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3500 ACT Vocabulary (1)

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abandon
abandoned
abandonment
abase
abash
abate
abbreviate
abdicate
aberrant
abet
abeyance
abhor
abide
abiding
abjure
ablution
abnegate
abnegation
abolish
abolition
abominable
aboriginal
abortive
abrade
abrasive
abridge
abrogate
abscond
absent
absenteeism
abstain
abstemious
abstruse
abundant
abundantly
abut
abysmal
accede
accelerating
acceleration
accentuate
accessible
accident
accidentally
acclaim
acclimate
acclivity
accolade
accommodate
accommodating
accomplish
accost
accouter
accretion
accrue
accumulation
accusation
accustomed
acerbity
acetic
achieve
achievement
acidulous
acoustics
acquaint
acquainted
acquiesce
acquire
acrid
acrimonious
acrophobia
actively
actuarial
actuate
acuity
acumen
adaptable
adaptive
addendum
additional
addle
adept
adherent
adhesive
adjoin
adjudicate
adjunct
adjure
administer
admiration
admittedly
admonish
admonition
adorn
adornment
adroit
adulation
adulterate
adumbrate
advance
advanced
advent
adventitious
adverse
advocacy
aerie
aesthetic
affable
affect
affection
affectionate
affinity
affirmation
affix
affluence
affluent
affront
agenda
agglomeration
aggrandize
aggravating
aggregate
aggressive
aggressiveness
aghast
agility
agitate
agitation
agnostic
agrarian
ajar
alacrity
alchemy
alcove
algorithm
alien
alimentary
allay
allege
allegory
alliteration
allocate
allude
allusion
aloft
alternate
altitude
altruistic
amalgamate
amass
ambidextrous
ambience
ambiguous
ambivalence
amble
ambulatory
ameliorate
amenable
amenities
amiable
amicable
amid
amity
amorous
amorphous
amphibian
amphitheater
amplify
amputate
anachronistic
analgesic
analogous
anarchist
anathema
ancestor
ancestry
ancillary
anecdotal
angular
animate
animated
animus
annals
annihilate
annotate
announce
announcement
annoy
annuity
annul
anodyne
anoint
anomalous
anomaly
anonymous
antagonism
antecede
antecedents
antediluvian
anthology
anthropocentric
anthropoid
anthropomorphic
anticlimax
antipathy
antithesis
anxious
apathy
aperture
apex
aphasia
aphorism
apiary
aplomb
apocryphal
apogee
apolitical
apologist
apostate
apotheosis
appall
apparition
appellation
append
appliance
apply
apportion
apposite
appraise
apprehension
apprenticeship
apprise
approaching
approbation
appropriation
apropos
aptly
aquatic
aquiline
arable
arbiter
arboretum
arcane
archaeology
archaic
archetype
archipelago
architecture
ardent
arduous
arid
aristocracy
armada
aroma
aromatic
arousal
arouse
arraign
arrears
arrogate
arroyo
arthritis
article
articulate
artifice
artisan
artless
ascendancy
ascetic
ascribe
aseptic
ashen
askance
askew
aspect
asperity
aspirant
assail
assay
assembly
assent
assiduous
assimilate
assist
assistant
assuage
astigmatism
astringent
astronomical
asunder
asymmetric
atavism
atavistic
atheistic
atrocity
atrophy
attach
attached
attainment
attenuate
attorney
attract
attribute
attrition
atypical
audacious
audit
auditory
auger
augment
augury
aureole
auroral
auspicious
austere
authenticate
authoritarian
authoritative
authority
authorize
autocrat
autocratic
automaton
autonomous
autonomy
auxiliary
avalanche
avarice
aver
averse
aversion
aviary
aviation
avid
avocation
avoidance
avow
avuncular
awkwardly
awry
axiom
azure

