Words Set 01
Acolyte
Noun Someone Who Assists a Priest or Minister in a Liturgical Service; a Cleric Ordained in the Highest of the Minor Orders in the Roman Catholic Church but Not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
Abscess
Noun Symptom Consisting of a Localized Collection of Pus Surrounded by Inflamed Tissue
Activism
Noun a Policy of Taking Direct and Militant Action to Achieve a Political or Social Goal
Abolitionist
Noun a Reformer Who Favors Abolishing Slavery
Acumen
Noun a Tapering Point; Shrewdness Shown by Keen Insight
Acronym
Noun a Word Formed from the Initial Letters of the Several Words in the Name
Abomination
Noun an Action That is Vicious or Vile; an Action That Arouses Disgust or Abhorrence; a Person Who is Loathsome or Disgusting; Hate Coupled with Disgust
Acclivity
Noun an Upward Slope or Grade (as in a Road)
Abscission
Noun the Act of Cutting Something Off; Shedding of Flowers and Leaves and Fruit Following Formation of Scar Tissue in a Plant
Acme
Noun the Highest Level or Degree Attainable; the Highest Stage of Development; the Highest Point (of Something)
Ablution
Noun the Ritual Washing of a Priest's Hands or of Sacred Vessels
Acoustics
Noun the Study of the Physical Properties of Sound
Abbot
Noun the Superior of an Abbey of Monks
Abandon
Noun the Trait of Lacking Restraint or Control; Reckless Freedom from Inhibition or Worry; a Feeling of Extreme Emotional Intensity; Verb Stop Maintaining or Insisting On; of Ideas or Claims; Leave Someone Who Needs or Counts on You; Leave in the Lurch; Give Up with the Intent of Never Claiming Again; Forsake, Leave Behind; Leave Behind Empty; Move out of
Abrogate
Verb Revoke Formally
Aaronic
Pertaining to Priesthood
Acumen
noun a tapering point; shrewdness shown by keen insight
Acidulous
Adj. Being Sour to the Taste
Abreast
Adj. Being Up to Particular Standard or Level Especially in Being Up to Date in Knowledge; Adv. Alongside Each Other, Facing on the Same Direction
Abrasive
Adj. Causing Abrasion; Sharply Disagreeable; Rigorous; Noun a Substance That Abrades or Wears Down
Adipose
Adj. Composed of Animal Fat
Acquitted
Adj. Declared Not Guilty of a Specific Offense or Crime; Legally Blameless
Abstruse
Adj. Difficult to Penetrate; Incomprehensible to One of Ordinary Understanding or Knowledge
Abstract
Adj. Existing Only in the Mind; Separated from Embodiment; Dealing with a Subject in the Abstract Without Practical Purpose or Intention; Not Representing or Imitating External Reality or the Objects of Nature; Noun a Concept or Idea Not Associated with Any Specific Instance; a Sketchy Summary of the Main Points of an Argument or Theory; Verb Consider a Concept Without Thinking of a Specific Example; Consider Abstractly or Theoretically; Consider Apart from a Particular Case or Instance; Give an Abstract (of); Make off with Belongings of Others
Abortive
Adj. Failing to Accomplish an Intended Result
Accessory
Adj. Furnishing Added Support; Noun a Supplementary Component That Improves Capability; Clothing That is Worn or Carried, but Not Part of Your Main Clothing; Someone Who Helps Another Person Commit a Crime
Acerbic
Adj. Harsh or Corrosive in Tone; Sour or Bitter in Taste
Acrid
Adj. Harsh or Corrosive in Tone; Strong and Sharp; "the Pungent Taste of Radishes"
Adept
Adj. Having or Showing Knowledge and Skill and Aptitude; Noun Someone Who is Dazzlingly Skilled in Any Field
Adamant
Adj. Impervious to Pleas, Persuasion, Requests, Reason; Noun Very Hard Native Crystalline Carbon Valued As a Gem
Acrimonious
