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FQ WORD 3 abate

3 aberrant

3 abjure

3 abscond

DEFINITION USAGE v reduce,
 diminish,
 ebb,
  Her
 stress
 over
 spendind
 so
 much
 money
 on
 a
  relent,
 subside,
 wane house
 abated
 when
 the
 real
 estate
 broker
 told
  her
 about
 the
 property's
 15
 year
 tax
 abatement.
  adj abnormal,
 deviant,
  The
 teen's
 aberrant
 behavior
 made
 his
 family
  divergent,
 errant suspect
 that
 he
 was
 using
 drugs./
 Losing
 rater
  than
 gaining
 weight
 over
 the
 holidays
 is
 certainly
  an
 aberration. v give
 up,
 renounce;
  To
 become
 a
 citizen
 of
 the
 US,
 you
 must
 abjure
  repudiate,
 recant,
 or
  loyalty
 to
 the
 nation
 of
 your
 birth./
 Since
  shun
 (especially
  enrolling
 in
 that
 nutrition
 class,
 she
 has
 abjured
  formally
 or
 under
  sugar
 and
 saturated
 fats.
  oath),
 recant,
 retract,
  forswear v to
 leave
 secretly,
  The
 patron
 absconded
 from
 the
 restaurant
  decamp,
 escape,
 flee without
 paying
 his
 bill
 by
 sneakiing
 out
 the
 back
  door.
 

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3 abstain

v

hold
 back,
 refrain
  (especially
 from
  something
 bad
 or
  unhealty);
 decline
 to
  vote,
 forbear,
 withhold

3 accretion

n

3 adulterate

v

The
 church
 board
 voted
 on
 whether
 to
 hold
 an
  abstinence
 rally
 to
 encourage
 young
 people
 not
  to
 become
 sexually
 active;
 while
 most
 members
  voted
 in
 favor,
 one
 voted
 against
 and
 two
  abstained,
 with
 one
 abstainer
 commenting
 that,
  as
 far
 as
 she
 know,
 the
 church's
 teens
 were
  pretty
 abstemious
 already.
  gradual
 increase;
 an
  Accretion
 of
 money
 to
 his
 portfolio./
 Some
  added
 part
 or
 addition,
  charitable
 funds
 keep
 the
 principal
 in
 their
  accumulation accounts
 untouched
 and
 use
 only
 the
 accretion
  for
 philantrophic
 purpose.
  make
 impure
 by
  Some
 bars
 adulterate
 top-­‐shelf
 liquor
 by
 pouring
  adding
 inappropriate
  cheaper
 brand
 into
 the
 more
 expensive
 brand's
  or
 inferior
 ingredients,
  bottle.
  debase

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3 aesthetic

adj,
  Concering
 appreciation
  The
 twins
 were
 so
 different-­‐one
 possessed
 a
 truly
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  n of
 beauty
 or
 good
  baroque
 aesthetic,
 preferring
 golden,
 gilded
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  taste,
 pertaining
 to
 the
  décor.
 The
 Other
 lived
 in
 a
 world
 of
 pure
 logic,
  science
 of
 what
 is
  untouched
 by
 any
 aesthetic
 sense
 whatsoever;
  beautiful(adj);
 a
 sense
  art
 did
 not
 move
 him,
 his
 house
 was
 bare,
 and
 he
  of
 beauty
 and
 taste
 of
  married
 his
 wife
 solely
 because
 she
 was
 a
 master
  a
 particular
 time
 and
  of
 calculus.
  placce
 (n) v make
 greater;
  exaggerate,
  apotheosize,
 ennoble,
  uplift,
 exalt cheerful
 or
 speedy
  willingness,
 haste,
  swiftness blend,
 merge
 or
 unite,
  admix,
 coalesce,
  intermix I
 can't
 stand
 when
 my
 coworker
 aggrandizes
 her
  role
 in
 our
 group
 projects./
 Stop
 it
 with
 your
  constant
 self-­‐aggrandizing-­‐we
 don’t
 care
 how
  many
 automobiles
 you
 own! Any
 boss
 wants
 an
 employee
 to
 respnd
 with
  alacrity
 to
 his
 or
 her
 requests,
 handling
 them
  promptly
 and
 with
 enthusiasm. The
 Amalgamated
 Transit
 Union
 is
 so
 claaed
  because
 it
 contains
 many
 local
 unions
 of
 bus
  operators,
 subway
 operators,
 baggage
 handlers,
  etc./
 She
 amalgamated
 two
 important
 relatives
  into
 a
 single
 character,
 even
 amalgamting
 their
  names
 (Mary
 and
 Rose)
 into
 the
 character
 "Aunt
  Mary
 Rose." M,
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3 aggrandize

