| A | B |
|---|
| adulation | wild or excessive admiration |
| adverse | unfavorable: antagonistic |
| aesthentic | artistic beauty |
| citadel | fortress |
| abate | subside:reduce |
| abdicate | step down from position of power |
| aberration | something not typical |
| abhor | hate or detest |
| abject | hopeless; extremely sad and servile |
| abortive | unsuccessful |
| abridge | shorten |
| absolute | total; unlimited |
| absolve | forgive or free from blame |
| accolade | award or honor |
| accost | apprach and speak to someone |
| acquiesce | comply passively |
| acrid | harsh, like acid |
| acute | sharp, shrewd |
| acumen | sharpness of mind |
| acromonious | spite, bitter, nasty |
| adamant | stubborn |
| address | direct ones attention to |
| admonish | scold gently, to warn |
| adulturate | contaminate |
| affable | easy to talk to |
| adroit | skillful, clever, shrewd |
| adherant | follower, supporter, believer |
| acerbic | bitter, sour, severe |
| abstract | impersonal, theoretical |
| abysmal | hopeless or wretched, bottomless |
| abstruse | hard to understand |
| abstinent | voluntarily not doing something |
| abash | make ashamed, embarrass |
| sanction | authorize or approve |
| consensus | unanimity or near unanimity |
| conjure | summon or bring into being, as if by magic |
| discourse | to converse; formally discuss subject |
| pervade | spread throughout |
| precipitate | cause to happen abruptly |
| exposition | expounding or explaining |
| cynic | one who deeply distrusts human nature |
| paradox | true statement that contradicts itself |
| comprehensive | covering or including everything |
| inherent | part of essestinal nature of something |
| lament | mourn |
| contentious | argumentative; quarrelsome |
| partisian | one who supports common person, cause, or idea |
| conventional | common |
| manifest | visible; evident |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| purge | cleanse or make pure |
| procure | get; obtain |
| prudent | careful |
| implacable | stern, not to be appeased |
| insolent | arrogant; rude |
| ignominious | deep disgrace |
| foreboding | foretell something bad |
| calamity | disaster |
| transgression | violate law or sin |
| derision | ridicule; laugh at contemptiously |
| disconsolate | very unhappy; melancholy |
| audacity | boldness; reckless daring |
| auspicious | promising; pointing to good result |
| rhetoric | art of formal speaking or writing |
| restitution | reimbursment |
| lamentable | regretable; mournful |
| soothsayer | one who professes to profesy |
| sagacious | wise; keen in judgement |
| shroud | cloth used to wrap corpse |
| ubiquitious | being everywhere at same time |
| venerable | treat something holy esp. cause of great age |
| magnanimous | generous; forgiving |
| malice | wishing to harm others |
| malevolent | wishing harm to others |
| alacrity | eagerness to respond |
| apocolypse | revelation of comming end of world |
| animosity | resentment; hostility |
| ambiguous | unclear in meaning |
| amenable | obedient |
| ameliorate | make better or more tolerable |
| antipathy | firm dislike |
| anachronism | something out of place in time in hisory |
| allege | to assert without proof |
| apartheid | polocy of racial segregation and oppression in repub. of south america |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion |
| antithesis | direct opposite |
| anomaly | abberation; irregularity |
| amorphous | shapeless |
| appreciate | to increase in value |
| antecendent | someone or something that went before |
| analogy | comparision of one thing to another |
| amnesty | official pardon for group of people who violated sin or law |
| affectation | unnatural behavior done to impress |
| apotheosis | elevation to divine status |
| anarchy | lawless; disorder |
| agenda | things to be done |
| agnostic | belief that existence of got can be niether proven or disproven |
| agrarian | relating to farming or management of land |
| anguish | agonizing physical or mental pain |
| amourous | in love |
| amoral | lacking sense of right and wrong |
| amiable | friendly; agreeable |
| ambience | atmosphere |
| aloof | uninvolved |
| affluent | rich; prosperous |
| affinity | sympathy; kinship |
| ambivalent | undecided; neutral |
| altruism | selflessness; generosity |
| apocryphal | of dubious authenticity |
| anecdote | short accound of humorous or revealing incident |
| aggregate | collection of separate things mixed together |
| aporism | brief, often witty saying |
| amenity | comfortorable features |
| arcane | myserious; known only to select few |
| obscure | unclear; partially hidden |
| impartial | unbiased; neutral |
| pious | falsly devout |
| objective | without bias |
| indifferent | not caring one way or other |
| approbation | approval; praise |
| discernment | ability to see things clearly |
| appropriate | take without permission |
| revere | worship or honor |
| erratic | unpredictable or wandering |
| allocate | assign or allot |
| disdain | arrogant; scorn |
| diverse | varied |
| alloy | combination of two or more metals |
| alleviate | relieve or make bearable |
| placid | calm or peacefull |
| aptitude | capacity for learning |
| arbitrary | random |
| apprehensive | worried; anxious |
| appease | soothe; give into |
| allusion | indirect reference to literary hint |
| genial | cheerfull; pleasant |
| inert | sluggish |
| levee | embarkment made to prevent river flooding |
| indulgent | yeilding to desire |
| eccentric | a little kooky |
| inevitable | unavoidable |
| enigma | mystery |
| luminous | giving off light |
| benevolent | kind; good |
| candid | honest; frank |
| relevant | pertinent |
| innovate | introduce something new |
| denounce | speak out against |
| discriminate | make clear distinction |
| archaic | extremely old |
| arbiter | one who decides; judge |
| futile | hopeless; without effect |
| provincial | limited in outlook to one's small corner of world |
| temperate | moderate |
