Vocab-A Part 1

Jyoti G.
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  1. aback
    by surprise
  2. abbot
    the superior of a community of monks
  3. abdomen
    the region of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
  4. abhorrence
    hate coupled with disgust
  5. abidance
    the act of dwelling in a place
  6. able-bodied
    having a strong healthy body
  7. abnormal
    not typical or usual or regular
  8. abode
    any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
  9. abolish
    do away with
  10. abominate
    find repugnant
  11. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
  12. abrupt
    exceedingly sudden and unexpected
  13. absorption
    a process in which one substance permeates another
  14. absurd
    inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
  15. abusive
    characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
  16. academia
    the world of higher learning
  17. academician
    an educator who works at a college or university
  18. academy
    a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
  19. accommodate
    have room for; hold without crowding
  20. accompanist
    a person who provides musical accompaniment
  21. accord
    concurrence of opinion
  22. accordion
    a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument
  23. accumulate
    get or gather together
  24. accurate
    characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth
  25. accuse
    blame for; make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
  26. acidify
    turn acidic
  27. acknowledgment
    the state or quality of being recognized
  28. actionable
    affording grounds for legal action
  29. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  30. address
    the place where a person or organization can be found
  31. adherence
    the property or act of sticking together
  32. adjacency
    the attribute of being so near as to be touching
  33. adoration
    the act of admiring strongly
  34. adulterant
    a substance that makes something less effective or unsafe
  35. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  36. advisory
    an announcement that usually warns the public of some threat
  37. advocate
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
  38. aeration
    the process of exposing to air (so as to purify)
  39. aerospace
    the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole
  40. affix
    attach to
  41. affliction
    a cause of great suffering and distress
  42. affluent
    having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
  43. aforesaid
    being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
  44. afresh
    again, but in a new or different way
  45. agenda
    a list of matters to be taken up, as at a meeting
  46. aggress
    take the initiative and go on the offensive
  47. aggressive
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  48. ailment
    an often persistent bodily disorder or disease
  49. album
    a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes
  50. alcohol
    a volatile compound made by distillation
Created on Sun Jan 12 17:00:26 EST 2014 (updated Sun Jan 12 17:03:20 EST 2014)

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