Flashcards: Bowyer 1
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kasielasserre1 on August 24, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abase | humble, disgrace |
| abatement | decrease or reduction |
| abdicate | to give up position, right, or power |
| aberration | something different from the usual or normal |
| abet | to aide; act as accomplice |
| abeyance | temporary suppression or suspension |
| abhor | to loathe, detest |
| abject | miserable; pitiful |
| abjure | to reject, abandon formally |
| ablution | the act of cleansing |
| abnegate | to deny, renounce |
| abortive | interrupted while incomplete |
| abridge | to condense or shorten |
| abrogate | to abollish or invalidate by authority |
| abscond | to depart secretly |
| absolve | to forgive, free from blame |
| abstemious | moderate in appetite |
| abstract | theoretical; complex, difficult |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend |
| accede | to express approval; agree to |
| accost | to approach & speak to someone |
| accretion | a growth in size or increase in amount |
| accrue | to accumulate; grow by additions |
| acerbic | bitter, sharp in taste or temper |
| acme | the highest point, summit |
| acquiesce | to agree, comply quietly |
| acquittal | release from blame |
| acrid | harsh; bitter |
| acrimony | bitterness, anomocity |
| acuity | sharpness |
| acumen | sharpness of insight |
| adage | an old saying or proverb |
| adamant | uncompromising, unyeilding |
| adhere | to cling, follow without indeviation |
| adjunct | something added, attached, or joined |
| admonish | to caution or repremand |
| adroit | skillful, accomplished, highly incompetant |
| adulation | high praise |
| adulterate | to corrupt or make impure |
| adumbrate | to sketch or outline in a shadowy way |