antediluvian - ✔✔a very old (or old fashioned) person
antithesis - ✔✔the opposite
apex - ✔✔the highest point (of something)
apocryphal - ✔✔doubtful in authenticity
ardor - ✔✔passion
assuage - ✔✔to make easier
astute - ✔✔marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
autocrat - ✔✔a cruel and oppressive dictator
,abet - ✔✔to aid, help, encourage
abjure - ✔✔to renounce, to give something up
abstemious - ✔✔sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
accede - ✔✔to agree to
acquiesce - ✔✔to accept without protest; to agree or submit
acrid - ✔✔harsh or corrosive in tone, harsh in taste or odor; sharp in manner or temper
adamant - ✔✔hard, stubborn
affable - ✔✔courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
agile - ✔✔nimble, quick
alleviate - ✔✔to make easier
, aloof - ✔✔remote in manner
ambiguous - ✔✔having more than one possible meaning
avuncular - ✔✔like an uncle in kindness or indulgence
bellicose - ✔✔warlike
benefactor - ✔✔one who does good to others
benighted - ✔✔lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
benign - ✔✔good
blatant - ✔✔conspicuously and offensively loud
blithe - ✔✔happy
boon - ✔✔gift
breach - ✔✔(n.) a break; (v.) to break
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