Adj. Marked by Strong Resentment or Cynicism
Aberrant
Adj. Markedly Different from an Accepted Norm; Noun One Whose Behavior Departs Substantially from the Norm of a Group
Abhorrent
Adj. Offensive to the Mind
Abject
Adj. Showing Humiliation or Submissiveness; of the Most Contemptible Kind; Most Unfortunate or Miserable; Showing Utter Resignation or Hopelessness
Abysmal
Adj. So Deep As to Be Unmeasurable; Very Great; Limitless
Abstemious
Adj. Sparing in Consumption of Especially Food and Drink; Marked by Temperance in Indulgence
Accomplished
Adj. Successfully Completed or Brought to an End; Settled Securely and Unconditionally; Highly Skilled
Adhesive
Adj. Tending to Adhere; Noun a Substance That Unites or Bonds Surfaces Together
Abominable
Adj. Unequivocally Detestable; Exceptionally Bad or Displeasing
Adjunct
Adj. of or Relating to a Person Who is Subordinate to Another; Furnishing Added Support; Noun a Construction That Can Be Used to Extend the Meaning of a Word or Phrase but is Not One of the Main Constituents of a Sentence; Something Added to Another Thing but Not an Essential Part of It; a Person Who is an Assistant or Subordinate to Another
Actuarial
Adj. of or Relating to the Work of an Actuary
Aback
Adv. by Surprise; Having the Wind Against the Forward Side of the Sails
Abaddon
Hell
Accretion
Noun (law) an Increase in a Beneficiary's Share in an Estate (as when a Co-beneficiary Dies or Fails to Meet Some Condition or Rejects the Inheritance); an Increase by Natural Growth or Addition; (geology) an Increase in Land Resulting from Alluvial Deposits or Waterborne Sediment; (biology) Growth by Addition As by the Adhesion of Parts or Particles; (astronomy) the Formation of a Celestial Object by the Effect of Gravity Pulling Together Surrounding Objects and Gases; Something Contributing to Growth or Increase
Abel
Noun (old Testament) Cain and Abel Were the First Children of Adam and Eve Born After the Fall of Man; Abel Was Killed by Cain; Norwegian Mathematician (1802-1829)
Abstinence
Noun Act or Practice of Refraining from Indulging an Appetite; the Trait of Abstaining (especially from Alcohol)
Abettor
Noun One Who Helps or Encourages or Incites Another
Abaca
Noun Philippine Banana Tree Having Leafstalks That Yield Manila Hemp Used for Rope and Paper Etc; a Kind of Hemp Obtained from the Abaca Plant in the Philippines
Abnegation
Noun Renunciation of Your Own Interests in Favor of the Interests of Others; the Denial and Rejection of a Doctrine or Belief
Accord
Noun Sympathetic Compatibility; Concurrence of Opinion; a Written Agreement Between Two States or Sovereigns; Harmony of People's Opinions or Actions or Characters; Verb Allow to Have; Go Together
Abeyance
Noun Temporary Cessation or Suspension
Abyss
Noun a Bottomless Gulf or Pit; Any Unfathomable (or Apparently Unfathomable) Cavity or Chasm or Void Extending Below (often Used Figuratively)
Adage
Noun a Condensed but Memorable Saying Embodying Some Important Fact of Experience That is Taken As True by Many People
Aborigine
Noun a Dark-skinned Member of a Race of People Living in Australia when Europeans Arrived; the Earliest Known Inhabitants of a Region
Abutment
Noun a Masonry Support That Touches and Directly Receives Thrust or Pressure of an Arch or Bridge; Point of Contact Between Two Objects or Parts
Abbey
Noun a Monastery Ruled by an Abbot; a Convent Ruled by an Abbess; a Church Associated with a Monastery or Convent
Accomplice
Noun a Person Who Joins with Another in Carrying out Some Plan (especially an Unethical or Illegal Plan)
Acerbity
