Week 1 Vocab LHS AVID 12

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Apostate (n)

one who renounces a religious faith

Apotheosis (n)

exaltation to divine rank; glorification

Appease (v)

to satisfy, placate, calm

Approbation (n)

praise

Appropriate (v)

to take possession of w/o asking

Aquatic (adj)

belonging or living in water

Arable (adj)

fit for cultivation/growing

Arbitrary (adj)

random; determined by chance

Arbitrator (n)

mediator; negotiator

Arboreal (adj)

relating to trees

Arcane (adj)

known only to a few

Archaic (adj)

outdated

Archipelago (n)

large group of islands

Ardent (adj)

passionate; zealous; fervent

Ardor (n)

great emotion or passion

Arduous (adj)

extremely difficult; laborious

Arid (adj)

extremely dry or deathly boring

Arraign (v)

to call to court to answer a charge

Arrogate (v)

to demand arrogantly

Arsenal (n)

ammunition storehouse

Articulate

(adj) well

Artifact (n)

historical relic

Artisan (n)

craftsperson; expert

Ascend (v)

to rise or climb

Ascendancy (n)

state or rising; power or control

Ascertain (v)

to make certain of

Ascetic (adj)

self

Ascribe (v)

to give credit to specific cause/source

Ashen (adj)

resembling ashes; deathly pale

Askew (adj)

crooked; tilted; awry

Aspersion (n)

false rumor, slander

Aspire (v)

to have great hopes

Assail (v)

to attack; assault

Assert (v)

to affirm; attest

Assiduous (adj)

diligent; hardworking

Assimilation (n)

act of blending in

Assonance (n)

resemblance in sound

Assuage (v)

to make less severe; to mitigate; to pacify; to alleviate

Astringent (adj)

harsh; severe; stern

Astute (adj)

having good judgment

Asunder (adv)

into different parts

Asymmetrical (adj)

not same in size/shape

Atone (v)

to make amends for a wrong

Atrocious (adj)

monstrous; shockingly bad

Atrophy (v)

to waste away; wither from disuse

Attain (v)

to accomplish; to gain

Attenuate (v)

to make thin or slender; weaken

Attest (v)

to testify; stand as proof of

Audacious (adj)

bold; daring; fearless

Audible (adj)

capable of hearing

Audit (n)

formal examination of final records

Auditory (adj)

related with hearing

Augment (v)

to expand, extend, add

August (adj)

awe

Auspicious (adj)

having a promising future

Austere (adj)

1)stern/strict 2)ascetic/self

Authoritarian (adj)

extremely strict, bossy

Autocrat (n)

dictator

Autonomous (adj)

separate; independent

Auxiliary (adj)

supplementary; giving support

Avarice (n)

greed

Avenge (v)

to take revenge

Aver (v)

to declare to be true; to affirm

Aversion (n)

intense dislike

Avert (v)

to turn away; prevent

Aviary (n)

large enclosure housing birds

Avow (v)

to declare

Awry (adj)

crooked, askew

Axiom (n)

a universally recognized truth

Baleful (adj)

harmful; with evil intensions

Balk (v)

to refuse; shirk; prevent

Ballad (n)

folk song; narrative poem

Balm (n)

soothing, healing influence

Ban (v)

to forbid; outlaw

Banal (adj)

trite and overly common

Bane (n)

something causing ruin/death

Banter (n)

playful conversation

Bastion (n)

fortification; anything that protects

Bay (n)

to bark (ruff

Becalm (v)

to make calm

Becloud (v)

1)to confuse 2)to darken w/ clouds

Beguile (v)

to deceive

Behemoth (n)

huge creature

Belabor (v)

to insist repeatedly

Belated (adj)

late

Beleaguer (v)

to harass

Belie (v)

to misrepresent; to disguise

Belittle (v)

to make one feel dumb/little

Bellicose (adj)

warlike; aggressive

Belligerent (adj)

warlike; hostile

Bellow (v)

to roar; to shout

Bemuse (v)

to confuse

Benchmark (n)

standard of measure

Benefactor (n)

someone giving aid or money

Beneficient (n)

producing good effects

Benighted (adj)

unenlightened

Benign (adj)

gentle or harmless

Bequeath (v)

to hand down as a gift

Berate (v)

to scold harshly

Beseech (v)

to beg, plead