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Abate
Grow less in intensity or degree
Abridge
Reduce (a text) in length
Abstemious
Sparing in eating and drinking
Abstract
Not concrete
Abstruse
Difficult to understand
Accessible
Able to be reached
Acclaim
Announce with great approval
Accolade
Expression of approval
Acknowledge
Recognize, possibly reluctantly, the status or rights of
Acquiesce
Agree without protesting
Acrid
Sharply bitter in taste or odor
Acrimonious
Bitter in words or manner
Adherent
Someone who follows a leader or supports a cause
Adroit
Having skill or resourcefulness in coping with situations
Adulation
Excessive admiration
Adversary
One who resists or opposes
Adversity
Force negatively affecting one's well-being
Advocate
Speak in favor of
Aesthetic
Dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
Affable
Easy to talk to; warmly friendly
Affirmation
Positive statement
Alacrity
Cheerful readiness to respond
Alleviate
Make more bearable
Allusion
Indirect or hinted reference
Aloof
Emotionally or physically distant
Altruistic
Unselfishly concerned for the well-being of others
Ambigious
Having several possible meaning, and therefore unclear
Ambivalence
State of having conflicting emotional attitudes
Amorphous
Lacking shape or definition
Anachronism
Something out of place chronologically, not in its proper historical period
Analogous
Showing a likeness or similarity
Anarchy
Political and social disorder; state of being without a governing body or leader
Anecdote
Short account of a supposedly interesting or amusing incident
Animosity
Active ill will
Anomaly
Something not easily classified or that deviates from the norm
Antagonism
Active resistance
Antipathy
Deep-seated dislike
Apathy
Lack of concern, especially about things that others find important
Appease
Cause to grow calm or subside
Apprehension
Fear of future evil
Appropriate
Take possession of for one's own use (possibly without the authority or right to do so)
Arbitrary
Determined by impulse or whim; capricious
Archaic
Characteristic of an earlier or more primitive time
Ardent
Characterized by intensity of feeling
Articulate
Expressing oneself clearly
Ascendancy
Position of dominance; controlling influence
Ascetic
Practicing self-denial
Assiduous
Characterized by careful, persistent attention (to a task)
Assuage
Lessen in intensity, or put an end to
Assumption
Something taken for granted; act of taking possession
Astute
Characterized by shrewdness and clear-sightedness
Atrophy
Waste away
Attribute
Explain by pointing out a cause
Augment
Make larger or more numerous
Austere
Forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
Autonomous
Not controlled or governed by outside forces
Banal
Lacking originality
Bane
Source of harm or ruin
Belie
Give a false impression
Belittle
To cause someone or something to seem less
Benevolent
Disposed to do good
Benign
Gentle in disposition; not malignant
Bleak
Barren and lacking in warmth
Bolster
Support or prop up
Brevity
Shortness of expression
Buttress
Shore up using an external support
Cacophonous
Marked by harsh or discordant sound
Cajole
Persuade in the face of reluctance
Calculated
Deliberately planned (to achieve a goal, accomplish a purpose)
Candor
Open honesty
Capitulate
Give up resisting
Capricious
Impulsive and unpredictable
Captivate
Attract and keep someone's interest
Catalyst
Something that causes an event or change to occur
Censorious
Highly critical
Censure
Harshly criticize
Cliché
Phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; trite theme; person who acts in wholly predictable ways
Coercion
Use of force to compel someone to obey; threat of violence or reprisal
Cogent
Strongly appealing to reason; well argued
Coherence
Logical consistency; quality of sticking together
Cohesion
Tendency to keep together
Collaborate
Work together
Colloquial
Pertaining to conversational or common speech
Commemorate
Honor the memory of
Compile
Gather or put together
Complacency
Satisfaction with one's person, possessions, or accomplishments
Complement
Make something complete or perfect
Complaince
Conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield
Composure
Mental calmness
Comprehensive
Completely covering (a field or subject)
Concede
Acknowledge something to be true; grant as a privilege
Conciliatory
Gaining goodwill by acting in a pleasing manner
Concise
Covering a great deal in a few words
Concur
Express agreement with an opinion; happen together
Condone
Treat as if harmless or unimportant
Conflagration
Great fire
Confound
Throw into confusion or bewilder
Conjecture
Deduce by guessing
Consensus
Agreement arrived at by a group as a whole
Constraint
Embarrassed awkwardness; repression of feelings
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