| A | B |
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| a•bate | To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen. |
| ab•hor | To regard with horror or loathing; detest |
| ab•scond | To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution. |
| ab•solve | To pronounce clear of guilt or blame. |
| ac•ri•mo•ny | Bitter, sharp animosity, especially as exhibited in speech or behavior. |
| ac•ro•nym | A word formed from the initial letters of a name |
| a•cute | Having a sharp point or tip |
| a•dept | Very skilled |
| ad•ju•di•cate | To hear and settle (a case) by judicial procedure. |
| af•fa•ble | Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable. |
| aug•ment | To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity |
| av•a•rice | Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity. |
| a•verse | Having a feeling of opposition, distaste, or aversion; strongly disinclined |
| bel•li•cose | Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious |
| bi•ased | To influence in a particular, typically unfair direction |
| bois•ter•ous | Rough and stormy; violent |
| bu•col•ic | Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people |
| bur•ly | Heavy, strong, and muscular; husky |
| cal•low | Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature |
| can•did | Free from prejudice; impartial |
| ca•vort | To bound or prance about in a sprightly manner; caper |
| Chide | To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand |
| clam•or•ous | Making or marked by loud outcry or sustained din. |
| cog•ni•zant | Fully informed; conscious |
| con•cede | To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper |
| con•done | To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure |
| con•jec•ture | Inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork |
| con•no•ta•tion | something suggested by a word or thing: implication |
| cred•i•ble | Capable of being believed; plausible |
| cred•u•lous | Disposed to believe too readily; gullible. |