Noun a Sharp Sour Taste; a Sharp Bitterness; a Rough and Bitter Manner
Accolade
Noun a Tangible Symbol Signifying Approval or Distinction
Aberration
Noun an Optical Phenomenon Resulting from the Failure of a Lens or Mirror to Produce a Good Image; a Disorder in One's Mental State; a State or Condition Markedly Different from the Norm
Aasvogel
South African Vulture
Acknowledge
Verb Accept (someone) to Be What is Claimed or Accept His Power and Authority; Accept As Legally Binding and Valid; Express Obligation, Thanks, or Gratitude For; Report the Receipt Of; Declare to Be True or Admit the Existence or Reality or Truth Of; Express Recognition of the Presence or Existence Of, or Acquaintance with
Adduce
Verb Advance Evidence for
Accost
Verb Approach with an Offer of Sexual Favors; Speak to Someone
Abet
Verb Assist or Encourage, Usually in Some Wrongdoing
Abate
Verb Become Less in Amount or Intensity; Make Less Active or Intense
Addle
Verb Become Rotten; Mix Up or Confuse
Adjudicate
Verb Bring to an End; Settle Conclusively; Put on Trial or Hear a Case and Sit As the Judge at the Trial of
Abash
Verb Cause to Be Embarrassed; Cause to Feel Self-conscious
Abase
Verb Cause to Feel Shame; Hurt the Pride of
Abstain
Verb Choose Not to Consume; Refrain from Voting
Abolish
Verb Do Away with
Abhor
Verb Find Repugnant
Abominate
Verb Find Repugnant
Adhere
Verb Follow Through or Carry out a Plan Without Deviation; Stick to Firmly; Be a Devoted Follower or Supporter; Be Compatible or in Accordance With; Come or Be in Close Contact With; Stick or Hold Together and Resist Separation; Be Loyal to
Abjure
Verb Formally Reject or Disavow a Formerly Held Belief, Usually Under Pressure
Acclimate
Verb Get Used to a Certain Climate
Abdicate
Verb Give Up, Such As Power, As of Monarchs and Emperors, or Duties and Obligations
Accompany
Verb Go or Travel Along With; Perform an Accompaniment To; Be Associated With; Be a Companion to Somebody
Accrue
Verb Grow by Addition; Come into the Possession of
Abridge
Verb Lessen, Diminish, or Curtail; Reduce in Scope While Retaining Essential Elements
Absolve
Verb Let off the Hook; Grant Remission of a Sin to
Abut
Verb Lie Adjacent to Another or Share a Boundary
Adapt
Verb Make Fit For, or Change to Suit a New Purpose; Adapt or Conform Oneself to New or Different Conditions
Acquit
Verb Pronounce Not Guilty of Criminal Charges; Behave in a Certain Manner
Accoutre
Verb Provide with Military Equipment
Abduct
Verb Pull Away from the Body; Take Away to an Undisclosed Location Against Their Will and Usually in Order to Extract a Ransom
Accentuate
Verb Put Stress On; Utter with an Accent; to Stress, Single out As Important
Accomplish
Verb Put in Effect; to Gain with Effort
Actuate
Verb Put in Motion or Move to Act; Give an Incentive for Action
Abscond
Verb Run Away; Usually Includes Taking Something or Somebody Along
Abbreviate
Verb Shorten; Reduce in Scope While Retaining Essential Elements
Accede
Verb Take on Duties or Office; to Agree or Express Agreement; Submit or Yield to Another's Wish or Opinion
Abrade
Verb Wear Away; Rub Hard or Scrub
Acquiesce
Verb to Agree or Express Agreement
Acquiscent
a Person Who Assents or Makes No Opposition
Adept
adj. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Absurd
adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; incongruous; inviting ridicule; noun a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless
Acquittal
noun a judgment of not guilty
Accentuate
verb put stress on; utter with an accent; to stress, single out as important