Word and Definition List


abandon: Read  (отказаться) lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm

abandoned: Read  (заброшенные) recklessly unrestrained; deserted; left to destruction

abandonment: Read  (отказ) giving up completely; freedom from constraint

abase: Read  (унизить) humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem

abash: Read  (смущать) embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert

abate: Read  (борьбе) subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity

abbreviate: Read  (сокращения) make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase

abdicate: Read  (отречься) give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim

aberrant: Read  (аберрантных) abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm

abet: Read  (подстрекать) aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

abeyance: Read  (отложено) suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension

abhor: Read  (ненавидеть) fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate

abide: Read  (соблюдать) endure; put up with; bear; tolerate

abiding: Read  (соблюдение) lasting for a long time; enduring; permanent

abjure: Read  (отречься) renounce upon oath; abandon forever

ablution: Read  (омовение) washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite

abnegate: Read  (отказываться) give up or surrender; deny something to oneself

abnegation: Read  (отказ) repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others

abolish: Read  (отменить) cancel; put an end to; destroy completely

abolition: Read  (отмена) ending; act of abolishing; act of doing away with

abominable: Read  (отвратительные) detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad

aboriginal: Read  (аборигенов) being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native

abortive: Read  (неудачную) unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless

abrade: Read  (обработать) wear away by friction; scrape; erode

abrasive: Read  (абразивных) rubbing away; tending to grind down

abridge: Read  (Краткое) condense; shorten; reduce length of written text

abrogate: Read  (отменить) abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

abscond: Read  (скрыться) leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution

absent: Read  (отсутствует) go away or leave ; missing; not present

absenteeism: Read  (прогул) habitual not to appear, especially for work or other regular duty

abstain: Read  (воздержаться) refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice

abstemious: Read  (воздержан) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate

abstruse: Read  (заумный) obscure; profound; difficult to understand.

abundant: Read  (обильные) plentiful; possessing riches or resources

abundantly: Read  (совершенно) in great numbers; in a plentiful or sufficient degree; plentifully

abut: Read  (примыкают) border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent

abysmal: Read  (ужасной) bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad

accede: Read  (присоединиться) agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede

accelerating: Read  (ускорения) increasing in speed

acceleration: Read  (ускорение) faster rate of improvement; rate of change of velocity with respect to time

accentuate: Read  (акцентировать) emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent

accessible: Read  (доступны) easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with

accident: Read  (авария) event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; sudden, and unexpected event

accidentally: Read  (случайно) inadvertently; by chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially or intrinsically

acclaim: Read  (Награды) applaud; announce with great approval

acclimate: Read  (акклиматизироваться) accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt

acclivity: Read  (подъем) upward slope, as of hill

accolade: Read  (награды) award of merit; expression of approval; praise

accommodate: Read  (размещения) do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for

accommodating: Read  (размещение) helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation

accomplish: Read  (выполнения) succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete

accost: Read  (приставать) approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request

accouter: Read  (одевать) equip; provide with military equipment

accretion: Read  (аккреции) growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion

accrue: Read  (начисляются) increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time

accumulation: Read  (накопления) increase by natural growth or addition; concentration

accusation: Read  (обвинения) indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party

accustomed: Read  (привыкли) habitual to; used to; frequently practiced, used, or experienced; customary

acerbity: Read  (жесткость) bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone

acetic: Read  (уксусной) having properties of vinegar; sour

achieve: Read  (достижения) gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill

achievement: Read  (достижения) feat; accomplishment; award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective

acidulous: Read  (углекислые) slightly sour in taste or in manner; sharp; caustic

acoustics: Read  (акустика) science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in

acquaint: Read  (ознакомиться) inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar

acquainted: Read  (знакомиться) known by or familiar with another; informed or familiar

acquiesce: Read  (согласиться) assent; agree without protesting

acquire: Read  (приобрести) gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system

acrid: Read  (едкие) unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent

acrimonious: Read  (желчный) bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner

acrophobia: Read  (акрофобия) fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places

actively: Read  (активное) energetically; vigorously; in an active manner; voluntarily, not passively