3 alacrity

n

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3 amalgamate v

3 ameliorate

improve,
 make
 better
  If
 you
 spill
 water
 on
 your
 computer
 keyboard,
  or
 more
 bearable,
  you
 can
 ameliorate
 the
 damage
 by
 leaving
 the
  amend,
 upgrade,
  keyboard
 uside
 down
 to
 try.
  pacify 3 anachronism n something
 that
 is
 not
  The
 queen
 of
 England
 is
 a
 bit
 of
 anachronism,
  in
 its
 corect
 historical
  with
 her
 old-­‐fashioned
 pillbox
 hats./
 Did
 you
  time;
 a
 mistake
 in
  catch
 the
 anachronism
 in
 the
 latest
 action
  chronology,
 such
 as
 by
  blockbuster
 set
 in
 ancient
 Greece? assigning
 a
 person
 or
  event
 to
 the
 wrong
  tome
 period,
 archaism,
  incongruity 3 anodyne n,
  medicine
 that
 relieves
  While
 aspirin
 is
 a
 nice
 analgesic,
 the
 construction
  adj pain
 (n);
 soothing,
  worker
 argued
 that,
 for
 sore
 and
 tired
 muscles,
  relieving
 pain
 (adj),
  nothing
 beat
 the
 anodyne
 effects
 of
 a
 six-­‐pack
  narcotic,
 nepenthe,
  beer.
  opiate 3 anomaly n deviation
 from
 what
 is
  While
 the
 cosmetics
 division
 of
 this
 company
 has
  common;
  many
 female
 executies,
 it
 is
 an
 anomaly-­‐in
 the
  inconsistency,
 aberrant rest
 of
 the
 company,
 sadly,
 only
 4%
 of
  mangement
 positions
 are
 filled
 by
 women.
 

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3 apocryphal

I'am
 sorry,
 but
 this
 putative
 letter
 from
 George
  Washington
 that
 you
 found
 at
 a
 garage
 sale
 is
  clearly
 apocryphal-­‐it
 is
 riddled
 with
  anachronisms,
 and
 also,
 Washington
 most
  certainly
 didn't
 refer
 to
 Martha
 Washington
 as
  "hey
 baby." 3 apostate n,
  person
 who
 deserts
 a
  Many
 people
 considered
 "freedom
 fightes"
 by
  adj party,
 cause,
 religion,
  some
 are
 considered
 apostates
 by
 others;
 some
  etc.,
 one
 who
  women's
 rights
 leaders
 in
 very
 conservative
  renounces
 a
 religious
  nations
 receive
 death
 threats
 from
 religious
  faith,
 defector,
  leaders
 who
 consider
 them
 apostate.
  deserter,
 traitor 3 approbation n praise
 or
 approval,
 esp.
 In
 her
 speech
 for
 class
 president,
 she
 won
 the
  formal
 approval,
  approbation
 of
 her
 peers
 by
 promising
 not
 only
  adulation,
 kudos,
 exalt,
  to
 save
 the
 prom,
 but
 to
 raise
 enough
 money
 to
  exril,
 hail make
 it
 free
 for
 everyone.
  3 archaic adj charateristic
 of
 an
  The
 school's
 archaic
 computer
 system
 predated
  earlier
 period,
 ancient,
  even
 floppy
 disks.
  primitive,
 antediluvian,
  bygone,
 dowdy

adj of
 questionable
  authenticity;
 false,
  fictitious,
 fradulent,
  disputed,
 doubtful

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3 assuage

v

3 audacious

3 augury

3 august

make
 milder,
 relieve;
  After
 losing
 a
 million-­‐dollar
 account,
 he
 tried
 to
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  soothe,
 pacify
 or
 calm assuage
 his
 furious
 boss
 by
 pointing
 out
 that
 he
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  was
 close
 to
 winning
 a
 new
 account
 worth
 at
  least
 as
 much. adj very
 bold
 or
 brave,
  He
 audaciously
 asked
 for
 a
 raise
 after
 working
 at
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  often
 in
 a
 rude
 or
  the
 company
 for
 less
 than
 two
 months! PR
 
 
 
