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WS lists 10-15

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ardent passionate; enthusiastic
archetype an original model or pattern
prototype a first, tentative model that is made but that will be improved in later versions
arduous hard, difficult
arisocratic of noble birth; snobbish.
artful crafty, wily, sly
artless simple, honest aka young children
artifice clever trick; cunning(like artifical)
ascendancy supremacy; domination
ascetic hermitlike; practicing selfdenial... AESTHETIC=artistic
assiduous hardworking, busy, quite diligent
assimilate to take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly as if you had eaten it
assuage to sooth, pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve
astute shrewd, keen in judgement
attrition gradual wearing away, weakneing or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size
audacity boldness; reckless daring; impertinenece
impertinence boldness; reckless daring
auspicious favorable; promising; pointing to a good result
austerity basically poverty. to live in austerity is to live without comforts
autocratic ruling with abosolute authority; extremely bossy
autocracy a system of gov headed by an absolute ruler
autonomous acting independently
autonomy nation that governs self
avarice greeed; excessive love of riches. ANT: generosity, philanthropy
avow to claim, to delcare boldly, to admit. to avow something is to declare or admit something that most ppl are reluctant to declare or admit
disavow to deny, repudiate
repudiate to reject with disapproval or condemnation
awry off course; twisted to one side
axiom a self evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying
banal unoriginal; ordinary
bane poison; torment; cause of harm
baneful harmful
bastion stronghold; fortress; fortified place
beget to give birth to; to create; to lead to; to cuase
belabor to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent
beleaguer to surround, to besiege, to harass
belie to give a false impression of, to contradict
belittle to make to seem little; to put someone down
belligerent combative; quarrelsome; waging war. a bully is belligerent
bemused confused; bewildered
muse to think about or ponder things
benefactor one who providdes help, esp in the form of a gift or donation
beneficiary to recieve benefits
malefactor a person who does badt hings
benign gentle, not harmful, kind, mild. more passive than benevolent
benevolent actively kind and generous. diong good deeds
benignancy not causing harm
malignant nasty, evil, full of ill will
malign (v) to say unfairly bad things about a person; to injure that person by telling evil lies about him; slander
slander to say unfailry bad things about a person; malign
Created by: kevin_525_li
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