actuarial: Read  (актуарных) calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics

actuate: Read  (приведения) put into motion or action; activate

acuity: Read  (зрения) sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness

acumen: Read  (проницательность) mental keenness; quickness of perception

adaptable: Read  (адаптации) flexible; becoming or being made suitable to particular situation or use

adaptive: Read  (адаптивных) having a capacity for adaptation; capable of adapting

addendum: Read  (добавление) something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book

additional: Read  (дополнительных) further; extra; supplemental or added to

addle: Read  (тухлое) muddle; drive crazy; become confused

adept: Read  (адепт) expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

adherent: Read  (сторонником) person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause

adhesive: Read  (клей) glue; paste ; substance that unites or bonds surfaces together

adjoin: Read  (примыкают) be next to; be contiguous to; border on

adjudicate: Read  (выносить решения) hear and settle a case by judicial procedure

adjunct: Read  (адъюнкт) something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior

adjure: Read  (заклинаю) appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath

administer: Read  (администрирование) govern; supervise; give or apply medications

admiration: Read  (восхищение) favorable judgment; feeling of pleasure, wonder, and approval

admittedly: Read  (правда) doubtlessly; in an acknowledged manner; confessedly

admonish: Read  (наставлять) warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided

admonition: Read  (наставление) gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning

adorn: Read  (украшают) enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments

adornment: Read  (украшения) embellishment; decoration; something that beautifies or adorns; ornament

adroit: Read  (ловкие) skillful and adept under pressing conditions

adulation: Read  (лести) excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise

adulterate: Read  (фальсифицировать) make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

adumbrate: Read  (предвещать) give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade

advance: Read  (заранее) proceed; move forward; improve; moving forward

advanced: Read  (расширенный) improved; highly developed or complex; ahead of the times; progressive

advent: Read  (появлением) coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important

adventitious: Read  (случайное) accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically

adverse: Read  (неблагоприятных) in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose

advocacy: Read  (пропагандистской) support; active pleading on behalf of something

aerie: Read  (Ари) nest of bird, such as eagle, built on a cliff or other high place

aesthetic: Read  (эстетическое) elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste

affable: Read  (приветливый) easily approachable; warmly friendly

affect: Read  (влияют) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

affection: Read  (привязанность) fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness

affectionate: Read  (ласковые) having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; kindly inclined; zealous

affinity: Read  (близость) natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage

affirmation: Read  (утверждения) positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath

affix: Read  (наносить) fasten; append; add on; secure to something

affluence: Read  (богатства) abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth

affluent: Read  (богатые) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

affront: Read  (оскорбление) insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect

agenda: Read  (Повестка дня) items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered

agglomeration: Read  (агломерации) collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass

aggrandize: Read  (возвеличивать) increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation

aggravating: Read  (отягчающих) irritating; annoying; making worse or more heinous

aggregate: Read  (совокупности) gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to

aggressive: Read  (агрессивного) making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly

aggressiveness: Read  (агрессивности) feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack; quality of being bold and enterprising

aghast: Read  (ужас) struck by shock, terror, or amazement

agility: Read  (ловкость) mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly

agitate: Read  (агитировать) cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb

agitation: Read  (агитация) anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance

agnostic: Read  (агностик) one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality

agrarian: Read  (аграрной) pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters

ajar: Read  (приоткрытой) half-open; slightly turned or opened

alacrity: Read  (готовностью) cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness

alchemy: Read  (алхимия) medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming

alcove: Read  (нише) nook; small, recessed section of a room

algorithm: Read  (алгоритм) established procedure for solving problem

alien: Read  (чужеродн��е) dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person

alimentary: Read  (пищевой) providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion

allay: Read  (развеять) calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve

allege: Read  (утверждает) state without proof; assert to be true

allegory: Read  (аллегории) symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form

