Word Smart 1400+ Words (Princeton Review)

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abash

(v) To make ashamed; to embarrass

He said nothing but looked abashed.

abate

(v) To subside; to reduce

The storm/wind/rain has started to abate.

abdicate

(v) To step down from a position of power or responsibility

*King Edward VIII abdicated (the British throne) in 1936.
*She abdicated all responsibility for the project.

aberration

n Something not typical; a deviation from the standard

abhor

v To hate very very much; to detest

abject

adj Hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out

abnegate

v To deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

abortive

adj Unsuccessful

abridge

v To shorten; to condense

absolute

adj Total; unlimited; perfect

absolve

v To forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation

abstinent

adj Abstaining; voluntarily not doing something especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation

abstract

adj Theoretical; impersonal

abstruse

adj Hard to understand

abysmal

adj Extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

accolade

n An award; an honor

accost

v To approach and speak to someone

acerbic

adj Bitter; sour; severe

acquiesce

v To comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree

acrid

adj Harsh; like acid

acrimonious

adj Full of spite; bitter; nasty

acumen

n Keenness of judgment; mental sharpness

acute

adj Sharp; shrewd

adamant

adj Stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible

address

v To speak to; to direct ones attention to

adherent

n Follower; supporter; believer

admonish

v To scold gently; to warn

adroit

adj Skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease

adulation

n. Wild or excessive admiration; flattery

adulterate

v. To contaminate; to make impure

adverse

adj Unfavorable; antagonistic

aesthetic

adj Having to do with artistic beauty; artistic

affable

adj Easy to talk to; friendly

affectation

n Unnatural or artificial behavior usually intended to impress

affinity

n Sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity

affluent

adj Rich; prosperous

agenda

n Program; the things to be done

agrarian

adj Relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land

aggregate

n Sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together

agnostic

n One who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven

alacrity

n Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

allege

v To assert without proof

alleviate

v To relieve usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen

allocate

v To distribute; to assign; to allot

alloy

n A combination of two or more things usually metals

allusion

n An indirect reference often to a literary work; a hint hint

aloof

adj Uninvolved; standing off; keeping ones distance

altruism

n Selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others

ambiance

n Atmosphere; mood; feeling mood

ambiguous

adj Unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways

ambivalent

adj Undecided; neutral; wishy-washy

ameliorate

v To make better or more tolerable ;

amenable

adj Obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable

amenity

n Pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature

amiable

adj Friendly; agreeable

amnesty

n An official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy

amoral

Lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings

amorous

adj Feeling loving especially in a sexual sense; in love relating to love

amorphous

adj Shapeless; without a regular or stable shape

anachronism

n Something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

analogy

A comparison of one thing to another; similarity similarity

anarchy

n Absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder

anecdote

n A short account of a humorous or revealing incident

anguish

v Agonizing physical or mental pain

animosity

n Resentment; hostility; ill will

anomaly

n An aberration; an irregularity; a deviation ;

antecedent

n Someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it

antipathy

n Firm dislike; a dislike ↔sympathy ;

antithesis

n The direct opposite

apartheid

n The abhorrent policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Repubic of South Africa

apathy

n Lack of interest; lack of feeling

aphorism

A brief often witty saying; a proverb

apocalypse

A prophetic revelation especially one concerning the end of the world

apocryphal

adj Of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious

apotheosis

n Elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something

appease

To soothe; to pacify by giving in to

appreciate

v To increase in value

apprehensive

adj Worried; anxious

approbation

n Approval; praise

appropriate

v To take without permission; to set aside for a particular use

aptitude

n Capacity for learning; natural ability

arbiter

n One who decides; a judge

arbitrary

adj Random; capricious random

arcane

adj Mysterious; known only to a select few mysterious

archaic

adj Extremely old; ancient; outdated

archetype

n An original model or pattern

ardent

adj Passionate half-hearted

arduous

adj Hard; difficult

aristocratic

adj Of noble birth; snobbish

artful

adj Wily; sly ; =crafty

artifice

n A clever trick; cunning ;

ascendancy

n Supremacy; domination

ascetic

n Hermit like; practicing self-denial

assiduous

adj Hardworking; busy; quite diligent

assimilate

v To take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly

assuage

v To soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve

astute

adj Shrewd; keen in judgment ;

attrition

n Gradual wearing away weakening or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers of size

audacity

n Boldness; reckless daring; impertinence ;

augment

v To make bigger; to add to; to increase ;