| A | B |
|---|
| abstruse: incomprehensible | to the average person |
| abash | cause to feel self conscious |
| acute | an accent or vowel stress |
| friendly | amiable |
| allege | assert |
| adulterate | make impure |
| agenda | a list of things to do |
| remote | standoffish |
| aberration | deviation |
| abridge | shorten |
| selflessness | altruism |
| adulate | admire or flatter excessively |
| agrarian | having to do with farming |
| determined, not easily swayed | adamant |
| absolve | forgive |
| ambiguous | having more than one meaning |
| away from the norm | aberration |
| unsuccessful | abortive |
| abhor | detest, loathe |
| relinquish power | abdicate |
| abject | revealing utter rejection |
| deny or renounce | abnegate |
| abate | lessen, die away |
| abridge | abbreviate, shorten, contract |
| absolve | grant remision |
| abysmal | so deep as to seem limitless |
| ambidexterous | equally skilled with either hand |
| acute | sharp |
| to be gauche is to be | socially awkward |
| those who are abstinent | abstain |
| a general concept formed by extracting | common features is an abstraction |
| abyss | a great depth in the ocean |
| adroit | skillful |
| admonish | to criticize gently |
| abscond | to depart secretly |
| When a king abdicates | he relinquishes his power |
| A person who deviates from the norm | is said to be aberrant |
| An abacus is a kind of | calculator |
| To abate is to | lessen |
| to abase is to | demean |
| An abecedarian is involved | with the alphabet |
| An abalone is a | Mollusk |
| The abdominable cavity is separated | from the thoracic cavity by the diaphragm |
| An abbatoir is a | slaughter house |
| To abash is to | embarrass |
| allusion | an indirect reference |
| alacrity | eager readiness |
| abnegate | deny or renounce |
| alloy | a combination of metals |
| agnostic is a person who denies | that God's existence is provable |
| alleviate | relieve |
| affluent | wealthy |
| effluent | a flowing out |
| allocate | distribute |
| having mixed feelings | ambivalent |
| acumen | shrewdness |
| the science of beauty | aesthetics |
| aggregate | sum total |
| affinity | a natural liking |
| ambience | atmosphere |
| abject | hopeless |
