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- augury
- omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future)
- axiom
- self-evident truth requiring no proof
- ascribe
- refer; attribute; assign
- awe
- solemn wonder; feeling of respect mixed with wonder and fear; V: fill with awe; ADJ. awesome
- azure
- sky blue
- avuncular
- of or like an uncle
- askance
- with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at
- atrocity
- brutal deed;
- ascetic
- practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism
- astringent
- binding; causing contraction (stopping bleeding); harsh or severe; stringent; Ex. astringent criticism
- askew
- crookedly; slanted; at an angle
- articulate
- effective; distinct; expressing ideas clearly; having clear sounds; having joints; Ex. articulate speech; V: express thoughts and feeling clearly; pronounce clearly; unite by joints
- assiduous
- diligent
- awl
- pointed tool used for piercing
- arraign
- charge in court; indict
- asperity
- sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter
- assert
- state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence
- array
- marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array
- atrophy
- wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use)
- avert
- prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex. An accident was averted by his quick thinking; Ex. She averted her eyes from the terrible sight.
- arrogance
- pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one's own importance and a lack of respect for other people)
- august
- impressive; majestic
- avow
- declare openly; N. avowal
- avenge
- take vengence for something or on behalf of someone;
- authoritative
- having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable; peremptory and dictatorial;
- arrears
- being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done
- ashen
- ash-colored; deadly pale
- asteroid
- small planet
- aromatic
- fragrant; having a sweet smell; N. aroma: strong pleasant smell
- artery
- blood-vessel; CF. vein
- avalanche
- great mass of falling snow and ice
- asylum
- place of refuge or shelter; protection (religious or political)
- asymmetric
- not identical on both sides of a dividing central line
- attribute
- essential quality; V: ascribe; explain
- armada
- fleet of warships
- badger
- pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again;
- arrhythmic
- lacking rhythm or regularity;
- authoritarian
- subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will; Ex. authoritarian regime/father
- aspersion
- slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on
- audacious
- daring; bold;
- artless
- without guile; open and honest
- atheistic
- denying the existence of God; N. atheism
- bacchanalian
- drunken
- aseptic
- preventing infection; having a cleansing effect
- averse
- reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed;
- assent
- agree; accept; N. assessment
- assail
- assault
- awful
- terrible; very bad
- avarice
- greediness for wealth
- arroyo
- gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater
- authenticate
- prove genuine
- auxiliary
- offering or providing help; additional or subsidiary; N: helper; assistant
- autonomous
- self-governing;
- avid
- greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. avidity
- assurance
- firm statement that something is certainly true; promise or pledge; certainty; confidence in one's own ability; self-confidence; Ex. In spite of all his assurances, he did not come back; Ex. assurance of his loyalty; Ex. The teacher lacked assurance in fron of his class; V. assure; tell firmly with confidence; ensure; make (something) certain to heappen; make (someone) feel sure; give confidence to; ADJ. assured: self-assured; confident in one's own ability; showing certainty
- astronomical
- enormously large or extensive
- autocratic
- having absolute unchecked power; dictatorial; N. autocrat, autocracy
- avocation
- secondary or minor occupation
- awry
- distorted; crooked; bent;
- austere
- forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk's austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity
- babble
- chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N.
- arsenal
- storage place for military equipment
- astute
- wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something that is to one's advantage
- auspicious
- favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices
- ascertain
- find out for certain; make certain
- attenuate
- make thin; weaken
- auroral
- pertaining to the aurora borealis; CF. aurora australis
- attentive
- alert and watchful; listening carefully; paying attention; considerate; thoughtful; politely helpful; Ex. attentive audience; Ex. He was attentive to the old lady; N. attentions: act of courtesy and consideration
- aristocracy
- hereditary nobility; privileged class; government by nobility; N. aristocrat
- audit
- examination of accounts of a business; official examination; V.
- aspire
- seek to attain (position or status); long for; Ex. aspire to become president; Ex. aspire to/after the leadership
- bacchanal
- noisy party with a lot of drinking
- assumption
- something taken for granted; the taking over or taking possession of; Ex. her assumption of power;
- attrition
- rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition
- automaton
- mechanism that imitates actions of humans; machine that works by itself
- attest
- testify; bear witness
- aspirant
- seeker after position or status
- artifice
- deception; trickery
- artisan
- a manually skilled worker
- assuage
- mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
- autopsy
- examination of a dead body; postmortem; V.
- Bacchanalia
- the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus
- atypical
- not normal; not typical
- regent
- a person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill, absent, or still a child; ADJ. Ex. the Prince regent
- astral
- relating to the stars
- assimilate
- absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking)
- astigmatism
- eye defect which prevents proper focus;
- aver
- state confidently; declare as true
- aviary
- enclosure for birds; large cage
- atavism
- resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic
- aureole
- sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light
- aversion
- firm dislike
- artifacts
- object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced
- asinine
- stupid;
- asunder
- into parts; apart; V. sunder
- ascendancy
- controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant
- assay
- analyze (to discover what materials are present); evaluate (soil or ore)
- augment
- increase; add to
- atone
- make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for