| Term | Definition |
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| admonish | (v.) warn or reprimand someone firmly : she ___ me for appearing at breakfast unshaven |
| ado | (n.) trouble or difficulty : she had much __ to keep up with him. |
| adroit | (adj.) clever or skillful in using the hands or mind : he was ___ at tax avoidance. |
| adumbrate | (adj.) report, represent, symbolize, or indicate : James Madison ___ed the necessity that the Senate be somewhat insulated from public passions : the walls were not more than ___ by the meager light. |
| advent | (n.) the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event : the advent of television. |
| advert | (v.) refer to in speaking or writing : he had failed to ___ to the consequences that his conduct was having. |
| affect | (v.) have an effect on; make a difference to : the dampness began to ___ my health |
| affable | (adj.) friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to : an ___ and agreeable companion. |
| affectation | (n.) behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress : the ___ of a man who measures every word for effect |
| affluence | (adj.) (esp. of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy : the ___ societies of the western world |
| affront | (n.) an action or remark that causes outrage or offense : he took his son's desertion as a personal ___ |
| agglomerate | (v.) collect or form into a mass or group [ trans. ] : companies ___ multiple sites such as chains of stores |
| aggregate | (n.) a whole formed by combining several (typically disparate) elements : the council was an ___ of three regional assemblies. |
| agrarian | (adj.) of or relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land. |
| aide-de-camp | (n.) a military officer acting as a confidential assistant to a senior officer. |
| alabaster | (n.) a fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum, typically white, often carved into ornaments. |
| alacrity | (n.) brisk and cheerful readiness : she accepted the invitation with ___. |
| alchemy | (figurative, n.) figurative a process by which paradoxical results are achieved or incompatible elements combined with no obvious rational explanation : his conducting managed by some ___ to give a sense of fire and ice. |
| alcove | (n.) a recess, typically in the wall of a room or of a garden. |
| alder | (n.) a widely distributed tree of the birch family that has toothed leaves and bears male catkins and woody female cones. |
| alderman | (n.) an elected member of a municipal council. |
| alias | (adv.) used to indicate that a named person is also known or more familiar under another specified name : Eric Blair, ___ George Orwell. |
| alkali | (n.) a chemical compound that neutralizes or effervesces with acids and turns litmus blue; typically, a caustic or corrosive substance of this kind such as lime or soda. Often contrasted with acid ; compare with base. |
| effect | (n.) a change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause : the lethal ___s of hard drugs |
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