 
 
  reckless
 way;
  extremely
 original,
  gallant,
 mettlesome,
  stout,
 undaunted n telling
 the
 truth,
 such
  Value
 investors
 such
 as
 Warren
 Buffet
 consider
  MA,
  as
 through
  others'
 attempts
 to
 "time
 the
 market"
 as
 mere
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  supernatural
 means,
  augury,
 equivalent
 to
 trying
 to
 predict
 rain
 by
  PR prophecy,
 prediction
  reading
 tea
 leaves.
  of
 events,
 auspices,
  harbinger,
 presage adj Venerable,
 majestic;
  "I
 welcome
 you
 to
 this
 august
 institution,
 where
  MA,
  inspiring
 admiration,
  Presidents
 and
 Nobel
 Prize
 winners
 have
 received
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  dignified,
 grandiose the
 fruits
 of
 wrudition,"
 said
 the
 university
  PR president
 (rather
 bombastically)
 to
 the
 new
 crop
  of
 first-­‐year
 students.
 

3 austere

2 abase 2 abdicate

2 abscission

2 abyss

adj severe
 in
 manner
 or
  Her
 deign
 sense
 was
 so
 minimalist
 as
 to
 be
  appearance;
 very
 self-­‐ austere./
 The
 graduaton
 speaker
 delivered
 an
  disciplined,
 ascetic;
  suatere
 message;
 the
 economy
 is
 bad,
 and
  without
 luxury
 or
 ease;
  academic
 success
 alone
 isn’t
 enough
 to
 succeed
  sober
 or
 serious,
 bleak,
  in
 the
 job
 market. dour,
 grim v to
 humble;
 to
 disgrace,
  My
 intension
 was
 not
 to
 abase
 the
 comedian. demean v formally
 given
 up
 the
  King
 Edward
 VIII
 of
 England
 famously
 abdicated
  throne
 (or
 som
 other
  the
 throne
 in
 order
 to
 marry
 an
 American
  power
 or
  divorcee./
 Parents
 can
 be
 charged
 with
 neglect
  responsibility,
 cede,
  for
 abdiating
 their
 responsibilities
 towards
 their
  relinquish children.
  n cutting
 off;
 sudden
  The
 abscission
 of
 leaves
 from
 the
 trees
 is
 normal
  termination;
 the
  in
 fall./
 An
 inflamed
 appendix
 calls
 for
 an
  separation
 og
 leaves,
  immediate
 surgical
 abscission.
  petals,
 or
 other
 parts
  from
 a
 plant
 or
 animal n a
 deep
 and
 vast
 space
  Walking
 a
 tightrope
 over
 an
 active
 volcano,
 the
  or
 cavity;
 anything
  acrobat
 was
 terrified
 of
 falling
 into
 the
 abyss./
  profound
 or
 infinite The
 patient
 remembered
 her
 experience
 with
  clinical
 depression
 as
 an
 abyss
 of
 hopelessness.
 

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2 acerbic 2 acidulous

adj sour;
 harsh
 or
 severe

2 acme

2 acumen

2 adumbrate

2 aerie

Lemons
 are
 acerbic.
 Harsh
 comments
 are
 also
  acerbic,
 like
 putting
 lemon
 juice
 on
 a
 wound.
  adj slightly
 acid
 or
 sour;
  Grapefruit
 juice
 is
 acidulous./
 I'am
 skipping
  sharp
 or
 caustic,
  Thanksgiving
 this
 year
 to
 avoide
 my
 mother's
  acerbic,
 acetose,
  acidulous
 comments
 about
 what
 she
 thinks
 I
  piquant,
 pungent,
 tart ought
 to
 be
 doing
 with
 my
 life.
  n summit,
 peak,
 highest
  The
 acme
 of
 my
 vacation
 was
 when
 I
 finally
  point,
 apex climbed
 to
 the
 acme
 of
 the
 mountain
 and
  enjoyed
 the
 georgeous
 vista.
 
  n keen,
 quick,
 accurate
  His
 political
 acumen
 allowed
 him
 to
 bargain
  insight
 or
 judgment behind
 the
 scenes
 and
 get
 bills
 passed
 despite
  being
 in
 the
 minority
 party.
  v give
 a
 rough
 outline
 of;
  When
 I
 took
 the
 lead
 role
 in
 the
 movie,
 I
 agreed
  foreshadow;
 reveal
  not
 to
 give
 away
 the
 plot,
 but
 I
 supposed
 I
 could
  only
 partially;
 obscure give
 a
 brief
 adumbration
 of
 the
 premise.
  n
 dwelling
 or
 fortress
  The
 billionaire
 somked
 a
 cigar
 out
 his
 window
  built
 on
 
 high
 place;
  and
 watached
 the
 riots
 in
 the
 streets
 below,
 safe
  the
 nest
 of
 a
 bird
 of
  in
 the
 aerie
 of
 his
 penthouse
 partment.
  prey,
 such
 as
 an
 eagle
  or
 hawk,
 built
 on
 a
  mountain
 or
 cliff,
  perch,
 stronghold

