| Word |
Meaning |
|---|
| agog | eager; excited |
| alacrity | prompt and eager readiness |
| allay | make (sth) less; relieve |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of:disconcert |
| abdicate | resign from or formally renounce the throne |
| aberrant | not following the normal or correct way |
| abeyance | be in abeyance; fall/go into abeyance (of a right, rule, problem, etc) be suspended temporarily; not be in force or use for a time |
| abjure | promise or swear to give up (a claim, an opinion, a belief, etc); renounce formally |
| ablution | ceremonial washing of the body, hands, sacred vessels, etc |
| abnegation | denial or renunciation (of a doctrine) |
| abscission | The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation |
| abstemious | not taking much food or drink; not self-indulgent; moderate |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| accede | take office |
| acclivity | upward slope |
| accoutre | equip |
| accretion | growth or increase by means of gradual additions |
| acerbity | Sourness of taste, character, or tone |
| acetic | containing, producing, or derived from acetic acid or vinegar |
| acidulous | rather sharp or bitter in taste or manner |
| acme | highest stage of development; point of perfection |
| acquiesce | accept sth without protest; offer no opposition (to a plan, conclusion, etc) |
| acrimonious | bitter |
| actuarial | calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics |
| actuate | make (a machine, an electrical device, etc) move or work; make (a process) begin |
| adjuration | solemn urging |
| adjutant | army officer responsible for administrative work in a battalion |
| adventitious | not planned; accidental |
| alluvial | made of sand, earth, etc left by rivers or floods, esp in a delta |
| amalgam | alloy of mercury with another metal |
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