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English
12th Grade
09/27/2011

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Term
Abate
Definition
VERB, to lessen in violence or intensity

Syn: Subside, Decrease
Term
Abet
Definition
VERB, to assist or encourage, especially in wrongdoings.

Syn: Encourage, promote
Term
Abhor
Definition
VERB, to detest, to loathe, to hate strongly.

Syn: Despise, abominate
Term
Acquit
Definition
Verb, to find not guildty of a fault or a crime.

Syn: Exonerate
Term
Acrimony
Definition
NOUN, Harsh temper of bitter feeling.

Syn: resentment
Term
Adamant
Definition
ADJ. Unyielding;firm in opinion

Syn: Stubborn
Term
Adulation
Definition
NOUN Excessive praise or admiration

Syn: flattery, adoration
Term
Affable
Definition
adj. Friendly, courteous, agreeable in manner; easy to talk to
Term
Agnostic
Definition
NOUN, one who believes the existence of God is unknown and unknowable.

Syn: skeptic
Term
Agrarian
Definition
ADJ. Having to do with farms, farmers, or the use of land.

Syn: Agricultural.
Term
Altercation
Definition
NOUN, A heated argument

Syn: Quarrel, controversy
Term
Ambivalent
Definition
Adj. Being uncertain; unable to decide between two opposing points of view.

Syn: Indecisive
Term
Amicable
Definition
ADJ. Friendly, peaceful
Term
Anathema
Definition
NOUN, a greatly dislike, hated person or thing.

Syn. Parks
Term
Apathy
Definition
NOUN, lack of interest

Syn: unconcern, indifference
Term
Appease
Definition
VERB, to make calm or quiet; to give in to the demands of


syn: pacify, allay
Term
Arduous
Definition
ADJ. Difficult; requiring much effort; strenuous.
Term
Audacity
Definition
NOUN, insolence, rude boldness

Syn: presumption
Term
Augment
Definition
VERB, to enlarge, to increase in amount or intensity.

Syn: expand, increase.
Term
Austere
Definition
ADJ. Stern, severe, plain

Syn: Rigourous
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