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QuestionAnswer
Frame with balls for calculatingabacus
Degrade or humble; to lower in rank, status, or esteemabase
Reduce, diminish; To lessen to subsideabate
Formally give up the throne (or some other power or responsibility)abdicate
Giving up control authorityabdication
Abnormal, deviantaberrant
Straying away from what is normalaberration
Help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)abet
Temporary suspension, inactivity; Suspended actionabeyance
Detest, regard with disgust; To hate to detestabhor
Be faithful to endureabide
Give up, renounce; repudiate, recant, or shun (especially formally or under oath); Promise or swear to give upabjure
Rubbed off worn away by frictionabraded
Rough, suitable for grinding or polishing (such as sandpaper); causing irritation or annoyanceabrasive
Side-by-side. the more common "abreast of" means keeping up with, staying aware of, or remaining equal in progress with.abreast
Reduce or lessen; shorten by omitting parts throughout while retaining the main ideaabridge
Repeal or annul by authorityabrogate
Cutting off; sudden termination; the separation of leaves, petals, or other parts from a plant or animalabscission
Depart suddenly and secretively; To go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)abscond
Hold back, refrain (especially from something bad or unhealthy); decline to voteabstain
Difficult to comprehend obscureabstruse
Border onabut
Bottomless extremeabysmal
A deep and vast space or cavity; anything profound or infiniteabyss
Effete no longer fertile worn outacarpous
Agree, give consent; assume power (usually as "accede to")accede
Welcomed with shouts and approvalacclaimed
Praise approvalaccolade
The growing of separate things into one ; Gradual increase; an added part or additionaccretion
Sour; harsh or severeacerbic
Slightly acid or sour; sharp or causticacidulous
Summit, peak, highest pointacme
The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often including protests and demonstrationsactivism
Keen, quick, accurate insight or judgmentacumen
Kind of stone inflexibleadamant
Stick (to), such as with glue, or to a plan or beliefadhere
Mildly scold; caution, advise, or remind to do somethingadmonish
Containing warningadmonitory
Add beauty decorateadorn
Make impure by adding inappropriate or inferior ingredientsadulterate
Making unpure poorer in qualityadulteration
Give a rough outline of; foreshadow; reveal only partially; obscureadumbrate
Opposing, harmfuladverse
Speak or argue in favor of (verb); a person who pleads for a cause or on behalf of another person (noun)advocate
Dwelling or fortress built on a high place; the nest of a bird of prey, such as an eagle or hawk, built on a mountain or cliffaerie
Concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste, pertaining to the science of what is beautiful (adj); a sense of beauty and taste of a particular time and place (noun)aesthetic
Polite and friendlyaffable
Warm and friendly, pleasant, approachableaffable
Fake behavior (such as in speech or dress) adopted to give a certain impressionaffectation
Close connection relationshipaffinity
Make greater; exaggerateaggrandize
Make worse irritateaggravate
Gather together, amount to (verb); constituting a whole made up of constituent parts (adj)aggregate
Active quick-movingagile
Eager/excitedagog
Trouble be illail
Eager and cheerful readinessalacrity
Cheerful or speedy willingnessalacrity
Although, even thoughalbeit
Recess/partially enclosed placealcove
Cause to become unfriendly, hostile, or distantalienate
Duty support loyaltyallegiance
Make (pain) easier to bearalleviate
Lessen, make easier to endurealleviate
To debase by mixing with something inferioralloy
Reserved indifferentaloof
Distant physically or emotionally; reserved; indifferentaloof
Mix combine unite societiesamalgamate
Blend, merge, or uniteamalgamate
Able to use the left hand or the right equally wellambidextrous
Doubtful uncertainambiguous
Not clear, hard to understand, open to having several meanings or interpretationsambiguous
Having both of two contrary meaningsambivalent
Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at onceambivalent
Improve make betterameliorate
Improve; make better or more bearableameliorate
End (a debt) by setting aside moneyamortize
Gradually pay off a debt, or gradually write off an assetamortize
Something that is not in its correct historical time; a mistake in chronology, such as by assigning a person or event to the wrong time periodanachronism
Pain relief; inability to feel painanalgesia
Comparable, corresponding in some particular way (making a good analogy)analogous
