Kaplan 500 Hardest (Set 6)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Assail | (verb) to attack; assault. |
| Assuage | (verb) to make something unpleasant less severe. |
| Attenuate | (verb) to reduce in force or degree; weaken. |
| Audacious | (adjective), fearless and daring. |
| Augury | (noun) prophecy; prediction of events. |
| August | (adjective), dignified; grandiose. |
| Austere | (adjective), severe or stern in appearance; undecorated. |
| Axiom | (noun) premise; postulate; self-evident truth. |
| Banal | (adjective), predictable; clichéd; boring. |
| Belfry | (noun) bell tower; room in which a bell is hung. |
| Bevy | (noun) group. |
| Bifurcate | (verb) to divide into two parts. |
| Bilk | (verb) to cheat; defraud. |
| Blight | (verb) to afflict; destroy. |
| Blithe | (adjective), joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought. |
| Bolster | (verb), to support; prop up. |
| Bombastic | (adjective), pompous in speech and manner. |
| Bonhomie | (noun), good natured gentility; atmosphere of good cheer. |
| Boor | (noun), crude person, one lacking manners or taste. |
| Burgeon | (verb) to grow and flourish. |
| Burnish | (verb) to polish. |
| Cabal | (noun) a secret group seeking to overturn something. |
| Cacophony | (noun) harsh, jarring noise. |
| Calumny | (noun) a false or malicious accusation; misrepresentation. |
| Canard | (noun) a lie. |
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