Word List A

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1. abacus: Frame with balls for calculating 
2. abate: To lessen, to subside 
3. abdication: Giving up control, authority 
4. abdomen: Stomach and bowels 
5. aberration: Straying away from what is normal 
6. abeyance; suspended action 
7. abhor: To hate, to detest 
8. abide: Be faithful to; endure 
9. abjure: Promise or swear to give up 
10. abraded: Rubbed off, worn away by friction 
11. abrasion: Rubbing, scraping, wearing off 
12. abrogate: Repeal or annul by authority 
13. abscond: To go away suddenly (to avoid arrest) 
14. abstruse: Difficult to comprehend; obscure 
15. abundant: Plentiful abut: Border on 
16. abysmal: Bottomless, extreme 
17. acarpous: Effete, no longer fertile, worn out 
18. accentuate: Give more force or attention to 
19. acclaimed: Welcomed with shouts and approval 
20. accolade: Praise, approval 
21. accretion: The growing of separate things into one 
22. acquiesce: In agree (without protest) 
23. acquisition: Smth acquired, acquiring 
24. adamant: Kind of stone; inflexible 
25. adhere: Remain faithful, stick fast to 
26. adhesion: Adhering, support 
27. adjacent: Lying near, next 
28. admonitory: Containing warning 
29. adorn: Add beauty; decorate 
30. adulteration: Making unpure, poorer in quality 
31. affinity: Close connection, relationship 
32. aggravate: Make worse; irritate 
33. agile: Active, quick-moving 
34. ail: Trouble; be ill 
35. alacrity: Eager and cheerful readiness 
36. alienate: Estrange allegiance: Duty, support, loyalty 
37. alleviate: Make (pain) easier to bear 
38. alloy: To debase by mixing with something inferior 
39. aloof: Reserved, indifferent 
40. amalgamate: Mix, combine, unite societies 
41. ambidextrous: Able to use the left hand or the right equally well ambiguous: Doubtful, uncertain 
42. ambivalent: Having both of two contrary meanings 
43. ameliorate: Improve, make better amendment: Improving 
44. amicable: Friendly 
45. amortize: End (a debt) by setting aside money 
46. amplify: Make large or fuller, increase the strength 
47. animosity: Strong dislike 
48. annul: Put an end to 
49. anticlimax: Sudden fall 
50. antidote: Medicine used against a poison or a disease 
51. antithetical: Direct opposing 
52. apartheid: Brutal racial discrimination 
53. apathetic: Indifference 
54. aplomb: Self-confidence 
55. apostate: One who abandons long-held religious or political convictions 
56. apotheosis: Deification, glorification to godliness 
57. appease: Make quiet or calm 
58. apprehensive: Grasping, understanding; fear, unhappy feeling about future apprise: Give notice to, inform 
59. approbation: Approval 
60. appropriate: Take for one's own use, acquire, set aside 
61. apropos: Appropriate to the situation; apt 
62. apt: Well-suited, quick-witted arabesque: a complex, ornate design arabesque: Whimsical 
63. arbitrate: Decide by arbitration 
64. arboreal: Of connected with trees 
65. ardently: With full of ardor 
66. ardor: Enthusiasm 
67. arduous: Steep, difficult 
68. ascent; laborious argot: Jargon, slang 
69. arrant: In the highest degree 
70. arrogance: Proud, superior manner of behaviour 
71. articulate: Speak distinctly, connect by joints 
72. ascend: Go or come up ascent: The act of ascending 
73. ascertain: Get to know 
74. ascetic: Practicing self-denial, austere, stark ascribe: Consider to be the origin of or belonging to 
75. asperity: Roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability 
76. aspersion: Slander 
77. assail: With attack violently 
78. asset: Valuable quality, smth that has money value 
79. assiduous: Diligent, hard-working, sedulous 
80. assuage: Make smth (pain, desire) less assumption: Smth supposed but not proved 
81. asterisk: The mark × (e. g. Omitted letters) 
82. astringent: Substance that shrinks 
83. astute: Clever; quick at seeing to get an advantage 
84. atonement: Repayment; death of Jesus 
85. attenuate: Make thin. Weaken, enervate 
86. audacious: Daring, foolishly bold, impudent 
87. augury: Omen, sign august: Majestic, venerable 
88. auspice: Protection or support, patronage 
89. auspicious: Favorable, successful, prosperous 
90. austere: Severely moral and strict; simple and plain 
91. auxiliary: Helping, supporting 
92. aver: Affirm, assert, prove, justify 
93. aversion: Strong dislike
94.  avid: Eager, greedy 
95. avow: Admit. Declare openly 
96. acumen: Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination. 
97. Adage: An old saying. 
98. adamant: Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability. 
99. Admonition: Gentle reproof. 
100. adumbrate: To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem. 
101. affable: Easy to approach. 
102. aggrandize: To cause to appear greatly. 
103. aggravate: To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome. 
104. agile: Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally. 
105. agog: In eager desire. alacrity: Cheerful willingness. 
106. alcove: A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room. 
107. Alleviate: To make less burdensome or less hard to bear. 
108. Aloof: Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others. 
109. Amalgamate: To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body. 
110. Ambidextrous: Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease. 
111. Ambiguous: Having a double meaning. 
112. Ameliorate: To relieve, as from pain or hardship 
113. anathema: Anything forbidden, as by social usage. 
114. Animadversion: The utterance of criticism or censure. 
115. Animosity: Hatred. 
116. antediluvian: Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
117.  antidote: Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like: 
118. aplomb: Confidence; coolness. 
119. apprise: To give notice to; to inform. approbation: Sanction. 
120. arboreal: Of or pertaining to a tree or trees. 
121. ardor: Intensity of passion or affection. 
122. argot: A specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group. 
123. Arrant: Notoriously bad. 
124. ascetic: Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion. 
125. ascribe: To assign as a quality or attribute. 
126. Asperity: Harshness or roughness of temper. Assiduous: Unceasing; persistent 
127. assuage: To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease. 
128. Astringent: Harsh in disposition or character. 
129. Astute: Keen in discernment. atonement: 
130. Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury. 
131. audacious: Fearless. 
132. augury: Omen auspicious: Favorable omen 
133. austere: Severely simple; unadorned. 
134. autocrat: Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence. 
135. Auxiliary: One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
     Avarice: Passion for getting and keeping riches.
136.  Aver: To avouch, justify or prove