Ap Vocab 3

Arable

Adj) fit for plowing and planting; suitable for clutivation

Arable other stuff

noun- arability antonym- arid

Apropos

Adj) fitting, suitable, relevant, apt

Arduous

Adj) difficult to do, laborious, onerous, using much energy, strenuous

Arduous other stuff

Adv- arduously Noun- arduousness From arduus- steep

Apocryphal

Adj) of doubtful authorship or authenticity, not genuine, counterfeit, spurious

Apocryphal other

Greek- apo meaning away kryplein- to hide

Ascetic

Adj) Spartan, self denying, austere, characteristics of an ascetic

Ascetic other

from askein- to train the body or to work, also ascetic noun a person who lives a life contemplation and self denial for religious reasons.

Atrophy

noun) a wasting away, especially of body tissue, a failure to develop

Atrophy other

Adj--atrophic also used as a verb in the same form atrophy from a--not trephein- to nourish

Auspicious

Adj) favorable, boding well for the future, favored by fortune, successful

Auspicious other

auspiciousness- noun

Bane

noun) a cause of ruin, worry, or destruction; a person or thing that ruins or spoils, a deadly poison

Bane other

From bhen-- to wound or to strike

Beleaguer

Verb) to beset, as with difficulties, to harass, to surround with troops besiege

Beleaguer other

be--by legeren-- camp

Autonomous

Adj) functioning independently without control of others; self-controlled

Autonomous other

autos-self nomos-law