abacus:
n. manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters | abase:
v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem |
abash:
v. embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert | abate:
v. subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity |
abbreviate:
v. make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase | abbreviation:
n. shortening something by omitting parts of it |
abdicate:
v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim | aberrant:
n. abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm |
abet:
v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage | abeyance:
n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension |
abhor:
v. fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate | abjure:
v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever |
ablaze:
a. burning; radiant; bright; keenly excited; resembling flame in brilliance or color | ablution:
n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite |
abnegate:
v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself | abnegation:
n. repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others |
abode:
n. act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place | abolish:
v. cancel; put an end to; destroy completely |
abolitionist:
n. a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | abominable:
a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad |
aboriginal:
a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native | abortive:
a. unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless |
abound:
v. be full of; be plentiful | abrade:
v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode |
abrasion:
n. scratch; friction; the process of rubbing away the surface of something | abridge:
v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text |
abrogate:
a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority | abrupt:
a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another |
abscond:
v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution | absorb:
v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention |
abstain:
v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice | abstemious:
a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
abstruse:
a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand | absurdity:
n. quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment; logical contradiction |
abundant:
a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources | abut:
v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent |
abysmal:
a. bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad | academician:
n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation |
accede:
v. agree; give consent, often at the insistence of another; concede | accentuate:
v. emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent |
accessibility:
n. the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with | accessory:
n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item |
acclaim:
v. applaud; announce with great approval | acclimate:
v. accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt |
acclivity:
n. upward slope, as of hill | accolade:
n. award of merit; expression of approval; praise |
accompaniment:
n. act of accompanying someone or something | accompanying:
a. attendant; appearing or going with someone or something else |
accomplishment:
n. achievement; fulfillment; something that is successful | accordion:
n. a box-shaped musical instrument consisting of a folded central part with a keyboard |
accost:
v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request | accouter:
v. equip; provide with military equipment |
accredit:
v. authorize; commission; give credit for | accretion:
n. growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion |
accrue:
v. increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time | accumulate:
v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase |
accuse:
v. blame; say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind | acerbity:
n. the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone |
acetic:
a. having properties of vinegar; sour | acidulous:
a. slightly sour in taste or manner; sharp; caustic |
acorn:
n. fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup; a cone-shaped piece of wood | acoustics:
n. science of sound; the quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in |
acquiesce:
v. assent; agree without protesting | acquisition:
n. act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something |
acrid:
a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent | acrimonious:
a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner |
acronym:
n. an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something | acrophobia:
n. fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places |
actuarial:
a. calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics | actuate:
v. put into motion or action; activate |
acuity:
n. sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness | acumen:
n. mental keenness; quickness of perception |
adage:
n. wise saying; brief familiar proverb; expression of popular wisdom | adaptable:
a. flexible; becoming or being made suitable to a particular situation or use |
addendum:
n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book | addict:
v. cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to |
addictive:
a. something you cannot stop taking once you have started | addle:
v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused |
adept:
a. expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | adherent:
n. a person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause |
adjacent:
a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near | adjoin:
v. be next to; be contiguous to; border on |
adjudicate:
v. hear and settle a case by judicial procedure | adjunct:
n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior |
adjure:
v. appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath | adjust:
v. change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable |
admonish:
v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided | admonition:
n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning |
adobe:
n. clay; brick; sun-dried brick; structure built with this type of brick | adolescent:
n. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity; |
adopt:
v. accept; take on; raise; take into one's family | adoption:
n. act of accepting with approval |
adoration:
n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god | adorn:
v. enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments |
adornment:
n. embellishment; decoration; something that beautifies or adorns; ornament | adroit:
a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions |
adulation:
n. excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise | adulterate:
v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
adumbrate:
v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade | advent:
n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important |
adventitious:
a. accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically | advocacy:
n. support; active pleading on behalf of something |
aerie:
n. nest of a bird, such as an eagle, built on a cliff or other high place | affable:
a. easily approachable; warmly friendly |
affiliate:
v. associate; cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another | affinity:
n. natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage |
affirm:
v. state something as true; assert; confirm | affirmation:
n. positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath |
affix:
v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something | affliction:
n. cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress |
affluence:
n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth | affordable:
a. able to pay for |
affront:
n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect | aftermath:
n. outcome; consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune |
agglomeration:
n. collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass | aggrandize:
v. increase the scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation |
aggravate:
v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome | aggregate:
v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to |
aggregation:
n. several things grouped together or considered as a whole | aghast:
a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement |
agility:
n. mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly | agitate:
v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb |
agitation:
n. anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance | agnostic:
n. one who is skeptical of the existence of a god or any ultimate reality |
agrarian:
a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters | ailment:
n. sickness;a slight but often persistent illness |
air:
v. be broadcast on television or radio | airborne:
a. aloft; flying; in the air |
alacrity:
n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness | alchemy:
n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming |
alcove:
n. nook; small, recessed section of a room | algorithm:
n. established procedure for solving problem |
