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annex: 1. (v.) to incorporate territory or space (After defeating them in battle, the Russians annexed Poland.) 2. (n.) a room attached to a larger room or space (He likes to do his studying in a little annex attached to the main reading room in the library.)
antipathy: (n.) a strong dislike, repugnance (I know you love me, but because you are a liar and a thief, I feel nothing but antipathy for you.)
apocryphal: (adj.) ﬁctitious, false, wrong (Because I am standing before you, it seems obvious that the stories circulating about my demise were apocryphal.)
acrimony: (n.) bitterness, discord (Though they vowed that no girl would ever come between them, Biff and Trevor could not keep acrimony from overwhelming their friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Teresa.)
adverse: (adj.) antagonistic, unfavorable, dangerous (Because of adverse conditions, the hikers decided to give up trying to climb the mountain.)
amenable: (adj.) willing, compliant (Our father was amenable when we asked him to drive us to the farm so we could go apple picking.)
adept: (adj.) extremely skilled (Tarzan was adept at jumping from tree to tree like a monkey.)
acute: 1. (adj.) sharp, severe (Arnold could not walk because the pain in his foot was so acute.) 2. (adj.) having keen insight (Because she was so acute, Libby instantly ﬁgured out how the magician pulled off his "magic.")
abet: (v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to abet him.)
aggrandize: (v.) to increase or make greater (Joseph always dropped the names of the famous people his father knew as a way to aggrandize his personal stature.)
adulation: (n.) extreme praise (Though the book was pretty good, Marcy did not believe it deserved the adulation it received.)
affront: (n.) an insult (Bernardo was very touchy, and took any slight as an affront to his honor.)
approbation: (n.) praise (The crowd welcomed the heroes with approbation.)
abject: (adj.) wretched, pitiful (After losing all her money, falling into a puddle, and breaking her ankle, Eloise was abject.)
aversion: (n.) a particular dislike for something (Because he's from Hawaii, Ben has an aversion to autumn, winter, and cold climates in general.)
accentuate: (v.) to stress, highlight (Psychologists agree that those people who are happiest accentuate the positive in life.)
amenity: (n.) an item that increases comfort (Bill Gates's house is stocked with so many amenities, he never has to do anything for himself.)
atypical: (adj.) not typical, unusual (Screaming and crying is atypical adult behavior.)
adumbrate: (v.) to sketch out in a vague way (The coach adumbrated a game plan, but none of the players knew precisely what to do.)
asylum: 1. (n.) a place of refuge, protection, a sanctuary (For Thoreau, the forest served as an asylum from the pressures of urban life.) 2. (n.) an institution in which the insane are kept (Once diagnosed by a certiﬁed psychiatrist, the man was put in an asylum.)
agnostic: (adj.) believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven (Joey's parents are very religious, but he is agnostic.)
adroit: (adj.) skillful, dexterous (The adroit thief could pick someone's pocket without attracting notice.)
augment: (v.) to add to, expand (The eager student seeks to augment his knowledge of French vocabulary by reading French literature.)
antiquated: (adj.) old, out of date (That antiquated car has none of the features, like power windows and steering, that make modern cars so great.)
annul: (v.) to make void or invalid (After seeing its unforeseen and catastrophic effects, Congress sought to annul the law.)
abate: (v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)
avenge: (v.) to seek revenge (The victims will take justice into their own hands and strive to avenge themselves against the men who robbed them.)
audacious: (adj.) excessively bold (The security guard was shocked by the fan's audacious attempt to offer him a bribe.)
abnegation: (n.) denial of comfort to oneself (The holy man slept on the ﬂoor, took only cold showers, and generally followed other practices of abnegation.)
abscond: (v.) to sneak away and hide (In the confusion, the super-spy absconded into the night with the secret plans.)
aerial: (adj.) somehow related to the air (We watched as the ﬁghter planes conducted aerial maneuvers.)
amicable: (adj.) friendly (Claudia and Jimmy got divorced, but amicably and without hard feelings.)
absolution: (n.) freedom from blame, guilt, sin (Once all the facts were known, the jury gave Angela absolution by giving a verdict of not guilty.)
attribute: 1. (v.) to credit, assign (He attributes all of his success to his mother's undying encouragement.) 2. (n.) a facet or trait (Among the beetle's most peculiar attributes is its thorny protruding eyes.)
antecedent: (n.) something that came before (The great tradition of Western culture had its antecedent in the culture of Ancient Greece.)
appalling: (adj.) inspiring shock, horror, disgust (The judge found the murderer's crimes and lack of remorse appalling.)
abrogate: (v.) to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that the government cannot abrogate our right to a free press.)
acerbic: (adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.)
afﬂuent: (adj.) rich, wealthy (Mrs. Grebelski was afﬂuent, owning a huge house, three cars, and an island near Maine.)
atone: (v.) to repent, make amends (The man atoned for forgetting his wife's birthday by buying her ﬁve dozen roses.)
adamant: (adj.) impervious, immovable, unyielding (Though public pressure was intense, the President remained adamant about his proposal.)
antiseptic: (adj.) clean, sterile (The antiseptic hospital was very bare, but its cleanliness helped to keep patients healthy.)
abjure: (v.) to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.)
accretion: (n.) slow growth in size or amount (Stalactites are formed by the accretion of minerals from the roofs of caves.)
acquiesce: (v.) to agree without protesting (Though Mr. Correlli wanted to stay outside and work in his garage, when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner, he acquiesced to her demands.)
aggrieved: (adj.) distressed, wronged, injured (The foreman mercilessly overworked his aggrieved employees.)
arbitrary: (adj.) based on factors that appear random (The boy's decision to choose one college over another seems arbitrary.)
acumen: (n.) keen insight (Because of his mathematical acumen, Larry was able to ﬁgure out in minutes problems that took other students hours.)
atrophy: (v.) to wither away, decay (If muscles do not receive enough blood, they will soon atrophy and die.)
amorous: (adj.) showing love, particularly sexual (Whenever Albert saw Mariah wear her slinky red dress, he began to feel quite amorous.)
accost: (v.) to confront verbally (Though Antoinette was normally quite calm, when the waiter spilled soup on her for the fourth time in 15 minutes she stood up and accosted the man.)
amiable: (adj.) friendly (An amiable fellow, Harry got along with just about everyone.)
anathema: (n.) a cursed, detested person (I never want to see that murderer. He is an anathema to me.)
altercation: (n.) a dispute, ﬁght (Jason and Lionel blamed one another for the car accident, leading to an altercation.)
advocate: 1. (v.) to argue in favor of something (Arnold advocated turning left at the
apathetic: (adj.) lacking concern, emotion (Uninterested in politics, Bruno was apathetic about whether he lived under a capitalist or communist regime.)
alacrity: (n.) eagerness, speed (For some reason, Chuck loved to help his mother whenever he could, so when his mother asked him to set the table he did so with alacrity.)
accord: (n.) an agreement (After much negotiating, England and Iceland ﬁnally came to a mutually beneﬁcial accord about ﬁshing rights off the cost of Greenland.)
arboreal: (adj.) of or relating to trees (Leaves, roots, and bark are a few arboreal traits.)
antagonism: (n.) hostility (Superman and Bizarro Superman shared a mutual antagonism, and often fought.)
abase: (v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.)
arbiter: (n.) one who can resolve a dispute, make a decision (The divorce court judge will serve as the arbiter between the estranged husband and wife.)
arbitration: (n.) the process or act of resolving a dispute (The employee sought ofﬁcial arbitration when he could not resolve a disagreement with his supervisor.)
alias: (n.) a false name or identity (He snuck past the guards by using an alias and fake ID.)

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