Adhere (v.)

[ad-heer]

[Origin: 1590–1600;  < Medieval Latin adhērēre  for Latin adhaerēre  ( ad-+ haerēre  to stick, cling), perhaps via Middle French adhérer]

(used without object:intransitive)

1:To stay attached

2:Stick fast, to stick to something

3:Cleave

4:Cling (usually fol. by to):(We adhered the poster to the wall with tape. The mud adhered to his shoes.)

5:To be devoted in support or allegiance, to follow devoutly (He adhered to the dictates of his religion without question.)

6:Be attached as a follower of upholder (usually fol. by to): (to adhere to a party)

7:To hold closely or firmly (usually fol. by to) (to adhere to a plan)

(used with object)

8:To cause to adhere

9:Make stick: (glue will adhere the tiles to the wallboard.)

Admonish (vt used with object)

[ad-mon-ish]

1:To caution, advise, or counsel against something (joe's mother admonished him not to ruin his appetite by eating cookies before dinner.)

2:To reprove or scold, esp. in a mild and good-willed manner: (The teacher admonished him about excessive noise.)

3:To urge a duty

4:Remind: to admonish them about their obligations.

Adorn (vt)

[uh-dawrn]

1:To decorate or add beuty to, as by ornaments: garlands of flowers adorning their hair

2:To make more pleasing, attractive, impressive, etc.

3:Enhance: (Piety adorned Abigail's character)

Aggrieved (Adj.)

[uh-greevd]

1:Distressed, wronged, offended, injured (The foreman mercilessly overworked his aggrieved employees. He felt himself aggrieved.)

2:Law: deprived of legal rights or claims. troubled, worried

3:Disturbed

4:Unhappy

Adulation (n.)

[aj-uh-ley-shuh'n]

1:Extreme praise, to show excessive admiration or devotion to

2:Flatter or admire servilely (Though the book was pretty good, Marcy did not believe it deserved the adulation it recieved.)

Adverse (adj.)

[ad-vurs]

1:Unfavorable, dangerous, or antagonistic in purpose or effect: adverse criticism. (Because of adverse conditions, the hikers decided to give up trying to climb the mountain.)

2:Opposing one's interests or desire: adverse circumstances

3:Being or acting in a contrary direction

4:Opposed or opposing:adverse winds

5:Opposite

6:Confronting: the adverse page

Aerial (adj.)

[air-ee-uh'l]

1:Of, in, or produced by the air: aerial currents

2:inhabiting or frequenting the air: aerial creatures (We watched as the fighter planes conducted aerial maneuvers.)

3:Operating on a track or cable elevated above the ground: an aerial ski lift up the mountainside

4:Reaching far into the air

5:High

6:Lofty: aerial spires

7:Partaking of the nature of air

8:Airy unsubstantial

9:Visionary: aerial fancies

10:Having a light and graceful beauty

11:Ethereal: aerial music

Biology:

12:Growing in the air, as the adventitious roots of some trees

13:Pertaining to or used for, against, or in aircraft

14:Supplied or performed by means of aircraft: aerial support

15:Aerial reconnaissance

Affable (adj.)

[af-uh-buh'l]

1:Pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to

2:Friendly, amiable, cordial (people like to be around George because he is so affable and good-natured.)

3:Warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman

4:Showing warmth and friendliness

5:Benign

6:Pleasant: an affable smile

Affinity (n.)

[uh-fin-i-tee]

1:A natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc. a spontaneous feeling of closeness (Jerry didn't know why, but he felt an incredible affinity for Kramer the first time they met)

2:A person, thing, idea, etc., for which such a natural liking or attraction is felt

3:Relationship by marriage or by ties other than those of blood

4:Inherent likeness or agreement

5:Close resemblance or connection

Biology:

6:The phylogenetic relationship between two organisms or groups of organisms resulding in a resemblance in general plan or structure, or in the essential structural parts

Chemistry:

7:The force by which atoms are held together in chemical compounds

Affluent (adj.)

[af-loo-wh'nt]

1:Having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods

2:Prosperous

3:Rich: an affluent person (Mrs. Grebelski was affluent, owning a huge house, three cars, and an island near Maine.)

4:Abounding in anything

5:Abundant

6:Flowing freely: an affluent fountain

Affront (n.)/(vt(used with object))

[uh-fruhnt]

Noun:

1:A personally offensive act or word

2:Delibrate act or display of disrepect

3:Intentional slight

4:Insult: an affront to the king

5:An offense to one's dignity or self-respect (Bernardo was very touchy, and took any slight as an affront to his honor.)

Verb:

1:To offend by an open manifestation of disrespect or insolence: His speech affronted all of us

2:To make ashamed or confused

3:Embarrass

Aggrandize (vt)

[uh-gran-dahyz]

1: To widen in scope

2:Increase in size or intensity

3:Enlarge

4:Extend

5:To make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor

6:To make (something) appear greater

7:To increase or make greater (Joseph always dropped the names of the famous people his father knew as a way to aggrandize his personal stature)

Aggregate (n.)

[ag-ri-git, -geyt]

1:A sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars

2:A total or gross amount: the aggregate of all past experience

3:A cluster of soil granules not larger than a small crumb

4:Any of various loose, particulate materials, as sand, gravel, or pebbles, added to a cementing agent to make concrete, plaster, etc.

Aggregate (adj.)

[ag-ri-git, -geyt]

1:Formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum

2:Combined: the aggregate amount of indebtness

Botany: (Of a flower)

3:Formed of florets collected in a dense cluster but not cohering, as the daisy.

(of a fruit)

4:Composed of a cluster of carpels belonging to the same flower, as the raspberry

Geology: (Of a rock)

5:Consisting of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical mean total (The three branches of the U.S. Government form an aggregate much more powerful than its individual parts.)

Aggregate (v)

[ag-ri-geyt]

Agile (adj.)

[aj-uh'l, -ahyl]

1:Quick, nimble, and well-coordinated in movement

2:Lithe: an agile lea The dogs were too slow to catch the agile rabbit.

3:Active

4:Lively: an agile person

5:Marked by an ability to think quickly

6:Mentally acute or aware (She's 95 and still very agile.)

Agriculture (n.)

[ag-ri-kuhl-cher]

1:The science, art, or occupation converned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock

2:The production of crops, livestock, or poultry

3:Agronomy. (It was a huge step in the progress of civilization when trives left hunting and gathering and began to develop more sustainable methods of obtaining food, such as agriculture.)