High frequency words list

Abase

To humiliate or degrade

Abate

to reduce or lessen

abdicate

to give up or forego a leadership position

abduct

to kidnap or take away by force

aberration

deviation from the norm

absolve

to free from guilt or responsbility

Abstruse

difficult to understand or obscure

accentuate

to highlight or make more prominent

Accretion

growth or increase by gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter

acquiesce

accept something reluctantly without protest

adroit

clever or skillful

affinity

natural liking for an understanding for someone or something.

agglomeration

a mass or collection of things

alacrity

brisk and cheerful readiness

ameliorate

make something bad or unsatisfactory better

Amporphous

Not having a clear defined shape or form

Anachronism

Something located in a time period where it does not belong

Anthropomorphic

Giving human like features or traits to animals, objects or non-human forces

Anomalous

deviation from norm

appease

to satisfy, calm or pacifiy someone by giving them what they want