Arbiter: (AHR buh tur)

n. one who decides; a judge
Arbitrary: (AHR buh trer ee)

adj. random; capricious
Arcane: (ahr KAYN)

adj. mysterious; known only to a select few
Archaic: (ahr KAY ik)

adj. extremely old; ancient; outdated
Archetype: (AHR kuh type)

n. an original model or pattern
Ardent: (AHR dunt)

adj. passionate
Arduous: (AHR joo us)

adj. hard; difficult
Aristocratic: (uh ris tuh KRAT ik)

adj. of noble birth; snobbish
Artful: (AHRT ful)

adj. crafty; wily; sly
Artifice: (AHRT uh fus)

n. a clever trick; cunning
Ascendancy: (uh SEN dun see)

n. supremacy; domination
Ascetic: (uh SET ik)

adj. hermitlike; practicing self-denial
Assiduous: (uh SIJ oo us)

adj. hardworking; busy; quite diligent
Assimilate: (uh SIM uh layt)

v. to take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly
Assuage: (uh SWAYJ)

v. to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve
Astute: (uh STOOT)

adj. shrewd; keen in judgment
Attrition: (uh TRISH un)

n. gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size
Audacity: (aw DAS uh tee)

n. boldness; reckless daring; impertinence
Augment: (awg MENT)

v. to make bigger; to add to; to increase
Auspicious: (aw SPISH us)

adj. favorable; promising; pointing to a good result
Austere: (aw STEER)

adj. unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess
Autocratic: (aw tuh KRAT ik)

adj. ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy
Autonomous: (aw TAHN uh mus)

adj. acting independently
Avarice: (AV ur is)

n. greed; excessive love of riches
Avow: (uh VOW)

v. to claim; to declare boldly; to admit
Avuncular: (uh VUNG kyuh lar)

adj. like an uncle, especially a nice uncle
Awry: (uh RYE)

adj. off course; twisted to one side
Axiom: (AK see um)

n. a self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying

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