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accumulate [v.]

to gather or build up

accentuate [v.]

to emphasize or highlight

acquire [v.]

to get; to come into possession or control of; gain

adequate [adj.]

enough for a specific need; sufficient

adhere [v.]

to attach

adjunct [n.]

assistant; something added but not essential

aesthetic [adj.]

relating to beauty; visually pleasing

aggravate [v.]

to make worse; to provoke

amass [v.]

to collect or accumulate; gather

ambivalence [n.]

having mixed or contradictory feelings

ameliorate [v.]

to improve or make better

amorphous [adj.]

having no definite form

annotate [v.]

to add notes or comments

anomalous [adj.]

irregular; abnormal

antagonistic [adj.]

hostile; opposing

antecedent [n.]

something that precedes; precursor

apathy [n.]

lack of feeling; indifference

apex [n.]

highest point; pinnacle

appease [v.]

to calm or pacify

arduous [adj.]

difficult; hard to achieve

atypical [adj.]

not typical; abnormal

augment [v.]

to increase or enlarge

banal [adj.]

lacking originality; boring

beneficiary [n.]

a person who receives benefits

benevolent [adj.]

kind; showing goodwill

buttress [v.]

to support or strengthen

circumvent [v.]

to get around; bypass

coincide [v.]

to occur at the same time

commercialization [n.]

bringing a product to market

complementary [adj.]

enhancing or completing each other

compound [v.]

to increase or add to

comprise [v.]

to consist of

concede [v.]

to admit or acknowledge

conceivable [adj.]

possible; believable

conceptualize [v.]

to form an idea or concept

confer [v.]

to give or grant

conflate [v.]

to combine into one

conform [v.]

to comply or follow rules

conjecture [n.]

a guess; conclusion without full evidence

conspicuous [adj.]

easily noticed; obvious

constrain [v.]

to restrict or force

contend [v.]

to argue; assert

contentious [adj.]

controversial; likely to argue

contrivance [n.]

a scheme; invention

contrive [v.]

to devise or plan

convene [v.]

to assemble or meet

copious [adj.]

abundant; plentiful

cordial [adj.]

warm and friendly

counterfactual [adj.]

contrary to fact

counterintuitive [adj.]

against common sense

credible [adj.]

believable; trustworthy

customary [adj.]

usual; traditional

deceptive [adj.]

misleading; dishonest

delegate [v.]

to assign responsibilities

demarcate [v.]

to mark boundaries

derive [v.]

to obtain from a source

desultory [adj.]

lacking purpose; random

detract [v.]

to take away from importance

diffuse [v.]

to spread out

discernible [adj.]

noticeable; detectable

disconcerting [adj.]

unsettling

disengage [v.]

to withdraw or detach

disorienting [adj.]

confusing

disparate [adj.]

completely different

disperse [v.]

to scatter

dispute [v.]

to argue or debate

diverge [v.]

to move apart

diverse [adj.]

varied; different

dogmatic [adj.]

stubbornly opinionated

dynamic [adj.]

constantly changing or active

ebullition [n.]

sudden outburst

eclipse [v.]

to surpass; overshadow

effervescent [adj.]

bubbly; lively

efficacy [n.]

effectiveness

elusive [adj.]

hard to catch or achieve

encompass [v.]

to include; surround

endure [v.]

to tolerate; withstand

engender [v.]

to cause or produce

engulf [v.]

to overwhelm

entail [v.]

to involve or require

epitomize [v.]

to represent perfectly

equanimity [n.]

calmness; composure

equitable [adj.]

fair; impartial

equivocal [adj.]

ambiguous; unclear

erratic [adj.]

unpredictable; irregular

esteem [n.]

respect; admiration

exacerbate [v.]

to make worse

exactitude [n.]

accuracy

exemplify [v.]

to illustrate by example

exhaustive [adj.]

thorough; complete

exorbitant [adj.]

excessive

expedite [v.]

to speed up

exploit [v.]

to take advantage of

extraneous [adj.]

irrelevant; unnecessary

fabricate [v.]

to invent or make up

feasible [adj.]

possible; achievable

foretell [v.]

to predict

fruitless [adj.]

unsuccessful

grapple [v.]

to struggle with a problem

haphazard [adj.]

random; lacking order