Vocab from Johnson
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- Abandon
- Total Lack of inhibition
- Abase
- To disgrace/humble
- Abash
- To make ashamed
- Abate
- To decrease
- Abattoir
- Slaughterhouse
- Abdicate
- Give up a right
- Aberration
- Extreme departure from the normal
- Abet
- To aid/collaborate with bad things
- Abeyance
- Temporary suspension (of law)
- Abhor
- To loathe
- Abject
- Miserable
- Abjure
- To formally abandon
- Ablution
- cleansing
- Abnegate
- To renounce (oneself)
- Abolish
- To eliminate
- abortive
- not completed
- abridge
- to shorten
- abrogate
- to annul
- abscond
- to depart secretly
- absolve
- to free from blame
- abstain
- to refrain
- abstract
- complex, theoretical
- abstruse
- difficult to understand
- accede
- to agree, enter upon duties, give in (to demands)
- accesible
- attainable
- accessory
- attachment, ornament
- accolade
- praise
- accomodate
- to allow, adapt
- accost
- to approach and speak to
- accretion
- growth by addition
- accrue
- to accumulate
- acerbic
- sour, sharp, bitter
- acme
- highest point
- acquiesce
- comply unwillingly
- acquit
- to release from blame, (to conduct (oneself)
- acrid
- bitter, acerbic
- acrimony
- bitterness, harshness, between two people
- acuity
- sharpness
- acumen
- sharpness of insight
- acute
- sharp
- adage
- proverb
- adamant
- unyielding in opinion
- adapt
- to adjust to accomodate
- address
- skill
- adhere
- to cling/stick to
- adjacent
- (lying) next to
- adjunct
- attached
- admonished
- to reprimand
- adroit
- skillful
- adulation
- praise, accolade
- adulterate
- to make impure
- adumbrate
- to give in outline
- advantageous
- favorable
- adversarial
- competitive
- adverse
- unfavorable
- aerial
- of the air
- aerie
- a bird's nest high in the air
- aerodynamic
- related to motion through air
- aesthete
- seeker of beauty
- aesthetic
- pertaining to beauty
- affable
- friendly
- affected
- pretentious not genuine
- affinity
- attraction, similarity
- affluent
- abundant, wealthy
- affront
- to insult
- agenda
- plan, schedule
- aggrandize
- to increase i.e. ego aggrandizement
- aggregate
- (n) total
- aggrieve
- to distress
- agile
- nimble
- agitation
- commotion
- agnostic
- not confident in the existence of God
- agrarian
- related to farming
- alacrity
- eagerness, speed
- alchemy
- medieval science devoted to the study of converting base metals into gold and finding the elixir of life.
- algorithm
- mechanical computation
- alias
- assumed name
- alienated
- distanced, estranged
- alight
- to land
- aligned
- adjusted precisely
- allay
- to lessen, soothe
- allege
- to assert to be true, cite as an excuse
- allegory
- symbolic representation
- alleviate
- to lessen, relieve, allay
- alliteration
- repetition of an original sound
- allocation
- division, share, portion
- allure
- enticement, power to attract
- allusion
- indirect reference
- aloof
- detached, indifferent
- altercation
- noisy dispute
- altruism
- selfless concern for others
- amalgamate
- to combine
- amateur
- hobbyist, participant without pay
- ambidextrous
- skilled with both hands
- ambiguous
- having multiple meanings
- ambivalence
- conflicting feelings
- ameliorate
- to improve
- amenable
- cooperative, agreeable
- amend
- to correct, revise
- amenity
- comfort
- amiable
- friendly, amicable
- amicable
- agreeable, friendly, amiable
- amity
- friendship
- amoral
- having no morals
- amorous
- filled with love, romantic
- amorphous
- having no definite shape
- amortize
- to diminish by installments
- amphibian
- at home in water or on land
- amphitheater
- arena with seats around
- ample
- plentiful, sufficient
- amplify
- to increase
- amulet
- ornament worn as a charm
- anachronism
- something unfit in time
- analogous
- comparable
- anarchy
- absence of government
- anathema
- religious taboo
- anchorite
- a religious recluse
- ancillary
- accessory, auxiliary
- anecdote
- short account of an event
- anemia
- weakness due to low red blood cell count
- anesthetic
- causing loss of sensation
- animation
- enthusiasm, liveliness
- animosity
- hostility
- annex
- an addition; to incorporate territory
- annul
- to cancel
- anodyne
- a pain relieving agent
- anoint
- to oil; enthrone
- anomaly
- irregularity
- anonymity
- having no name
- antagonist
- adversary
- antecedent
- that which came before
- antediluvian
- before the Flood
- anterior
- prior
- anthology
- collection of literary works
- anthropomorphic
- giving human qualities to non humans.
