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Stefanos T.
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  1. abase
    cause to feel shame
  2. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  3. abduction
    the criminal act of carrying someone away by force
  4. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  5. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  6. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  7. abnegation
    the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
  8. abominable
    unequivocally detestable
  9. abound
    exist in large quantities
  10. abrasive
    causing irritation or erosion by friction
  11. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
  12. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  13. absolute
    perfect or complete or pure
  14. absorb
    take in a liquid
  15. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  16. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  17. abusive
    characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
  18. abysmal
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  19. academic
    associated with an educational institution
  20. accentuate
    stress or single out as important
  21. accessory
    a supplementary component that improves capability
  22. accidental
    happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
  23. acclivity
    an upward slope or grade, as in a road
  24. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  25. accommodate
    have room for; hold without crowding
  26. accouter
    provide with military equipment
  27. accrue
    grow by addition
  28. acerbity
    a sharp bitterness
  29. acetic
    relating to a clear organic acid with a pungent odor
  30. acidulous
    being sour to the taste
  31. acidulous
    being sour to the taste
  32. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  33. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  34. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  35. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  36. actuarial
    relating to statistics to calculate insurance premiums
  37. acuity
    sharpness of vision
  38. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  39. adapt
    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
  40. addendum
    textual matter that is appended to the end of a publication
  41. adept
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  42. adjunct
    something added to another thing but not essential to it
  43. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  44. adorn
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  45. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  46. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  47. adverse
    in an opposing direction
  48. advocacy
    active support of an idea or cause
  49. advocacy
    active support of an idea or cause
  50. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  51. aegis
    armor plate that protects the chest
  52. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  53. affiliation
    the act of becoming formally connected or joined
  54. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  55. affirm
    declare solemnly and formally as true
  56. affix
    attach to
  57. affront
    a deliberately offensive act
  58. aftermath
    the consequences of an event, especially a catastrophic one
  59. agenda
    a list of matters to be taken up, as at a meeting
  60. agglomeration
    the act of collecting in a mass
  61. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  62. aghast
    struck with fear, dread, or consternation
  63. agility
    the gracefulness of a quick and nimble person or animal
  64. agnostic
    a person who claims the existence of God is unknowable
  65. agog
    highly excited
  66. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  67. alchemy
    a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
  68. alias
    a name that has been assumed temporarily
  69. alimony
    support paid by one spouse to another after separation
  70. allay
    lessen the intensity of or calm
  71. allege
    report or maintain
  72. allegory
    a short moral story
  73. alloy
    a mixture containing two or more metallic elements
  74. cadaver
    the dead body of a human being
  75. cajole
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  76. callous
    emotionally hardened
  77. calorific
    of or relating to the energy in food
  78. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  79. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
  80. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  81. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  82. categorical
    relating to or included in a class or classes
  83. cavalcade
    a procession of people traveling by foot, horse, or vehicles
  84. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  85. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  86. chafe
    become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
  87. chaff
    material consisting of seed coverings and pieces of stem
  88. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  89. chary
    characterized by great caution
  90. chastise
    scold or criticize severely
  91. chimerical
    like a grotesque product of the imagination
  92. choleric
    characterized by anger
  93. choleric
    characterized by anger
  94. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
  95. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  96. clamber
    climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
  97. coerce
    cause to do through pressure or necessity
  98. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  99. commiserate
    feel or express sympathy or compassion
  100. dabble
    bob under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
  101. dabble
    bob under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
  102. debase
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  103. debilitate
    make weak
  104. decimate
    kill in large numbers
Created on Tue Mar 13 14:40:15 EDT 2012 (updated Sun Sep 02 11:45:40 EDT 2012)

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