My Inter Academy Vocabulary List

A set of practice flashcards covering the vocabulary terms and their specific definitions from the My Inter Academy lecture notes.

Abacus

Frame with ball for calculating

Abate

To lesson to subside

Abdication

resignation / Giving up control authority

Aberration

anomaly / Straying away from that is normal

Abet

Help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong)

Abeyance

Suspended action

Abhor

To hate to detest

Abide

To faithful to endure

Abjure

Promise or swear to give up

Abraded

Rubbed off worn away by friction

Abrogate

nullify / Repeal or annul by authority

Abscond

To go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)

Abstruse

Difficult to comprehend obscure

Abut

Border on

Abysmal

extremely Bad Bottomless extreme

Acarpous

Sterile, no longer fertile

Acclaimed

Welcomed with shouts and approval

Accolade

Praise approval

Accretion

Build up / The growing of separate things into one

Adamant

Kind of stone inflexible

Admonitory

Containing warning

Adorn

Add beauty decorate

Adulteration

Making impure, poorer in quality

Affable

Polite and friendly

Affinity

Close connection/relationship

Aggravate

Make worse irritate

Agile

Active quick moving

Agog

Eager/excited

Ail

Trouble be ill

Alacrity

Eager and cheerful readiness

Alcove

Recess/partially enclose place

Allegiance

Duty support loyalty

Alleviate

Make (pain) easier to bear

Alloy

metals / To debase by mixing with something inferior

Aloof

indifferent / Reserved indifferent

Amalgamate

Mix combine unite societies

Ambidextrous

Able to use the left hand or the right equally well

Ambiguous

Doubtful uncer

Ambivalent

Having both of two contrary meanings