- antipathy
- hostility, dislike
- antiquated
- outdated, obsolete
- antiquity
- ancient times
- antithesis
- exact opposite
- apathetic
- indifferent, unconcerned
- aphasia
- inability to use words
- aphorism
- pithy statement
- apocryphal
- of doubtful authenticity
- apoplexy
- stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, fit of extreme anger
- apostate
- one who renounces a religion
- apostrophe
- address to someone not present
- apotheosis
- glorified ideal, deification of a person
- apparatus
- machine, tool
- apparition
- ghost, unusual sight
- appease
- to placate
- apellation
- name
- applicable
- related
- apprise
- to inform
- approbation
- praise, accolade, adulation
- appropriate (v)
- (v) to take possesion of
- aquatic
- related to water
- arable
- able to be plowed
- arbitrary
- determined by whim
- arbitrate
- to mediate, negogiate
- arboreal
- related to trees
- arcane
- hidden, esoteric
- archaic
- antiquated, outdated, obsolete
- archetype
- prototype, ideal example
- archipelago
- group of islands
- archive
- public records of historical interest
- ardent
- passionate
- arduous
- extremely difficult
- arid
- extremely dry
- arraign
- to charge with a crime
- arrest
- to stop s.o./s.t.
- arrogate
- to claim without right
- arsenal
- ammunition storehouse
- articulate
- to express clearly
- artifact
- historic relic
- artisan
- crafts person
- ascend
- to rise
- ascertain
- to determine
- ascetic
- self denying, abstinent
- ascribe
- to attribute, assign
- ashen
- resembling ashes, gray
- askew
- tilted
- aspersion
- false rumor
- aspire
- to have great hopes
- assail
- to attack
- assent
- to express agreement
- assiduous
- diligent, hard-working
- assignation
- assignment, rendezvous
- assimilation
- act of becoming similar
- assonance
- resemblance in sound
- assuage
- relieve, ease
- astringent
- harsh, constricting body tissue
- astute
- shrewd; crafty
- asunder
- into various parts
- atone
- to make amends for a wrong
- atrocious
- shockingly bad
- atrophy
- to wither away
- attain
- to accomplish
- attenuate
- to weaken, make slender
- attest
- to testify
- attribute
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ascribe (v)
distinctive trait (n) - attrition
- wearing down, gradual reduction
- audacious
- bold, daring
- audit
- formal financial investigation
- auditory
- related to hearing
- augment
- to expand
- augury
- prophecy, prediction of events
- august
- dignified, inspiring
- auspicious
- favorable
- austere
- stern, unadorned
- authoritarian
- extremely strict
- autocrat
- dictator
- autonomous
- independent
- auxiliary
- ancillary, supplementary, reserve
- avant-garde
- leaders of new social movements
- avarice
- greed
- avenge
- to take revenge
- aver
- to affirm
- aversion
- intense dislike
- avert
- to turn away, prevent
- avian
- related to birds
- aviary
- a large enclosure for birds
- avow
- to declare openly
- awry
- askew, crooked
- axiom
- postulate, self evident truth
- baleful
- having evil intentions
- balk
- to refuse, thwart, hesitate
- ballad
- narrative poem, folk song
- balm
- soothing influence
- ban
- to forbid
- banal
- trite, overly common
- bane
- something that causes death, destruction
- banter
- playful conversation
- bard
- eminent poet or reader of poetry
- basilisk
- legendary serpent with fatal breath and glance
- bastion
- fortification
- bay (v)
- to bark in a deep prolonged way
- becalm
- to make calm
- becloud
- to confuse, darken
- beguile
- to deceive with charm
- behemoth
- huge creature
- belabor
- to insist upon repeatedly
- belated
- late (adj)
- beleaguer
- harass, plague, beset
- belfry
- bell tower
- belie
- to misrepresent, expose as false
- belittle
- to represent as unimportant
- bellicose
- warlike
- belligerent
- hostile
- bellow
- to roar
- bemuse
- to confuse, stupefy (to the point of aphasia)