Love - List 6 Definitions

Abject

of the most contemptible kind

Aberration

a state or condition markedly different from the norm

Abjure

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief

Abnegation

the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief

Abrogate

revoke formally

Abscond

run away, often taking something or somebody along

Abstruse

difficult to understand

Accede

yield to another’s wish or opinion

Accost

approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently

Accretion

An increase by natural growth or addition

Acumen

Shrewdness shown by keen insight

Adamant

Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason

Admonish

Scold or reprimand, take to task

Adumbrate

Describe roughly or give the main points in summary of

Adverse

In an opposing direction

Advocate

A person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea

Affluent

Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

Aggrandize

Embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of

Alacrity

Liveliness and eagerness

Alias

A name that has been assumed temporarily

Ambivalent

Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

Amenable

Disposed or willing to comply

Amorphous

Having no definite form or distinct shape

Anachronistic

Chronologically misplaced

Anathema

A formal ecclesiastical curse accomplished by excommunication

Annex

Attach to

Antediluvian

Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

Antiseptic

Thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms

Apathetic

Showing little or no emotion or animation

Antithesis

Exact opposite

Apocryphal

Being of questionable authenticity

Approbation

Official acceptance or agreement

Arbitrary

Based on subject or individual discretion or preference

Arboreal

Of or relating to or formed by trees

Arcane

Requiring a secret or mysterious knowledge

Archetypal

Of an original pattern on which other things are modeled

Arrogate

Seize and take control without authority

Ascetic

Someone who practices self-denial as a spiritual discipline

Aspersion

A disparaging remark

Assiduous

Marked by care and persistent effort

Atrophy

A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

Bane

Causing death or disease