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Abash: To disconcert; embarrass<\/span><\/h3>\n

He looked rather abashed at her criticism.<\/p>\n

Abate:<\/b> <\/span>To lessen; reduce in amount or intensity; lower
\nThe rain has started to abate slightly.<\/p>\n

Abdicate:<\/b> <\/span>To resign from a high position; renounce some right
\nShe has abdicated all responsibility for the project.<\/p>\n

Abduct:<\/b><\/span> Carry off (a person) by force; kidnap
\nThe company director was abducted from his car by terrorists.<\/p>\n

Abductor:<\/b><\/span> Kidnapper; one who forcibly carries a person away
\nHe was tortured by his abductors.<\/p>\n

Abet:<\/b> <\/span>To encourage; assist or support, often in wrongdoing
\nThey claimed that the riot had been abetted by the police.<\/p>\n

Abide:<\/b><\/span> To endure; bear patiently; accept
\nHe can’t abide laziness.<\/p>\n

Abjure:<\/b><\/span> When we abjure a belief, we renounce or repudiate it
\nHe abjured his religion.<\/p>\n

Abort:<\/b><\/span> To terminate a procedure before completion
\nHis arrest aborted our plan.<\/p>\n

Abound:<\/b><\/span> To be plentiful; grow or exist in abundance
\nFish abound in that lake.<\/p>\n

Abscond:<\/b> <\/span>To depart suddenly and secretly; to go into hiding, as from the law
\nTwo prisoners absconded last night.<\/p>\n

Abstain:<\/b> <\/span>To refrain from action; hold back from participation
\nHe took a vow to abstain from alcohol.<\/p>\n

Abstract:<\/b><\/span> Theoretical; lacking specific factual instances; difficult to understand; abstruse
\nI don’t want your abstract ideas; give me something concrete.
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\nAbstruse:<\/b><\/span> Hard to understand
\nI found her arguments very abstruse.<\/p>\n

Abut:<\/b><\/span> To border on; touch
\nTheir house abutted (on to) the police station.<\/p>\n

Abyss:<\/b><\/span> Chasm; deep crack or fissure in the earth, immeasurable rift
\nHe was killed in a climbing accident when a rope broke and he fell into an abyss.<\/p>\n

Acclamation:<\/b> <\/span>Enthusiastic approval by loud applause; cheering, shouts
\nHis speech was greeted with sounds of acclamation.<\/p>\n

Acclimation:<\/b><\/span> An adaptation; becoming accustomed to a new climate or environment
\nIt takes many months for acclimation to life in a tropical climate.<\/p>\n

Accolade:<\/b><\/span> Praise; award; honour; acclaim
\nYour approval is the highest accolade for a poet.<\/p>\n

Accord:<\/b> <\/span>To grant or bestow as suitable or proper; allow; award
\nThe crowd of supporters accorded him a hero’s welcome.<\/p>\n

Accost:<\/b> <\/span>To confront boldly or aggressively
\nWhen he stepped down from his jeep, a man from the mob accosted him.<\/p>\n

Accost:<\/b> <\/span>To address; approach and speak to; speak first to
\nWhen the two young men accosted me, I was frightened because I thought they were going to attack me.<\/p>\n

Acerbic:<\/b> <\/span>Bitter; having a biting, caustic way of expressing oneself
\nHis acerbic remarks upset the minister.<\/p>\n

Acoustic:<\/b> <\/span>Relating to sound or hearing
\nThe microphone converts acoustic waves to electrical signals for transmission.<\/p>\n

Acquiescence:<\/b> <\/span>Passive consent; agreement with reservations
\nI was surprised by her acquiescence in the scheme.<\/p>\n

Adamant:<\/b> <\/span>Unyielding, as in the sense of great strength of will; inflexible
\nHe’s absolutely adamant in not allowing smoking in his house.<\/p>\n

Addicted:<\/b><\/span> Habitually dependent; taken over by something habit-forming
\nHe has been addicted to drugs.<\/p>\n

Adduce:<\/b> <\/span>To cite or allege; bring forward as pertinent or conclusive
\nShe adduced several facts to support her thesis.<\/p>\n

Adept:<\/b> <\/span>Skilful; proficient; expert
\nShe is very adept in making people feel at ease.<\/p>\n

Adjudicate:<\/b> <\/span>Determine judicially
\nHe was asked to adjudicate on the dispute.<\/p>\n

Adjunct:<\/b> <\/span>Non-essential addition; something added to the main thing but not fundamentally a part of it
\nI hope I would find the computer course a useful adjunct to my other studies.<\/p>\n

Adjure:<\/b><\/span> To repudiate; renounce under oath; disavow; forswear; recant
\nHe adjured his life of dissipation.<\/p>\n

Adroit:<\/b><\/span> Skilful and resourceful; reacting and thinking quickly as the hockey player’s adroit move
\nHe became adroit at dealing with difficult questions.<\/p>\n

Adverse:<\/b> <\/span>Whatever opposes, is harmful or interferes
\nThis medicine has no adverse effects.<\/p>\n

Aesthetic:<\/span> <\/b>Artistic; appreciative of or keen about beauty in art and nature
\nThe new building has little aesthetic value.<\/p>\n

Affect:<\/b> <\/span>To influence; produce a noticeable reaction, response or slight change
\nThe team’s performance was affected by the rain.<\/p>\n

Affectation:<\/b> <\/span>Artificial behaviour intended to impress others
\nI detest all affectation.<\/p>\n

Affix:<\/b> <\/span>To fasten to; attach; add; append
\nShe affixed a stamp to the envelope.<\/p>\n

Affluent:<\/b> Having plenty of money; rich
\nThis colony is mostly inhabited by affluent families.<\/p>\n

Agglomeration:<\/b><\/span> Jumbled collection; heap or cluster of dissimilar items
\nThe country is an agglomeration of different ethnic and religious groups.<\/p>\n

Aggressive:<\/b><\/span> Assertive; acting boldly or vigorously; enterprising
\nAggressive nations threaten world peace.<\/p>\n

Aghast:<\/b><\/span> Dumbfounded; horrified or appalled by something terrible or frightening
\nI was aghast at the violence I was witnessing.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Alacrity: <\/span><\/b>Cheerful willingness
\nShe accepted the proposal with alacrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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