alliteration: Read  (аллитерации) repetition of beginning sound in poetry

allocate: Read  (выделить) assign; distribute according to plan

allude: Read  (намекают) refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion

allusion: Read  (намек) indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor

aloft: Read  (наверх) in or into a high place; high or higher up

alternate: Read  (альтернативных) happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute

altitude: Read  (высоте) elevation especially above sea level; height

altruistic: Read  (альтруистических) unselfishly generous; concerned for others

amalgamate: Read  (объединении) combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury

amass: Read  (собрать) collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit

ambidextrous: Read  (Ambidextrous) capable of using either hand with equal ease

ambience: Read  (атмосферу) particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment

ambiguous: Read  (неоднозначное) unclear or doubtful in meaning

ambivalence: Read  (амбивалентность) state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate

amble: Read  (иноходью) moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely

ambulatory: Read  (амбулаторных) able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary

ameliorate: Read  (улучшению) make or become better; improve; grow better

amenable: Read  (поддаются) responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable

amenities: Read  (Услуги) convenient features; courtesies

amiable: Read  (любезный) good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly

amicable: Read  (дружественных) exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome

amid: Read  (среди) in the middle of; among; surrounded by

amity: Read  (дружба) friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations

amorous: Read  (любовный) moved by sexual love; loving

amorphous: Read  (аморфный) formless; lacking shape or definition

amphibian: Read  (амфибии) able to live both on land and in water

amphitheater: Read  (амфитеатр) oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena

amplify: Read  (усиления) broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase

amputate: Read  (ампутировать) cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune

anachronistic: Read  (анахронизмом) having time error in story; erroneous in date; in wrong time

analgesic: Read  (анальгетик) serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness

analogous: Read  (аналогичные) comparable; similar or alike

anarchist: Read  (анархисты) person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority

anathema: Read  (анафема) solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse

ancestor: Read  (предка) forefather; forebear; forerunner or predecessor

ancestry: Read  (происхождения) family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage

ancillary: Read  (вспомогательных) serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary

anecdotal: Read  (анекдотических) having the character of an anecdote; of short story of interesting or humorous incident

angular: Read  (угловой) sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner

animate: Read  (анимации) endowed with life; alive; living; animated

animated: Read  (анимационные) having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in form of cartoon

animus: Read  (анимус) feeling of enmity or ill will; attitude that informs one's actions; disposition

annals: Read  (летописи) chronological record of the events of successive years

annihilate: Read  (уничтожить) destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence

annotate: Read  (комментировать) comment; make explanatory notes

announce: Read  (объявить) herald; give out; proclaim; make known publicly

announcement: Read  (Объявления) formal public statement; act of making known publicly

annoy: Read  (раздражать) disturb, especially by minor irritations; irritate

annuity: Read  (ренты) annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year

annul: Read  (аннулировать) make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing

anodyne: Read  (болеутоляющее) source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain

anoint: Read  (помазать) apply oil or similar substance to; put oil on during religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration.

anomalous: Read  (аномальных) deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule

anomaly: Read  (аномалии) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order

anonymous: Read  (Аноним) having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name

antagonism: Read  (антагонизм) active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor

antecede: Read  (предшествовать) precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order

antecedents: Read  (прошлое) preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background

antediluvian: Read  (допотопных) antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times

anthology: Read  (антология) book of literary selections by various authors

anthropocentric: Read  (ан��ропоцентрической) regarding human beings as the center of the universe

anthropoid: Read  (человекообразные) manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance

anthropomorphic: Read  (антропоморфных) having human form or characteristics

anticlimax: Read  (разочарование) letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

antipathy: Read  (антипатию) strong feeling of aversion; dislike

antithesis: Read  (антитеза) contrast; direct contrast; opposition

anxious: Read  (хотелось) eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter

