Sadlier-Oxford Building an Enriched Vocabulary Lessons 1-2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abdicate | To give up formally, as an office, duty, power, or claim. |
| abet | To encourage or assist, especially in wrongdoing. |
| abhor | To regard with horror and loathing; to hate intensely. |
| abject | a. Wretched, miserable;degrading, humiliating. b. Mean-spirited, base; despicable, contemptible. c. Complete and unrelieved. |
| absolve | To clear of guilt. |
| abstain | To refrain completely and voluntarily. |
| academic | a. Pertaining to a college or other institution of learning; scholarly. b. Theoretical rather than practical; unrealistic. |
| accede | a. To yield to; to agree to. b. To enter upon an office or dignity. |
| acclimate | To get used to (usually an environment or situation). |
| addiction | A habit-forming practice or pursuit, usually one that is bad for a person's health or morally objectionable; habitual use of, or devotion to, something. |
| adjourn | a. To close formally. b. To put off to another time; to move to another place. |
| adverse | Hostile in purpose or effect; unfavorable. |
| advocate | a. (v) To speak or argue in favor of; to give active public support to. b. (n) A person who pleads in the interest of a cause or individual. |
| aesthetic | Pertaining to a sense of beauty; artistic. |
| affable | Courteous and agreeable in manner; easy to talk to or approach. |
| affectation | A pretentious display of manners of sentiments that are not genuine; a peculiar habit of dress or behavior that has been adopted to impress others. |
| affluent | Prosperous, wealthy. |
| agenda | A list or program of things to be done or acted upon. |
| aggregate | a. (n) The total amount or sum total of the individual parts. b. (v) To gather or merge into a single whole; to amount to. c. (adj) Total, collective. |
| agile | Swift and light in action, movement, or thought. |
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