english a-e vocab test
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- aesthetic
- pertaining to a sense of beauty; concerned with emotion and sensation as opposed to intellectuality NOUN
- anomaly
- deviation from the common rule, irregularityNOUN
- assuage
- to make milder or less severe; relieve; mitigate; to appease; satisfy; to soothe, calm VERB
- balk
- NOUN a ridge of land left unplowed as a dividing line or through carelessness VERB to pass over or by 2 to refuse abruptly
- antithetical
- directly opposed or contrasted ADJECTIVE
- banter
- VERB to speak or address in swiftly and teasing manner NOUN goods-natured and usually witty and animated joking
- aver
- to declare positively; to verify or prove to be true
- acumen
- keeness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination, especially in practical matters NOUN
- abscond
- to depart secretly and hide oneself VERB
- austere
- severe in manner or appearance; strict; rigorously self-disciplened and severely moral; without excess, luxury, or ease; grave; sober; lacking softness; hard ADJECTIVE
- amalgamate
- to unite in or as if in an amalfam; to merge into a single body VERB
- adroit
- having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations ADJECTIVE