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- abate
- to lessen; to subside
- abdication
- giving up control, authority
- aberration
- straying away from what is normal
- abeyance
- suspended action
- abhor
- to hate; to detest
- abide
- be faithful; to endure
- abjure
- promise or swear to give up
- ablution
- washing
- abnegation
- self-denial
- abrogate
- repeal or annul by authority
- abscond
- to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
- abstemious
- restraint, especially of food and alcohol
- abstruse
- difficult to comprehend; obscure
- abut
- border on
- abysmal
- bottomless; extreme
- acarpous
- effete; no longer fertile; worn out
- acclaimed
- welcomed with shouts and approval
- accolade
- praise; approval
- accretion
- the growing of separate things into one
- adamant
- kind of stone; inflexible
- addle
- to become rotten; to become confused
- adduce
- to offer as example, reason or proof
- adjudicate
- to settle judicially
- adjunct
- something added; assistant
- adjure
- to beg
- admonitory
- containing warning
- adorn
- add beauty; decorate
- adulteration
- making unpure, poorer in quality
- adumbrate
- to suggest or hint; overshadow
- adventitious
- coming from another source and not innate
- affable
- polite and friendly
- affinity
- close connection relationship
- aggravate
- make worse; irritate
- agile
- active; quick-moving
- agnostic
- non-committal
- agog
- eager; excited
- ail
- trouble; be ill
- alacrity
- eager and cheerful readiness
- alcove
- recess; partially enclosed place
- allegiance
- duty; support; loyalty
- alleviate
- make (pain) easier to bear
- alloy
- to debase by mixing with something inferior
- aloof
- reserved; indifferent
- altercate
- to dispute angrily or noisily
- amalgamate
- mix, combine, unite societies
- ambidextrous
- able to use the left hand or the right equally well
- ambiguous
- doubtful; uncertain
- ambivalent
- having both of two contrary meanings
- amble
- leisurely walk
- ameliorate
- improve; make better
- amorphous
- shapeless
- amortize
- end (a debt) by setting aside money
- anathema
- something loathed; curse
- anguish
- severe suffering
- animosity
- strong dislike
- antebellum
- existing before a war
- antediluvian
- made a long time ago
- anthropomorphic
- having human characteristics
- antidote
- medicine used against a poison or a disease
- antithetical
- direct opposing
- apartheid
- brutal racial discrimination
- aphasia
- loss of the power to use or comprehend words
- aphorism
- concise statement of a principle
- aplomb
- self-confidence
- apostasy
- renunciation of a religion
- apostate
- one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
- apotheosis
- deification; glorification to godliness
- appease
- make quiet or calm
- appellation
- identifying name or title
- apprehensive
- grasping; understanding; unhappy feeling about future
- apprise
- give notice; to inform
- approbation
- approval
- apropos
- appropriate to the situation; apt
- apt
- well-suited; quick-witted
- arabesque
- a complex ornate design
- arboreal
- of connected with trees
- ardor
- enthusiasm
- arduous
- steep; difficult; ascent; laborious
- argot
- jargon; slang
- arrant
- in the highest degree
- arrogance
- proud superior manner of behaviour
- articulate
- speak distinctly; connect by joints
- ascend
- go or come up
- ascendancy
- dominance
- ascertain
- get to know
- ascribe
- consider to be the origin of or belonging to
- aseptic
- surgically clean
- ashen
- deadly pale
- asperity
- roughness; harshness; ill temper; irritability
- aspersion
- slander
- assiduous
- diligent; hard-working; sedulous
- assuage
- make smth (pain, desire) less
- asterisk
- the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
- astringent
- substance that shrinks
- astute
- clever, quick at seeing to get an advantage
- atelier
- artist's workroom
- atonement
- repayment death of Jesus
- attenuate
- make thin; weaken; enervate
- attune
- bring into harmony
- audacious
- daring; foolishly bold; impudent
- augury
- omen; sign
- august
- majestic; venerable
- auspicious
- favorable; successful; prosperous
- austere
- severely moral and strict; simple and plain
- auxiliary
- helping; supporting
- aver
- affirm; assert; prove; justify
- aversion
- strong; dislike
- avid
- eager; greedy
- avow
- admit; declare openly
- bacchanalian
- orgy
- bait
- to persecute
- baleful
- harmful; ominous; causing evil
- balk
- obstacle; purposely to get on the way of
- baneful
- causing harm or ruin; pernicious; destructive
- barrage
- artificial; obstacle built across a river
- barren
- not good enough; unable to have young ones without value
- bask
- enjoy warmth and light
- beatify
- to bless; make happy or ascribe a virtue to
- bedizen
- to adorn, especially in a cheap showy manner
- belabor
- beat hard
- bellicose
- belligerent; pugnacious; warlike
- belligerent
- (person, nation) waging war
- benediction
- something that promotes goodness or well-being
- benefactor
- person who has given help
- benevolence
- wish or activity in doing good
- benign
- kind and gentle; mild (climate)
