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Vocabulary terms
Term | Part of Speech | Definition | Sentence Example (Usage) |
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acquiesce | v. | assent; agree without protesting | |
acrid | adj. | sharp; bitterly pungent | |
acrimonious | adj. | bitter in words or manner | |
aggregate | v. | gather; accumulate | |
amorphous | adj. | formless; lacking shape or definition | |
anachronistic | adj. | having an error involving time in a story | |
anomaly | n. | irregularity | |
antediluvian | adj. | antiquated; extremely ancient | |
antipathy | n. | aversion; dislike | |
apocryphal | adj. | untrue; made up | |
arable | adj. | fit for growing crops | |
ardent | adj. | intense; passionate; zealous | |
assiduous | adj. | diligent | |
assuage | v. | ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger) | |
atrophy | v. | waste away | |
audacious | adj. | daring; bold | |
avarice | n. | greediness for wealth | |
avert | v. | prevent; turn away | |
aviary | n. | enclosure for birds | |
beguile | v. | mislead or delude; pass time | |
bequeath | v. | leave to someone by a will; hand down | |
bleak | adj. | cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable | |
blighted | adj. | suffering from a disease; destroyed | |
bombastic | adj. | pompous; using inflated language | |
buttress | v. | support; prop up | |
abate | v. | subside; decrease, lessen | |
accolade | n. | award of merit |