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2 ambiguous

2 amortize

adj doubtful,
 uncertain,
  can
 be
 interpreted
  several
 ways,
 dubious,
  equivocal,
 nebulous v gradually
 pay
 off
 a
  debt,
 or
 gradually
  write
 off
 an
 asset

The
 directions
 he
 gave
 were
 so
 ambiguous
 that
  we
 disagreed
 on
 which
 way
 to
 turn.
 

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2 analgesia

n

2 antipathy

n

A
 mortgage
 is
 a
 common
 form
 of
 amortized
 debt-­‐ MA,
  spreading
 the
 payments
 out
 over
 as
 long
 as
 30
  K years
 is
 not
 uncommon./
 On
 his
 company
  balance
 sheet,
 Joe
 amortized
 the
 value
 of
 his
  patent.
  pain
 relief;
 inability
 to
  While
 natural-­‐birth
 advocates
 decline
 analgesia
  MA,
  fell
 pain, in
 childbirth,
 many
 women
 are
 very
 eager
 to
 take
  K advantage
 of
 modern
 anesthesia.
  extreme
 dislike,
  The
 antipathy
 between
 fans
 of
 the
 rival
 soccer
  K,
 PR abhorrence,
 aversion,
  teams
 made
 the
 game
 even
 more
 electrifying
 to
  enmity,
 repugnance,
  watch.
  repulsion,
 revulsion

2 antithetical

2 apathy

2 apposite

adj directly
 opposed,
  opposite;
 involving
  antithesis
 (the
  rhetorical
 act
 of
  placing
 two
 phrases
  opposite
 one
 another
  for
 contrast,
 as
 in
 love
  me
 or
 hate
 me) n lack
 of
 interest
 or
  emotion,
 indifference,
  lassitude,
 lethargy,
  phlegm,
 listlessness,
  stolidity adj highly
 appropriate,
  suitable,
 or
 relevant

Partying
 all
 night,
 every
 night,
 is
 antithetical
 to
  one's
 academic
 performance.
 

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  PR

The
 apathy
 of
 voters
 is
 so
 great
 that
 less
 than
 half
  K,
 PR the
 people
 who
 are
 eligible
 to
 vote
 actually
  bother
 to
 do
 so.
 

2 apprise

v

inform,
 give
 notice
 to

He
 searched
 his
 brain
 for
 an
 apposite
 word
 to
  describe
 wealthy
 Americans'
 addiction
 to
  consumer
 goods,
 until
 he
 discovered
 the
  neologism
 "affluenza." I
 can't
 believe
 you
 failed
 to
 apprise
 me
 that
 my
  child
 was
 biting
 the
 other
 children
 in
 his
  preschool
 class!
 If
 I
 had
 known,
 I
 could've
  addressed
 this
 issue
 before
 all
 the
 other
 parents
  threatened
 to
 sue!

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2 appropriate v

2 arcane

2 arduous

2 arrogate

set
 aside
 or
 authorize
  The
 School
 Board
 appropriated
 money
 for
 new
  MA,
  (such
 as
 money)
 for
 a
  textbooks.
  PR particular
 purpose;
  take
 for
 one's
 own
 use adj known
 or
 understood
  To
 win
 at
 Jeopardy;
 you
 must
 be
 full
 of
 arcane
  M,
  by
 only
 a
 few;
 obscure,
  knowledge./
 The
 wizard's
 shop
 was
 full
 of
  PR secret arcanum,
 from
 Latin-­‐to-­‐Ancient
 Greek
  dictionaries
 to
 entire
 books
 on
 maic
 spells
  relating
 only
 to
 elephants.
  adj very
 difficult,
  The
 arduous
 hike
 up
 rocky
 terrain
 was
 all
 worth
 it
  M,
  strenuous;
 severe,
  once
 the
 hikers
 reached
 the
 summit./
 It
 was
 an
  PR hard
 to
 endure arduous
 winter
 on
 the
 prairie;
 the
 family
 barely
  survived.
  v claim
 or
 take
  In
 order
 to
 build
 the
 oil
 pipeline,
 the
 government
  MA,
  presumptuously
 or
  arrogated
 the
 land
 of
 many
 small
 farmers
 who
  K without
 the
 right
 to
 do
  are
 still
 fighting
 for
 compensation./
 The
 bride's
  so,
 appropriate,
  mother
 arrogated
 the
 right
 to
 decide
 on
 the
  presume,
 take venue,
 the
 food,
 and
 even
 the
 wedding
 dress!

