vocab week 1

alleviate

to relieve, make more bearable

altruistic

unselfishly generous; concerned for others

ambiguous

unclear or doubtful in meaning

apathy

lack of caring

anarchist

person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority

ambivalence

having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

ascendancy

controlling influence; domination

articulate

effective; distinct

arbitrary

capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical

ascetic

practicing self-denial; austere

astute

wise; shrewd; keen

austere

forbiddingly stern; severely simple

autonomous

self-governing

belied

contradicted

benevolent

generous; charitable

brevity

conciseness

cajole

coax; wheedle

capricious

unpredictable; fickle