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Abate

Grow less in intensity or degree.

Abridge

Reduce a text's length.

Abstemious

Sparing in eating and drinking.

Abstract

Not concrete

Abstruse

Difficult to understand.

Accessible

Able to be reached.

Acclaim

Announce with great approval.

Accolade

Expression of approval.

Acknowledge

Recognize, possibly reluctantly, the status or rights of.

Acquiesce

Agree without protesting.

Acrid

Sharply bitter in taster or odor.

Acrimonious

Bitter in words or manner.

Adherent

Someone who follows a leader or supports a cause.

Adroit

Having skill or resourcefulness in coping with situations.

Adulation

Excessive admiration.

Adversary

One who resists or opposes.

Adversity

Force negatively affecting one's well-being.

Advocate

Speak in favor of.

Aesthetic

Dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful.

Affable

Easy to talk to; warmly friendly.

Affirmation

Positive statement.

Alacrity

Cheerful readiness to respond.

Alleviate

Make more bearable.

Allusion

Indirect or hinted reference.

Aloof

Emotionally or physically distant.

Altruistic

Unselfishly concerned for the well-being of others.

Ambiguous

Having several possible meanings, and therefore unclear.

Ambivalence

State of having conflicting emotional attitudes.

Amorphous

Lacking shape or definition.

Anachronism

Something out of place chronologically, not in its proper historical period.

Analogous

Showing a likeness or similarity.

Anarchy

Political and social disorder; state of being without a governing body or leader.

Anecdote

Short account of a supposedly interesting or amusing incident.

Animosity

Active ill will.

Anomaly

Something not easily classified or that deviates from the norm.

Antagonism

Active resistance.

Antipathy

Deep-seated dislike.

Apathy

Lack of concern, especially about things that others find important.

Appease

Cause to grow calm or subside.

Apprehension

Fear of future evil.

Appropriate

Take possession of for one's own use (possibly without the authority or right to do so).

Arbitrary

Determined by impulse or whim; capricious.

Archaic

Characteristic of an earlier or more primitive time.

Ardent

Characterized by intensity of feeling.

Articulate

Expressing oneself clearly.

Ascendancy

Position of dominance; controlling influence.

Ascetic

Practicing self-denial.

Assiduous

Characterized by careful, persistent attention (to a task).

Assuage

Lessen in intensity, or put an end to.

Assumption

Something taken for granted; act of taking possession.

Astute

Characterized by shrewdness and clear-sightedness.

Atrophy

Waste away.

Attribute

Explain by pointing out a cause.

Augment

Make larger or more numerous.

Austere

Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented.

Autonomous

Not controlled or governed by outside forces.

Banal

Lacking originality.

Bane

Source of harm or ruin.

Belie

Give a false impression.

Belittle

To cause someone or something to seem less.

Benevolent

Disposed to do good.

Benign

Gentle in disposition; not malignant.

Bleak

Barren and lacking in warmth.

Bolster

Support or prop up.

Brevity

Shortness of expression.

Buttress

Shore up using an external support.

Cacophonous

Marked by harsh or discordant sound.

Cajole

Persuade in the face of reluctance.

Calculated

Deliberately planned (to achieve a goal, accomplish a purpose).

Candor

Open honesty.

Capitulate

Give up resisting.

Capricious

Impulsive and unpredictable.

Captivate

Attract and keep someone's interest.

Catalyst

Something that causes an event or change to occur.

Censorious

Highly critical.

Censure

Harshly criticize.

Cliche

Phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; trite theme; person who acts in wholly predictable ways.

Coercion

Use of force to compel someone to obey; threat of violence or reprisal.

Cogent

Strongly appealing to reason; well argued.

Coherence

Logical consistency; quality of sticking together.

Cohesion

Tendency to keep together.

Collaborate

Work together.

Colloquial

Pertaining to conversational or common speech.

Commemorate

Honor the memory of.

Compile

Gather or put together.

Complacency

Satisfaction with one's person, possessions, or accomplishments.

Complement

Make something complete or perfect.

Compliance

Conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield.

Composure

Mental calmness.

Comprehensive

Completely covering (a field or subject).

Concede

Acknowledge something to be true; grant as a privilege.

Conciliatory

Gaining goodwill by acting in a pleasing manner.

Concise

Covering a great deal in a few words.

Concur

Express agreement with an opinion; happen together.

Condone

Treat as if harmless or unimportant.

Conflagration

Great fire.

Confound

Throw into confusion or bewilder.

Conjecture

Deduce by guessing.

Consensus

Agreement arrived at by a group as a whole.

Constraint

Embarrassed awkwardness; repression of feelings.