2 artless

2 ascetic

adj free
 of
 deceit
 or
  Children
 can
 be
 so
 artless
 that,
 when
 you
 try
 to
  craftness,
 natural,
  explain
 war
 to
 them,
 they
 say
 things
 like,
 "But
  genuine;
 lacking
 skill
 or
  isn't
 that
 mean?"/
 His
 artless
 attempt
 at
  knowledge,
 crude,
  negotiating
 a
 raise
 began
 
 with
 "I
 need
 more
  uncultured money,
 please."
 and
 ended
 with
 "Ok.
 Sorry
 I
  asked." adj,
  abstinent
 or
 austere
 in
  Ascetics
 such
 as
 monks
 actually
 take
 vows
 of
  n lifestyle
 (adj);
 a
 person
  poverty./
 The
 graduate
 student
 lived
 an
 ascetic
  who
 leads
 an
 aaustere
  existence.
  and
 simple
 life
 without
  material
 pleasure n

M,
  PR

M,
  PR

2 asperity

rigor,
 severity;
  The
 freshman
 at
 the
 military
 school
 was
 shocked
  MA,
  harshness
 or
 sharpness
  by
 the
 asperity
 of
 punishments
 meted
 out
 for
  PR of
 tone;
 roughness
 of
  even
 the
 most
 minor
 offenses,
 as
 well
 as
 the
  surface asperoty
 with
 which
 his
 drill
 sergent
 bossed
 him
  around./
 The
 asperity
 of
 her
 cheap,
 scratchy
  sweater
 made
 her
 wish
 she
 could
 afford
  cashmere.
 

2 aspersions

n

damaging
 remarks,
  defamation,
 slander

2 assail

v

He
 could
 no
 longer
 work
 with
 his
 duplicitous
  MA,
  business
 partner,
 who
 acted
 friendly
 to
 his
 face
  PR but
 then
 spewed
 aspersions
 about
 him
 behind
 his
  back./
 If
 you
 asperse
 me
 one
 more
 time,
 I
 will
 sue
  you
 for
 libel! attack
 violently,
 assult,
  The
 debate
 team
 assiled
 the
 opposition
 with
  MA,
  beset,
 storm,
 strike more
 evidence
 than
 they
 could
 respond
 to.
  K

2 assiduous

2 attenuate

2 aver

adj persevering,
 diligent,
  Through
 assiduous
 effort
 over
 a
 substantial
  MA,
  constant period
 of
 time,
 anyone
 can
 develop
 a
 prodigious
  PR vocabulary.
  v to
 reduce
 in
 force
 or
  The
 Bill
 of
 Rights
 attenuated
 the
 traditional
  K,
 PR degree;
 to
 weaken,
  power
 of
 government
 to
 change
 laws
 at
 will.
  debilitate,
 devitalize,
  enervate,
 enfeeble,
  rarefy,
 sap,
 thin,
  unnerve v declare
 or
 affirm
 with
  "Despite
 your
 insistence
 that
 ethics
 are
  M,
  confidence completely
 situational,"
 "I
 aver
 that
 the
 existence
  PR of
 naural
 rights
 inevitably
 leads
 to
 certain
  immutable
 ethical
 boundaries."

2 axiom

n

1 abeyance

n

self-­‐evident
 truth
  We
 must
 take
 as
 axiomatic
 that
 the
 brain
 is
  MA,
  requiring
 no
 proof;
  influenced
 by
 the
 body.
  K universally
 or
 generally
  accepted
 principle,
  premise,
 adage,
  apothegm,
 aphorism,
  maxim,
 rule temporary
 suppression
  The
 baseball
 game
 was
 held
 in
 abeyance
 while
 it
  K or
 suspension,
  continued
 to
 rain.
  deferral,
 dormancy,
  postponement,
  remission detest,
 regard
 with
  disgust rough,
 suitable
 for
  grinding
 or
 polishing
  (such
 as
 sandpaper);
  causing
 irritation
 or
  annoyance) I
 abhor
 you!
 I
 would
 rather
 stab
 myself
 with
 a
  rusty
 bread
 knife
 than
 be
 your
 girlfriend.
  Could
 the
 inside
 of
 this
 mascot
 costume
 be
 any
  more
 abrasive?
 It's
 rubbing
 my
 skin
 raw!
 I
 have
  some
 seriously
 abrasive
 remarks
 for
 whoever
  designed
 this
 thing.
  M M

