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| abate | to become less in intensity; to subside, slacken, wane, or decrease |
| abdicate | to give up, renounce, relinquish (often formally) |
| abberration | straying from what is right, normal or expected; a mental straying that is strange or deviate |
| abet | to help or encourage a bad act; to egg on, foment, instigate |
| abeyance | a condition of suspended activity or development |
| abhor | to hate or loathe; to dislike strongly; to reject |
| aborigine | original person in a place (as a native) |
| abort | to fail to go forward or develop as expected; to miscarry; to terminate early |
| abrasive | causing bad feelings of irritation or annoyance |
| abscond | to run off in secret (usualy because of bad actions or feelings/knowledge of guilt) |
| absolve | to free of guilt or blame; to exonerate, exculpate |
| abstemious | restrained in consuming strong drink or food ; moderate, restrained |
| abstract | not concrete or definite, thus hard to grasp or understand; impersonal or detached in attitude |
| abstruse | extremely difficult to understand; erudite, recondite |
| accolade | verbal praise; award; recognition of accomplishment |
| accure | to accumulate, pile up, collect; to grow (as a bank account) |
| acerbity | bitterness, acrimong; having a biting, acidic nature, mood, or quality |
| acme | the highest point or peak of achievement; zenith |
| acquiesce | to give in and agree without a fuss; to comply, assent |
| acronym | word formed from the initial letter of a longer term |
| acumen | keen perception, shrewdness, and discernment |
| adamant | firm and unyielding; inflexible even when opposed |
| adjudicate | to act as a judge or determiner |
| admonish | to warn strongly or show disapproval; to reprove |
| adulation | praise, flattery, worship |
| advocate | a person who pleads a case |
| advocate | to talk in favor of; to support, recommend |
| aesthetic | referring to a sense of beauty; artistic |
| affable | easy to get along with; genial, friendly, warm |
| affinity | natual inclination or tendency; attraction to or kinship with |
| affluent | wealthy, rich |
| aggravate | to make worse; to xacerbate, burden, intensify, or irritate |
| aggregate | total or combined amount of |
| agnostic | a person who thinks that God is unknown, probably unknowable; one who doubts and questions |
| agnostic | doubting or questioning regarding God and his nature |
| agrarian | referring to fields, lands, and their crops |
| alacrity | eagerness, willingness, or liveliness, celebrity |
| allay | to lower in intensity or severity (as fears); to assuage, relieve, calm, alleviate |
| allegory | a story using figurative language and characters; a symbolic portrayal |
| allocate | to portion out or allot; to distribute, designate |