Absence of law or government; chaos, disorderanarchy
Severe sufferinganguish
Strong dislikeanimosity
Make void or null, cancel, abolish (usually of laws or other established rules)annul
Medicine that relieves pain (noun); soothing, relieving pain (adj)anodyne
Rub or sprinkle oil on; make sacred, such as by a ceremony that includes applying oil to someoneanoint
Deviation from what is common; inconsistencyanomaly
Make hostile or unfriendlyantagonize
Be older than, precede in time; assign to an earlier dateantedate
Medicine used against a poison or a diseaseantidote
Direct opposingantithetical
Directly opposed, opposite; involving antithesis (the rhetorical act of placing two phrases opposite one another for contrast, as in love me or hate me)antithetical
Brutal racial discriminationapartheid
Not caring; absence of feeling; lack of interest or concernapathy
Self-confidenceaplomb
Of questionable authenticity; falseapocryphal
One who abandons long-held religious or political convictions ; Person who deserts a party, cause, religion, etc.apostate
Pioneer of a reform movement (originally, an early follower of jesus)apostle
Deification glorification to godlinessapotheosis
Make quiet or calmappease
Highly appropriate, suitable, or relevantapposite
Grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about futureapprehensive
Inform, give notice to; Give notice to informapprise
Praise or approval, especially formal approval; Approvalapprobation
Set aside or authorize (such as money) for a particular purpose; take for one's own useappropriate
Appropriate to the situation aptapropos
Well-suited quick-wittedapt
A complex ornate designarabesque
Judge, umpire, person empowered to decide matters at handarbiter
Of connected with treesarboreal
Known or understood by only a few; obscure, secretarcane
Characteristic of an earlier period, ancient, primitivearchaic
Very passionate, devoted, or enthusiasticardent
Enthusiasmardor
Steep difficult ascent laborious ; Very difficult, strenuous; severe, hard to endurearduous
Jargon slangargot
In the highest degreearrant
Proud superior manner of behaviourarrogance
Claim or take presumptuously or without the right to do soarrogate
Speak distinctly connect by joints ; Using language in a clear, fluent way (adj); speak distinctly or give clarity to an idea (verb)articulate
Any object made by humans, especially those from an earlier time, such as those excavated by archaeologistsartifact
Free of deceit or craftiness, natural, genuine; lacking skill or knowledge, crude, unculturedartless
Go or come upascend
Find out with certainty; Get to knowascertain
Abstinent or austere in lifestyle (adj); a person who leads an austere and simple life without material pleasures, esp. someone who does this for religious reasons; Practicing self-denial austere starkascetic
Consider to be the origin of or belonging to ; Assign or credit to a certain cause or sourceascribe
Surgically cleanaseptic
Free from germsaseptic
Roughness harshness ill temper irritabilityasperity
Rigor, severity; harshness or sharpness of tone; roughness of surfaceasperity
Slanderaspersion
Damaging remarks, defamation, slanderaspersions
With attack violentlyassail
Attack violently, assaultassail
Diligent hard-working sedulousassiduous
Persevering, diligent, constantassiduous
Make smth (pain desire) lessassuage
Make milder, relieve; soothe, pacify, or calmassuage
The mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)asterisk
Substance that shrinksastringent
Clever quick at seeing to get an advantageastute
Repayment death of jesusatonement
Make thin. weaken enervateattenuate
Weaken or thin outattenuate
Bring into harmonyattune
In harmony; in sympathetic relationshipattuned
Daring foolishly bold impudentaudacious
Very bold or brave, often in a rude or reckless way; extremely originalaudacious
Make largeraugment
Omen signaugury
Telling the future, such as through supernatural meansaugury
Majestic venerableaugust
Venerable, majestic; inspiring admirationaugust
Favorable successful prosperousauspicious
Severely moral and strict simple and plainaustere
Severe in manner or appearance; very self-disciplined, ascetic; without luxury or ease; sober or seriousaustere
Self-governing, independentautonomous
Helping supportingauxiliary
Insatiable greed; a miserly desire to hoard wealthavarice
Affirm assert prove justifyaver
Declare or affirm with confidenceaver
Strong dislikeaversion
Eager greedyavid
Enthusiastic, dedicated, passionate; excessively desirousavid
Admit. declare openlyavow
Self-evident truth requiring no proof; universally or generally accepted principleaxiom