1 abhor 1 abrasive

v v

1 abreast

1 abridge

1 abrogate 1 abstemious

1 accede

1 accolade

adj side-­‐by-­‐side,
 the
 more
  As
 the
 professor
 walked
 abreast
 down
 the
 street
  MA common
 of
 "abreast
  with
 her
 mentor,
 she
 was
 amazed
 that
 the
 old
  of"
 means
 keeping
 up
  man,
 long
 since
 retired,
 still
 kept
 abreast
 of
 all
  with,
 staying
 aware
 of,
  the
 latest
 developments
 in
 neurobiology.
  or
 remaining
 equal
 in
  progress
 with v reduce
 or
 lessen;
  Our
 romatic
 vacation
 was
 abridged
 when
 the
  M shorten
 by
 ommiting
  babysitter
 called
 to
 say
 that
 the
 kids
 were
 sick
  parts
 throughout
 while
  and
 we
 should
 come
 home./
 Audio
 books
 are
  retaining
 the
 main
 idea almost
 always
 abridged,
 since
 few
 people
 want
 to
  listen
 to
 a
 200-­‐hour
 book. v to
 abolish
 or
 annul
 by
  The
 court
 ruling
 abrogated
 the
 defendant's
 rights
  PR authority;
 put
 down to
 any
 profit
 from
 the
 sale
 of
 the
 house.
  adj moderate
 in
 appetite,
  Because
 Alyce
 is
 a
 vegetarian,
 she
 was
 only
 able
  K abstinent,
 continet,
  to
 eat
 an
 abstemious
 meal
 at
 the
 Texas
  sober Steakhouse. v agree,
 give
 consent;
  While
 the
 Englishman
 was
 a
 strong
 believer
 in
  MA assume
 power
 (usu.
 As
  democracy,
 he
 had
 to
 accede
 that
 watching
  accede
 to) Prince
 Charles
 someday
 accede
 to
 the
 throne
  would
 indeed
 the
 exciting.
  n an
 expression
 of
  The
 diva
 received
 her
 accolades
 graciously,
  PR praise;
 an
 award blowing
 kisses
 to
 her
 adoring
 fans.
 

1 admonish

v

1 adroit 1 adulation 1 adverse

1 affable

1 affectation


 mildly
 scold;
 caution,
  She
 was
 an
 exacting
 boss
 who
 unbraided
 an
  M,
  advise
 or
 remind
 to
 do
  employee
 for
 the
 copier,
 yet
 she
 merely
  PR something admonished
 her
 five-­‐year-­‐old
 for
 the
 same
  offense.
  adj adept,
 dextrous Since
 he
 is
 ambidextrous,
 he
 is
 equally
 adroit
 at
  PR shooting
 marbles
 with
 either
 hand.
  n excessive
 praise,
  Leif
 Garrett
 was
 the
 object
 of
 much
 adolescent
  K intense
 adoration adulation.
  adj opposing,
 harmful Pioneer
 women
 perserved
 despite
 adverse
  M circumstances,
 even
 when
 fording
 a
 river-­‐baby
 in
  one
 arm,
 leading
 a
 horse
 with
 the
 oter-­‐against
 an
  adverse
 current.
  adj warm
 and
 friendly;
  The
 professional
 wresler
 played
 at
 belligerent
 in
  M pleasant,
 approchable the
 ring,
 but
 in
 real
 life,
 he
 was
 quite
 an
 affable
  fellow-­‐sociable,
 easy-­‐going,
 and
 always
 ready
 to
  land
 a
 hand.
  n fake
 behavior
 (a
 such
  I'm
 annoyed
 whenever
 Americans
 move
 to
  M as
 in
 speech
 or
 dress)
  England
 and
 suddenly
 start
 speaking
 with
 an
  adopted
 to
 give
 a
  affected
 British
 accent;
 such
 affectations,
 when
  certain
 impression practiced
 by
 celebrities,
 are
 only
 likely
 to
 alinate
  their
 fans.
 

