Norman Lewis - Medium Difficulty (1) A-F

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Unknown words given in the wordlist at the end of the Norman Lewis' 'Word Power Made Easy'
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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. abject
    of the most contemptible kind
  3. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
  4. accost
    approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
  5. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  6. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  7. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  8. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  9. affable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  10. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  11. agrarian
    relating to rural matters
  12. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  13. allege
    report or maintain
  14. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  15. ameliorate
    make better
  16. amenable
    disposed or willing to comply
  17. amenity
    something that provides value, pleasure, or convenience
  18. amnesty
    a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  19. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  20. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  21. apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind
  22. apprehensive
    in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
  23. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  24. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  25. arbiter
    someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
  26. arcane
    requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
  27. archetype
    something that serves as a model
  28. artifice
    the use of deception or trickery
  29. ascendancy
    the state when one person or group has power over another
  30. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  31. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  32. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  33. attrition
    the act of rubbing together
  34. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  35. avow
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  36. awry
    turned or twisted to one side
  37. bastion
    projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
  38. beget
    have children
  39. belabor
    beat soundly
  40. beleaguer
    annoy persistently
  41. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  42. bequest
    a gift of personal property by will
  43. beset
    assail or attack on all sides
  44. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  45. blight
    any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
  46. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  47. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
  48. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  49. burlesque
    a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor
  50. cadence
    the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  51. callow
    young and inexperienced
  52. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
  53. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  54. charlatan
    a flamboyant deceiver
  55. chasm
    a deep opening in the earth's surface
  56. clemency
    leniency and compassion shown toward offenders
  57. inclement
    severe, of weather
  58. clique
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  59. coalesce
    fuse or cause to come together
  60. collusion
    secret agreement
  61. compendium
    a publication containing a variety of works
  62. complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
  63. complicity
    guilt as a confederate in a crime or offense
  64. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  65. concord
    a harmonious state of things and of their properties
  66. condescend
    behave in a patronizing manner
  67. conducive
    tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
  68. congenial
    suitable to your needs
  69. connoisseur
    an expert able to appreciate a field
  70. consecrate
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
  71. consonant
    a speech sound that is not a vowel
  72. construe
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  73. consummate
    having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
  74. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  75. contiguous
    having a common boundary or edge
  76. contingent
    determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
  77. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  78. contrived
    showing effects of planning or manipulation
  79. copious
    large in number or quantity
  80. corroborate
    give evidence for
  81. cosmopolitan
    composed of people from many parts of the world
  82. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  83. covenant
    an agreement between a god and the people
  84. covet
    wish, long, or crave for
  85. culminate
    end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
  86. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  87. curtail
    terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
  88. daunt
    cause to lose courage
  89. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  90. debacle
    a sudden and complete disaster
  91. debauchery
    a wild gathering
  92. debilitate
    make weak
  93. decadent
    relating to indulgence in something pleasurable
  94. decorous
    characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste
  95. degenerate
    a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
  96. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  97. deluge
    a heavy rain
  98. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  99. depravity
    moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
  100. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  101. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  102. derogatory
    expressive of low opinion
  103. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  104. despot
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  105. dialectical
    relating to reasoning by the exchange of logical arguments
  106. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  107. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
  108. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  109. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  110. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  111. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  112. docile
    easily handled or managed
  113. doctrinaire
    a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
  114. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  115. edify
    make understand
  116. efface
    remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
  117. effusion
    an unrestrained expression of emotion
  118. egalitarian
    favoring social equality
  119. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  120. elliptical
    rounded like an egg
  121. elusive
    skillful at evading capture
  122. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
  123. enormity
    the quality of extreme wickedness
  124. epigram
    a witty saying
  125. epigraph
    a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
  126. espouse
    choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
  127. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  128. exacerbate
    make worse
  129. exalt
    praise, glorify, or honor
  130. exult
    feel extreme happiness or elation
  131. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  132. exigency
    a pressing or urgent situation
  133. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
  134. expedite
    process fast and efficiently
  135. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  136. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
  137. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  138. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  139. facile
    arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
  140. farcical
    broadly or extravagantly humorous
  141. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  142. felicity
    pleasing and appropriate manner or style
  143. fetter
    a shackle for the ankles or feet
  144. fidelity
    the quality of being faithful
  145. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  146. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  147. foible
    a minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character
  148. foment
    try to stir up
  149. forbear
    refrain from doing
  150. forsake
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  151. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  152. founder
    a person who establishes some institution
  153. frenetic
    fast and energetic in an uncontrolled or wild way
  154. furtive
    secret and sly
  155. flounder
    move clumsily or struggle to move, as in mud or water
  156. complaisant
    showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
Created on Sun Oct 06 11:04:47 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Oct 17 13:16:47 EDT 2013)

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