Eng vocab

Abash

To make ashamed or to embarrassed

Abate

Subside, to reduce

abdicate

To step down from a position or responsibility ( high authority)

aberration

Deviation from the standard

abhor

To hate very very much ,to detest

Abject

Hopeless defeat

abnegate

To reject or renounce

abortive

Unsuccessful

abridge

Shorten

absolute

Total or perfect

absolve

Forgive or free from sin;obligation

Agony

Intense suffering

two ways about it

One and only

Banal

Unoriginal , ordinary

bane

Cause if harm , she is a bane of my enjoyment

abstinent

Refraining from indulging in something that is unhealthy or addictive

Abstract

Theoretical, impersonal and liking the general idea rather than the concrete experience

Abysmal

Extremely hopeless and wretched , bottomless

Abstruse

Hard to understand

Accolade

An award , an honor

Accost

To approach or speak to someone

Acerbic

Bitter,sour,severe

Acqueisce

To agree or accept to comply something passively , doing something without objections or doing quietly

Acrid

Harsh, acidic

acrimonious

Full of spite , bitter, nasty

Acumen

Keenness of judgement , mental sharpness

Acute

Sharp, shrewd

Adamant

Stubborn, completely inflexible , unyielding

address

To speak to , direct one’s attention

Adherent

Followers, believers

admonish

To scold gently , to warn

Adroit

Skillfull , clever , shrewd , dexterous , socially at ease

Adulation

Wild or excessive admiration, flattery

Adulterate

To contaminate or to make impure

Adverse

Unfavorable , antagonistic

Aesthetic

Having to do with artistic beauty, artistic

affable

Easy to talk to friendly

Affectation

Unnatural or artificial behavior , usually intended to impress

affinity

Sympathy, attraction, kinship, similarity

Affluent

Rich, prosperous

agenda

The program, things to be done

Agrarian

Relation to land or management or farming of land

bastion

Fortress, stronghold, fortified palace

Beget

To give birth, to create, to cause, to lead

belabor

To go over repeatedly or absurd extent

beleaguer

to surround, to harass, to besiege

Belie

to contradict, to give a false information of

belittle

to make to seem little, to put someone down

Belligerent

combative , quarrelsome , waging war

Bemused

confused , bewildered

Benefactor

onr who provides help especially in the form of donations or gifts

benevolent

generous , kind , doing good deeds

Benign

gentle, not harmful. kind. mild

bequest

something left to someone in a will

bereaved

deprived or left desolate, especially through death

beset

to harass , to surround

blasphemy

irreverence, an insult to something held to be sacred, profanity

blatant

unpleasantly or offensively noisy ,glaring

blight

a disease of plants, anything that injure or destroys

blithe

carefree and cheerful

Bourgeois

middle class in a pejorative sense , boringly convectional

bovine

cow related , cow like

brevity

briefness

broach

to open up a subject for discussion often a delicate subject

bucolic

charmingly rural, rustic and country like

Bureaucracy

Burgeon

to expand, flourish

burlesque

ludicrous, mocking, exaggerated imitation