1 affected

1 albeit

1 alleviate

1 alloy

1 aloof

1 amenable

adj phony,
 artificial,
  insincere,
 pretentious,
  put-­‐on con although,
 even
 though jun ctio n v to
 make
 more
  bearable,
 allay,
  palliate,
 assuage v to
 commingle;
 to
  debase
 by
 mixing
 with
  something
 inferior adj distant
 physically
 or
  emotionally;
 reserved;
  indifferent adj agreeable;
 responsive
  to
 suggestion

The
 affected
 hairdresser
 spouted
 French
 phrases,
  K though
 she
 had
 never
 been
 to
 France.
  The
 village
 leader
 was
 illeterate
 albeit
 highly
  intelligent./
 The
 trip
 was
 exciting,
 albeit
 brief.
  MA

Taking
 aspirin
 helps
 to
 alleviate
 a
 headache.

K

Alloying
 the
 punch
 with
 prune
 juice
 turned
 out
  not
 to
 be
 such
 a
 good
 idea
 after
 all.
 

PR

Perceiving
 her
 parents
 as
 cold
 and
 aloof,
 the
 child
  MA was
 natirally
 drawn
 to
 her
 warm,
 genial
 aunt.
 

1 amulet

n

If
 you're
 amenable,
 let's
 go
 for
 a
 walk
 before
  K lunch./
 The
 actress
 was
 known
 for
 being
  amenable
 to
 direction,
 which
 made
 her
 a
 favorite
  of
 directors.
  ornament
 worn
 as
 a
  Though
 she
 claimed
 it
 was
 not
 because
 of
  K charm
 against
 evil
  superstition,
 Vivian
 always
 wore
 an
 amulet
  spirits,
 fetish,
 talisman around
 her
 neck.
 

1 anathema

n

1 annul

v

1 antedate

v

a
 solemn
 or
  Hearing
 the
 anathema
 pronounced
 against
 her
  PR ecclesiastical
  filled
 her
 with
 foreboding.
  (religious)
 curse;
  accursed
 or
 thoroughly
  loathed
 person
 or
  thing
  make
 void
 or
 null,
  Can
 we
 appreciate
 the
 art
 of
 a
 murderer?
 For
  MA cancel,
 aboilish
 (usu.
  manu,
 the
 value
 of
 these
 paintings
 is
 annulled
 by
  Of
 laws
 or
 other
  the
 artist's
 crimes.
  established
 rules) be
 older
 than,
 precede
  Dinosaurs
 antedate
 the
 first
 human
 beings
 by
  MA in
 time;
 assign
 to
 an
  about
 65
 million
 years.
  earlier
 date farthest
 or
 highest
  The
 moon
 is
 at
 apogee
 when
 it
 is
 its
 farthest
  PR point;
 culmination;
  point
 away
 from
 the
 earth
 iin
 its
 orbit;
 it
 is
 at
  zenith perigee
 is
 when
 it
 is
 closest
 to
 earth.
  deification,
  She
 is
 the
 apotheosis
 of
 nurturing
 motherhoo;
  PR glorification
 to
  she
 makes
 soup
 for
 sick
 friends,
 nurses
 wounded
  godliness,
 the
 perfet
  birds,
 and
 listens
 to
 everyone's
 problems.
  example complex,
 ornate
 design A
 beautiful
 arabesque
 of
 fruits
 and
 flowers
  PR surrounded
 the
 central
 pattern
 of
 the
 print.
 

1 apogee

n

1 apotheosis

n

1 arabesque

n

1 arbiter

n

1 arbitrary

1 arbitrate

judge,
 umpire,
 person
  Professional
 mediators
 arbiterate
 disputes./
 "As
  MA empowered
 to
 decide
  the
 final
 arbiter
 of
 what
 is
 and
 is
 not
 appropriate
  matters
 at
 hand in
 the
 classroom,
 I
 demand
 that
 you
 take
 down
  that
 poster
 of
 the
 rapper
 Ice-­‐T
 and
 his
 scantily-­‐ clad
 wife
 Coco." adj determined
 by
 chance
  When
 you
 lack
 the
 information
 to
 judge
 what
 to
  K or
 impulse,
 erratic,
  do
 next,
 you
 will
 be
 forced
 to
 make
 an
 arbitrary
  indiscriminate,
  decision.
  wayward,
 changeable v to
 judge
 a
 dispute
  Since
 the
 couple
 could
 not
 come
 to
 an
  K between
 two
 opposing
  agreement,
 a
 judge
 was
 forced
 to
 arbitrate
 heir
  parties,
 adjudge,
  divorce
 proceedings.
  adjudicate,
 intervene adj very
 passionate,
  He
 was
 an
 ardent
 heavy
 metal
 lover
 and
 became
  MA devoted,
 or
  offended
 anytime
 someone
 referred
 to
 poison
 as
  enthusiastic a
 "hair
 band." n intense
 and
 passionate
  Bishop's
 ardor
 for
 landscape
 was
 evident
 when
  K feeling,
 fervency,
  he
 passionaely
 descrbed
 the
 beauty
 of
 the
 scenic
  fervidity,
 fervor Hudson
 Valley.
 

