Vocab Week 1 (Abdicate-Aggrandize)

Abysmal

Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: Extremely helpless Ex: "the quality of her work is abysmal"

Aesthetic

Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty Ex: "the pictures give great aesthetic pleasure"

Agenda

Part of Speech: Noun Definition: A list of items to be discussed at a meeting, or an appointment/diary/plan Ex: "the question of nuclear weapons had been removed from the agenda"

Affinity

Part of Speech: Noun Definition: a spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something Ex: "he has an affinity for the music of Berlioz" "a building with no affinity to contemporary architectural styles"

Advocate

Part of Speech: Noun and Verb Noun Definition: a person who publically supports or recommends a cause or policy Ex: "care managers can become advocates for their clients" Verb Definition: To support something publically Ex: "they advocated an ethical foreign policy"

Acquiesce

Part of Speech: Verb Definition: To comply without complaining/without protest Ex: "Sara acquiesced in his decision"

Abdicate

Part of Speech: Verb Definition: renounce one's throne (give up) Ex: "the government was accused of abdicating its responsibility"

Absolve

Part of Speech: Verb Definition: to free from guilt or blame, to set free Ex: "the pardon absolved them of any crimes"

Abridge

Part of Speech: Verb Definition: to shorten by leaving out some parts or to lessen the strength of something (within a book, movie, speech or text) Ex: "the cassettes have been abridged from the original stories"

Aggrandize

Part of Speech: Verb Definition: to increase in size or intensity/power Ex: "an action intended to aggrandize the Frankish dynasty" "he hoped to aggrandize himself by dying a hero's death"