Vocabulary - Word-a-day 2r
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- abhor
- to regard with intense loathing or horror; detest
- acquit
- to release or discharge a person from an obligation
- absolve
- to free from consequences, blame, or guilt
- absurd
- utterly senseless, illogical, or untrue; laughably foolish or false
- acquiesce
- to agree passively; comply; consent
- accolade
- award, honor or laudatory notice
- abridge
- to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, etc; diminish; curtail
- accord
- a compromise of conflicting opinions; concurrence; agreement
- milestone
- an important point in progress or development
- demeanor
- behavior toward others; outward manner (noun)
- abstain
- to refrain from casing one's vote
- abominable
- detestable; loathsome
- access
- a way of approaching or coming to a place
- aberration
- an imperfection in an optical lens or the blurring caused by such an imperfection
- abuse
- to use wrongly or improperly
- mien
- look, appearance, or manner expecially as showing mood or personality (noun)
- acknowledge
- to recognize the authority, validity, or claims of
- catercorner
- in a diagonal or oblique position
- abound
- to be rich or well supplied
- abolish
- to do away with; put an end to; make void
- acuity
- sharpness; acuteness; keeness
- adulation
- (n) high praise
- assiduous
- (adj) persistent, hard-working
- clairvoyant
- (adj) exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future
- convergence
- (n) the state of separate elements joingin or coming together
- enervating
- (adj) weakening, tiring
- ephemeral
- (adj) momentary, transient, fleeting
- evanescent
- (adj) quickly fading, short-lived, esp. an image
- extenuating
- (adj) excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime, e.g., of mitigating factors
- florid
- (adj) red-colored, flushed; gaudy, ornate
- fortuitous
- (adj) happening by luck, fortunate
- hackneyed
- (adj) cliched, worn out by overuse
- hedonist
- (n)person who pursues pleasure as a goal
- impetuous
- (adj) rash, impulsive, acting without thinking
- impute
- (v) to attribut an action to a particular person or group
- intrepid
- (adj) fearless, adventurous