Vocabulary Flashcards: A‑C Words for Advanced Learners

accolade

award of merit

acknowledge

recognize; admit

acquiesce

assent; agree without protesting

acrimonious

bitter in words or manner

acute

quickly perceptive; keen; brief and severe

address

direct a speech to; deal with or discuss

adherent

supporter; follower

adjacent

neighboring; adjoining

adroit

skillful; nimble

adulation

flattery; admiration

abate

subside or moderate

aberrant

abnormal or deviant

abrasive

rubbing away; tending to grind down

abridge

condense or shorten

absolute

complete; totally unlimited; certain

abstemious

sparing in eating or drinking, temperate

abstract

theoretical; not concrete

abstruse

obscure; profound; difficult to understand

accessible

easy to approach; obtainable

acclaim

applaud; announce with great approval