- bequest
- arrangement to give smth at death
- berate
- scold sharply
- bereft
- rob or dispossess of smth (material)
- bewilder
- puzzle; confuse
- bigot
- stubborn; narrow-minded person
- bilge
- bulge the protuberance of a cask
- bilk
- to cheat
- blandishment
- flattery coaxing
- blandness
- polite manner; comforting uninteresting
- blatant
- noisy and rough
- blithe
- cheerful; casual; carefree
- bluster
- to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
- bogus
- sham; counterfeit; not genuine
- boisterous
- loud; noisy; rough; lacking restraint
- bolster
- give greatly needed support
- boorish
- crude; offensive; rude
- brash
- hasty; rush; cheeky; saucy
- brass
- yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
- brazen
- made of brass
- breach
- opening; broken place; breaking
- brittle
- easily broken
- broach
- bring up; announce; begin to talk about
- brook
- to tolerate, endure
- buoyant
- able to float light-hearted
- burgeon
- grow forth; send out buds
- burnish
- to polish, rub to a shine
- cabal
- a scheme or plot; a group of plotters
- cacophony
- harsh sound
- cadence
- rhythmic modulation of sound
- cadge
- to beg; to get by begging
- cajole
- use flattery or deceit; to persuade
- calumny
- slander; aspersion
- candid
- frank; straight-forward
- cant
- insincere talk
- cantankerous
- bad-tempered; quarrelsome
- canvass
- discuss thoroughly; sort of touting
- captious
- critical
- carouse
- to drink alcohol freely
- carp
- to find fault or complain querulously
- carte blanche
- full discretionary power
- castigation
- severe punishment
- catalyst
- substance that causes speeding up
- catatonic
- immobile
- catholic
- comprehensive; universal
- caustic
- biting; sarcastic
- cavil
- to raise trivial and frivolous objection
- cede/cession
- to surrender possession of, especially by treaty
- celerity
- rapidity of motion or action
- censure
- expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
- centurion
- leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
- chaff
- to tease good-naturedly
- charlatan
- quack or fraud
- chary
- cautious; wary
- chastisement
- punishment
- chauvinist
- a blindly devoted patriot
- chicanery
- legal trickery; false argument
- chimera
- illusion or fabrication of the mind
- chisel
- steel tool for shaping materials
- chivy
- to tease or annoy with persistent petty attacks
- choleric
- irritable; bad-tempered
- chromatic
- of color
- churl
- bad-tempered person
- chutzpah
- nerve; gall
- circumscribe
- to draw line around; to limit
- clamor
- shout; complain with a lot of noise
- clerical
- of the clergy or clerk
- clientele
- customers
- clinch
- come to grips; settle conclusively
- cling
- to resist separation
- clot
- half-solid lump formed from liquid
- cloture
- closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
- coagulation
- change to a thick and solid state
- coalescing
- coming together and uniting into one substance
- coax
- get smb to do smth by kindness
- coda
- passage that completes a piece of music
- coddle
- treat with care and tenderness
- coerce
- compel to force to make obedient
- coeval
- of the same period; coexisting
- cogent
- strong; convincing
- cogitate
- think deeply; mediate
- cognizant
- being fully aware of
- collusion
- secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
- combustion
- process of burning
- comely
- attractive
- commemorate
- keep the memory of
- commodious
- having plenty of space for what is needed
- commuter
- person who travels regularly
- complaisance
- tending to comply; obliging willingness to please
- compunction
- feeling of regret for one's action
- conceal
- hide; keep secret
- conceited
- having an excessively high opinion of oneself
- conciliatory
- reconciling; soothing; comforting; mollifying
- concomitant
- accompanying
- concord
- agreement or harmony
- concur
- agree in opinion; happen together
- condense
- increase in density, strength; make laconic
- condone
- forgive
- congeal
- make or become stiff and solid
- congenital
- existing from birth; inherent
- conjoin
- to join together
- connoisseur
- a person with good judgement (e.g., in art)
- connotation
- suggestion in addition to
- console
- give comfort or sympathy to
- conspicuous
- easily seen; remarkable
- consternation
- surprise and fear; dismay
- constrain
- compel
- constrict
- make tight or smaller
- consume
- get to the end of
- consummate
- perfect; make perfec, complete
- contemn
- to scorn or despise
- contentious
- argumentative; pugnacious; combative; quarrelsome
- contiguous
- touching; neighboring
- contrite
- filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
- contumacious
- insubordinate; rebellious
- conundrum
- a riddle; dilemma; enigma
- convalesce
- to recover health gradually after sickness
- conviction
- firm belief
- convivial
- fond of feasting, drinking, and good company
- convoke
- call together; summon
- convoluted
- complicated; coiled; twisted
- cordial
- warm and sincere
- cordon
- line (of police acting as a guard)
- cornucopia
- abundant supply
- corporeal
- physical of or for the body