English IVAP Vocab Group 1

Abberation

Wandering or straying away.

Abnegation

Self-Sacrifice or self denial

Abut

To border, be next to, or have a common boundary with (of an area or land or a building); to adjoin

Abysmal

Bottomless

Acclimate

Adjust and/or adapt

Acephalous

Headless

Acerbity

Bitterness

Acquiescence

Submission or compliance

Adjunct

A thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part; to be added to something.

Adjure

Request solemnly

Admonition

A warning

Advert

Refer to

Adroit

Having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations.

Adulterated

Something that’s weakened or lessened in purity by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element.

Advent

Arrival

Aegis

Protection or shielding; Means or methods of defending

Aeon

An immeasurable amount of time, a LONG period of time (can be billions of years)

Affable

Being friendly and pleasant, at ease when talking to others, kind, courteous

Afferent

Carrying towards the center. Ex. Blood flowing towards the center

Afflatus

divine inspiration; a divine imparting of knowledge or power: inspiration

Agenda

An outline of what to do/get done, a plan

Agitation

Excitement, strong feelings. We take it in a negative connotation, but it doesn’t have to be.

Agrarian

Relating to farm life/ the countryside, the fields or lands.

Accede

To agree or to comply; agrees to grow

Affadavit

A written statement under oath