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Vocabulary 1B
Ambiguous-Assuage
Term | Definition |
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Ambiguous | Having a double meaning |
Ambivalence | Uncertainty; mixed feelings |
Ameliorate | To relieve; to make better |
Amiable | Friendly |
Anecdote | A personal story (often short and humorous) |
Animosity | Hatred |
Apparition | Ghostly sight |
Appease | To soothe |
Approbation | Approval |
Arbiter | One who make a judgement |
Arbitrary | Based on whim; random |
Arboreal | Pertaining to trees |
Arcane | Difficult to understand; known to only a few |
Ardor | Passion |
Articulate | Eloquent; able to express oneself |
Ascetic | One who practices self-denial and excessive abstinence (n); characterized by severe discipline (adj) |
Ascribe | To assign as a quality or attribute |
Asperity | Harshness; roughness |
Assiduous | Unceasing; persistent |
Assuage | To relieve |