1. abate - answer to lessen, to reduce in severity
2. abbreviate - answer To shorten
3. abduct - answer to kidnap
4. aberration - answer a deviation from the expected course
5. abhor - answer to hate, loath
6. abide - answer to put up with, tolerate
7. abject - answer of the most miserable or contemptible kind
8. abort - answer to give up unfinished
9. abridge - answer to shorten, to highlight
10. abrogate - answer to abolish, often by authority
abscond - answerto sneak away and hide
abundant - answerin great numbers
accede - answerto argee
accentuate - answerto emphasize, to hightlight
accommodating - answerobliging, helpful
accost - answerto approach or confront aggressively
acumen - answerkeen insight
acute - answersharp, severe
affable - answerfriendly, amiable
afluent - answerrich, wealthy
aggrandize - answerincrease the power, status, or wealth of
,aggregate - answerto gather, amass
aghast - answerstruck by amazement or terror
agoraphobia - answeran abnormal fear of open or public places
akimboo - answerwith hands on hips and eblows extending outward
alacrity - answerspeed, readiness
algid - answercold
allay - answerassuage, to sooth
alleviate - answerto relieve
aloof - answerreserved, distant
altercation - answeran argument, dispute
amalgamation - answerthe action, process, or result of combining or uniting
amble - answerto stroll, walk
amelicorate - answerto improve, to make better
amend - answerto change for the better, improve
amidable - answerfriendly, affable
amorous - answerrelating to or showing love
amorphous - answerwithout shape or borders
anomaly - answersomething that does not fit into the normal order
ameliorate - answerto improve, to make better
antechamber - answera waitting room
anxiety - answeruneasiness
aphorism - answera short saying
apocalypse - answertotal devastation, the end of the world
, apparititional - answerghostly, spectral
arbitrator - answerone who settles controversy between two sides
ascetic - answerone who practice restraint as a means ò self-discipline usually religious
assuage - answerto ease, pacify
atone - answerto apologize, make amends
audaciuos - answerexcessively bold
augment - answermake (something) greater by adding to it, increase
austere - answervery bare, bleak, simple
baleful - answerharmful
bard - answera poet, often singer as well
battery - answeran assault or an array of similar things intendws for use together
belligerent - answercontentious, ready to fight
benevolent - answerkind, good, caring
benign - answernon-threatening, innocuous
berate - answerto scold severly
bereft - answerwithout, devoid of
bide - answerto wait, or remain in a condition
bilk - answerto cheat
blandish - answerto coax through flattery
bloated - answerswollen, bigger than desired
boisterous - answerloud, energetic
bourgeois - answermiddle class
brash - answerhasty or lacking in sensitivity
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