| Term | Definition |
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| Abate | (v) subside or moderate. |
| Abrasive | (adj) rubbing away; tending to grind down. |
| Abstemious | (adj) sparing in eating or drinking; temperate. |
| Abstruse | (adj) Obscure;profound;difficult to understand. |
| Accolade | (n) Award of merit. |
| Acquiesce | (v) Assent, agree. |
| Acrimonious | (adj) Bitter in words or manner. |
| Adroit | (adj) Skillful; nimble. |
| Affable | (adj) Easy approachable |
| Affirmation | (n) Positive assertion; confirmation;solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath. |
| Altruistic | (adj) Unselfishly generous; concerned for others. |
| Ambivalence | (n) The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes. |
| Ameliorate | (v) Improve; make more satisfactory. |
| Amorphous | (adj) Formless; lacking shape or definition. |
| Ample | (adj) Abundant. |
| Anarchist | (n) Person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority. |
| Apocryphal | (adj) Untrue; made up. |
| Arable | (adj) Fit for growing crops. |
| Arbitrary | (adj) Unreasonable or capricious. |
| Ascendancy | (n) Controlling influence. |
| Ascetic | (adj) Practicing self-denial; austere. |
| Assuage | (v) Ease of lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger), soothe (anger) |
| Astute | (adj) Wise; shrewd. |
| Atrophy | (v) Waste away. |
| Audacious | (adj) Daring; bold. |
| Authoritarian | (adj) Favoring or exercising total control; nondemocratic |
| Banal | ((adj) Hackneyed; commonplace; trite. |
| Bane | (n) Cause of ruin. |
| Belie | (v) Contradict; give a false impression. |
| Belligerent | (adj) Quarrelsome. |
| Benign | (adj) Kindly; favourable; not malignant. |
| Bequeath | (v) Leave to someone by a will; hand down. |
| Brawn | (n) Muscular strength; sturdiness. |
| Brevity | (n) Conciseness; briefness. |
| Buttress | (v) Support; prop up. |
| Cacophonous | (adj) Discordant; inharmonious. |
| Candor | (n) Frankess. |
| capricious | (adj) Fickle; incalculable |
| Censorious | (adj) Critical |
| Censure | (v) Blame; criticize |
| Certitude | (n) Certainty |
| Clemency | (n) Disposition to be lenient; mildness as of the weather. |
| Concede | (v) Admit; yield |
| Conciliatory | (v) Reconciling; appeasing; amiable |
| Condone | (v) Overlook Voluntarily; forgive |
| Conflagration | (n) Great fire |
| Contentious | (adj) Quarrelsome |
| Corroborate | (v) Confirm; support |
| Credulity | (n) Belief on slight evidence; gullibility |
| Criterion | (n) Standard used in judging |
| Curtail | (v) Shorten, reduce. |
| Cynic | (n) One who is skeptical or distrustful of human motives. |
| Dawdle | (v) Loiter, waste time. |
| Debilitate | (v) Weaken; enfeeble |
| Debunk | (v) Expose something as nonsensical or false. |
| Decorum | (n) Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners |
| Defame | (v) Harm someone's reputation; malign. |
| Deference | (n) Courteous regard for another's wish. |
| Delineate | (v) Portray; depict; sketch |
| Deprecate | (v) Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle. |
| Deride | (v) Ridicule; make fun of. |
| Despot | (n) Tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler. |
| Didactic | (Adj) Teaching; indstrucitonal |
| Diffuse | (adj) Wordy; rambling; spread out. |
| Digression | (n) Wandering away from the subject. |
| Diminution | (n) Lessening; reduction in size. |
| Discerning | (adj) Mentally quick and observant; having insight |
| Discursive | (adj) Digressing; rambling. |
| Disinclination | (n) Unwillingness |
| Disparage | (v) Belittle |
| Disseminate | (v) Distribute; spread; scatter |
| Dissent | (v) Disagree |
| Dissipate | (v) Squander; waste; scatter |
| Dissonance | (n)Discordance (often as is Music) |
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