1 ardent

1 ardor

1 arrant

adj impudent;
 in
 every
  Don
 Juan's
 arrant
 philandering
 made
 him
 a
  PR way,
 being
 completely
  legend.
 He
 seemed
 to
 have
 had
 the
 ability
 to
 turn
  such,
 bare-­‐faced,
 utter many
 of
 his
 admirers
 into
 arrant
 fools.
  v v find
 out
 with
 certainty Hopefully,
 the
 investigation
 will
 allow
 us
 to
  M ascertain
 who
 is
 at
 fault
 here. assign
 or
 credit
 to
 a
  He
 ascribed
 his
 good
 grades
 to
 diligent
 studying./
  MA certain
 cause
 or
 source The
 young
 boy
 ascribed
 to
 his
 imaginary
 friend
 all
  the
 powers
 he
 wished
 he
 had
 himself.
  In
 the
 sixth
 week
 of
 Melanie's
 foreign
 study
  program,
 she
 finally
 attuned
 herself
 to
 life
 on
 a
  French
 farm.
  Students
 are
 not
 attuned
 to
 making
 decisions. MA

1 ascertain 1 ascribe

1 attuned

1 attuned
 to

1 augment

adj in
 harmony;
 in
  sympathetic
  relationship v accustom
 or
  acclimatize,
 make
  receptive
 or
 aware
 of v make
 larger

MA

If
 you
 memorize
 the
 definitions
 on
 all
 of
 these
  M flashcards,
 you
 will
 have
 notably
 augmented
 your
  vocabulary!

1 auspice

protection
 or
 support,
  As
 long
 as
 we
 were
 working
 under
 the
 auspices
 of
  PR patronage/
 sign,
  the
 local
 authorities,
 the
 villagers
 were
 extremely
  portent cooperative;
 once
 we
 headed
 out
 on
 our
 own,
  however,
 we
 found
 that
 no
 one
 wanted
 to
 talk
 to
  us.
 /
 Since
 the
 auspices
 seemed
 good,
 we
  decided
 to
 go
 ahead
 and
 buy
 thirty
 lottery
  tickets.
  1 auspicious adj favorable,
 propitious,
  Weddings
 are
 generally
 considered
 auspicious
  PR successful,
 prosperous occasions.
  1 austerity n rigid
 economy
 usu.
  The
 Prime
 Minister
 imposed
 austerity
 measures
  PR Followed
 by
 measures in
 an
 attempt
 to
 stop
 the
 country's
 downward
  economic
 spiral.
  1 autonomous adj self-­‐governing,
  As
 leader
 of
 an
 autonomous
 region,
 the
 newly-­‐ M independent elected
 president
 was
 received
 as
 a
 peer
 by
 some
  world
 leaders,
 although
 he
 was
 not
 entitled
 to
  send
 a
 represenaive
 to
 the
 UN./
 It
 is
 normal
 for
  young
 people
 to
 desire
 greater
 autonomy
 as
 they
  grow
 up.
  1 avarice n insatiable
 greed;
 a
  It
 is
 hard
 to
 fathom
 the
 sheer
 avarice
 of
 a
  MA miserly
 desire
 to
 hoard
  company
 that
 would
 fraudulently
 overcharge
 a
  wealth struggling
 school
 system
 for
 new
 computers.
 

n

1 avid

adj enthusiastic,
  An
 avid
 cyclist,
 she
 was
 on
 her
 bike
 every
  M dedicated,
 passionate;
  weekend,
 and
 even
 bought
 the
 same
 bike
 that
  extremely
 desirous Lance
 Amstrong
 last
 used
 in
 the
 Tour
 de
 France./
  Avid
 of
 power,
 the
 young
 Senator
 compromised
  every
 principle
 to
 gain
 the
 support-­‐and
 money-­‐of
  large
 corporations.
 

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