apathy: Read  (апатия) lack of caring; indifference

aperture: Read  (диафра��мы) opening; diameter of such an opening; hole

apex: Read  (вершине) highest point; vertex; summit; climax

aphasia: Read  (афазии) loss of speech due to injury or illness

aphorism: Read  (афоризм) definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion

apiary: Read  (пасека) place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey

aplomb: Read  (апломбом) poise; self-confident assurance

apocryphal: Read  (апокрифической) untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious

apogee: Read  (апогея) the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited

apolitical: Read  (аполитичной) having aversion or lack of concern for political affairs

apologist: Read  (апологет) person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as doctrine, policy, or institution

apostate: Read  (отступник) one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

apotheosis: Read  (апофеоз) elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something

appall: Read  (ужасать) depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak

apparition: Read  (привидение) ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible

appellation: Read  (наименование) name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy

append: Read  (добавить) attach; add as supplement or appendix

appliance: Read  (устройство) durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use

apply: Read  (применяются) exert; put into service; avail oneself to;

apportion: Read  (распределить) distribute; allot; give out as one's portion or share

apposite: Read  (уместным) strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited

appraise: Read  (оценки) estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity

apprehension: Read  (опасение) fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; act of seizing or capturing; understanding

apprenticeship: Read  (обучение) term during which one learns a trade from skilled worker; service or legal condition of an apprentice

apprise: Read  (информировать) inform; give notice to; make aware

approaching: Read  (приближается) impending; of the relatively near future; coming closer to another

approbation: Read  (апробации соответствующее) expression of warm approval; praise

appropriation: Read  (ассигнований) funding; money set aside for a specific purpose

apropos: Read  (поводу) with reference or regard; in respect

aptly: Read  (точно) in a competent capable manner; in an apt or suitable manner

aquatic: Read  (водных) consisting of, relating to, or being in water

aquiline: Read  (орлиным) curved or hooked like an eagle's beak

arable: Read  (пахотных) fit for growing crops, as by plowing

arbiter: Read  (арбитр) person with power to decide a dispute; judge

arboretum: Read  (дендрарий) place where different tree varieties are exhibited

arcane: Read  (тайными) secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated

archaeology: Read  (археология) study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

archaic: Read  (архаичных) no longer current or applicable; antiquated

archetype: Read  (архетип) prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned

archipelago: Read  (архипелаг) group of closely located islands

architecture: Read  (архитектура) art and science of designing and erecting buildings; buildings and other large structures

ardent: Read  (горячим) displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate

arduous: Read  (трудный) demanding great effort or labor; difficult

arid: Read  (засушливых) dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants

aristocracy: Read  (аристократия) hereditary nobility; privileged class

armada: Read  (армада) a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things

aroma: Read  (аромат) fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food

aromatic: Read  (ароматических) fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor

arousal: Read  (возбуждение) act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep

arouse: Read  (вызывают) excite; stimulate; awaken from or as if from sleep

arraign: Read  (обвинять) officially charge someone in a court of law

arrears: Read  (задолженности) being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation

arrogate: Read  (присвоить) claim without justification; claim for oneself without right

arroyo: Read  (Арройо) deep gully; a dry gulch; brook or creek; watercourse

arthritis: Read  (артрит) inflammation of a joint or joints

article: Read  (статьи) essay; editorial; individual thing or element of a class

articulate: Read  (сформулировать) expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language

artifice: Read  (хитрость) subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity

artisan: Read  (ремесленника) manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist

artless: Read  (бесхитростный) free of artificiality; natural; open and honest

ascendancy: Read  (власть) superiority or decisive advantage; domination

ascetic: Read  (аскетической) leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere

ascribe: Read  (приписывают) inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality

aseptic: Read  (асептический) preventing infection; having cleansing effect

ashen: Read  (пепельно) ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes

askance: Read  (искоса) with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes

askew: Read  (косо) turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle

aspect: Read  (аспект) distinct feature or element in a problem; a way in which something can be viewed by the mind

asperity: Read  (неровностей) sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate

aspirant: Read  (претендентам) one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position

assail: Read  (нападать) assault; attack with or as if with violent blows

assay: Read  (анализа) analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test

assembly: Read  (сборка) gathering; meeting; a group of persons gathered together for common reason

assent: Read  (согласие) express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept

assiduous: Read  (усердным) constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent

assimilate: Read  (ассимилировать) incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble

assist: Read  (помощь) give help or support to, especially as a subordinate

assistant: Read  (Помощник) helper; person who assists or helps someone else

assuage: Read  (успокоить) ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease

astigmatism: Read  (астигматизм) eye defect that prevents proper focus

astringent: Read  (вяжущее) causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere

astronomical: Read  (астрономические) enormously large or extensive; relating to astronomy

asunder: Read  (куски) into separate parts or pieces; apart

asymmetric: Read  (асимметричной) not identical on both sides of a dividing central line

atavism: Read  (атавизм) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after passage of two or more generations

atavistic: Read  (атавистические) displaying characteristics of previous cultural era or of previous ancestral form

atheistic: Read  (атеистической) denying existence of God; godless

atrocity: Read  (злодеяние) brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness

atrophy: Read  (атрофия) wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease

attach: Read  (придаем) fasten; annex; be in contact with

attached: Read  (вложенный) fastened together; joined by wall, especially by sharing a wall with another building; not freestanding

attainment: Read  (достижения) something, such as an accomplishment or achievement; achievement

attenuate: Read  (ослабления) make slender, fine, or small; weaken; lessen density of

attorney: Read  (адвокат) lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy

attract: Read  (привлечения) draw to, or cause to tend to; engage or fix, as the mind, attention; invite or allure

attribute: Read  (атрибута) essential quality; reputation; honor

attrition: Read  (истощение) gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment

atypical: Read  (нетипичные) not normal; unusual or irregular; not representative of a group, class, or type

audacious: Read  (дерзкий) fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold

audit: Read  (Аудит) examination of accounts; adjustment or correction of accounts

auditory: Read  (слухового) of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing

auger: Read  (шнек) hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice

augment: Read  (увеличить) make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity

augury: Read  (гадание) sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens

aureole: Read  (венчиком) the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo

auroral: Read  (авроральной) characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras

auspicious: Read  (благоприятный) attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous

austere: Read  (суровый) strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented

authenticate: Read  (аутентификации) prove genuine; establish authenticity of

authoritarian: Read  (авторитарного) expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will

authoritative: Read  (авторитетных) having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial

authority: Read  (власть) jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government

authorize: Read  (разрешить) empower; give permission for; sanction

autocrat: Read  (самодержца) dictator; ruler having unlimited power

autocratic: Read  (само��ержавной) having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial

automaton: Read  (автомата) mechanism that imitates actions of humans

autonomous: Read  (автономного) self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent

autonomy: Read  (автономии) independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination

auxiliary: Read  (вспомогательных) helper, additional or subsidiary

avalanche: Read  (лавина) great mass of falling snow and ice

avarice: Read  (алчность) greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain

aver: Read  (среднее) declare to be true; affirm

averse: Read  (прочь) reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling

aversion: Read  (отвращение) firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike

aviary: Read  (вольер) large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept

aviation: Read  (авиация) art or science of flying; flight; aeronautics

avid: Read  (Avid) greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm

avocation: Read  (призвание) activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment

avoidance: Read  (избежании) keeping away from or preventing from happening

avow: Read  (признаться) declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly

avuncular: Read  (дядин) in manner of uncle, pertaining to uncle; kind, genial, benevolent or tolerant

awkwardly: Read  (неловко) in an uncomfortable, nervous or embarrassed way

awry: Read  (наперекосяк) in a position that is turned toward one side; away from correct course

axiom: Read  (аксиома) self-evident truth requiring no proof

azure: Read  (Azure) sky blue; light purplish-blue