alignment:
n. arrangement; association; alliance | alimentary:
a. providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion |
alkali:
n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia | allay:
v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
allegation:
n. suggestion without proof that someone has done something wrong | allege:
v. state without proof; assert to be true |
allegory:
n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form | alliteration:
n. repetition of a beginning sound in poetry |
allocate:
v. assign; distribute according to plan | alloy:
v. combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate |
allude:
v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion | allure:
v. attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive |
allurement:
n. temptation; enticement; any real or apparent good held forth or operating, as a motive to action | allusion:
n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor |
ally:
n. confederate; partner; collaborator | aloft:
ad. in or into a high place; high or higher up |
aloof:
a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote | alteration:
n. a passage from one form or state to another; change |
altruistic:
a. unselfishly generous; concerned for others | amalgamate:
v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy metal with mercury |
amass:
v. collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit | amaze:
v. astonish; affect with wonder |
amazing:
a. awesome; astounding; surprising | ambidextrous:
a. capable of using either hand with equal ease |
ambience:
n. particular environment or surrounding influence; an atmosphere of the environment | ambiguity:
n. state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty |
ambiguous:
a. unclear or doubtful in meaning | ambition:
n. aspiration; a strong wish to achieve something |
ambitious:
a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement | ambivalence:
n. state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate |
ambivalent:
a. mixed; experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings | amble:
n. moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely |
ambulatory:
a. able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary | ameliorate:
v. make or become better; improve; grow better |
amenable:
a. responsive to advise or suggestion; responsible to a higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable | amend:
v. change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors |
amendment:
n. a change or changes made to the words of a text; revision | amenities:
n. convenient features; courtesies |
amenity:
n. pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions | amiable:
a. good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |
amicable:
a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome | amity:
n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
amorous:
a. moved by sexual love; loving | amorphous:
a. formless; lacking shape or definition |
amphibian:
a. able to live both on land and in water | amphitheater:
n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena |
amplification:
n. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail | amplify:
v. broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase |
amputate:
v. cut off part of the body, especially by surgery; prune | anachronistic:
a. having time error in the story; erroneous in date; in the wrong time |
analgesic:
a. serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness | analogous:
a. comparable; similar or alike |
analyze:
v. diagnose; study, or examine something in detail to discover more about it | anarchist:
n. a person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
anathema:
n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse | anatomy:
n. detailed analysis; the scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged |
ancestral:
a. inherited or inheritable by established rules | ancestry:
n. family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage |
ancillary:
a. serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary | anguished:
a. experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent; feeling, expressing, or caused by anguish |
angular:
a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner | animus:
n. the feeling of enmity or ill will; an attitude that informs one's actions; disposition |
annals:
n. a chronological record of the events of successive years | annex:
v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit |
annihilate:
v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence | annotate:
v. comment; make explanatory notes |
annoying:
a. bothersome; troublesome; irritating | annuity:
n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year |
annul:
v. make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing | anodyne:
n. source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain |
anoint:
v. apply oil or similar substance to; put oil on during religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration. | anomalous:
a. deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule |
antagonism:
n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor | antecede:
v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order |
antecedents:
n. preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background | antedate:
v. be earlier in time; go back further |
antediluvian:
a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times | anthology:
n. book of literary selections by various authors |
anthropocentric:
a. regarding human beings as the center of the universe | anthropoid:
a. manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance |
anthropomorphic:
a. having human form or characteristics | antibiotic:
n. any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms |
anticipate:
v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict | anticlimax:
n. the letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with the previous rise |
antipathy:
n. strong feeling of aversion; dislike | antique:
n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion |
antithesis:
n. contrast; direct contrast; opposition | antler:
n. entire horn, or any branch of the horn |
anvil:
n. a heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth, flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering | apathetic:
a. feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent |
apathy:
n. lack of interest, or the attitude of not caring resulting from it; the indifference | aperitif:
n. alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer |
aperture:
n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole | apex:
n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax |
aphasia:
n. loss of speech due to injury or illness | aphorism:
n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion |
apiary:
n. a place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey | aplomb:
n. poise; self-confident assurance |
apocryphal:
a. untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious | apogee:
n. the highest point; point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited |
apolitical:
a. having aversion or lack of concern for political affairs | apologetic:
a. offering or expressing an apology or excuse; serving as or containing a formal justification or defense |
apologist:
n. a person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as doctrine, policy, or institution | apologize:
v. beg pardon; tell someone that you are sorry for having done something |
apostate:
n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs | apostrophe:
n. text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers |
apotheosis:
n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something | appall:
v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak |
apparition:
n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible | appeal:
n. attraction; charm; attract; fascinate; challenge |
appealing:
a. attractive or interesting; charming | appellation:
n. name; title; the act of naming; the act of appealing for aid, sympathy |
append:
v. attach; add as supplement or appendix | appendage:
n. something appended to or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it |
appetite:
n. instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink | applaud:
v. acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands |
applicable:
a. capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance | applicant:
n. candidate; a person who formally requests something, especially a job |
application:
n. close attention; work of applying something; verbal or written request for assistance | appoint:
v. designate; nominate; choose someone officially for a job or responsibility |
apposite:
a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited | appraisal:
n. assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth |
appraise:
v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in an official capacity | appreciable:
a. large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible |
appreciate:
v. be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of | apprehension:
n. fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; the act of seizing or capturing; understanding |
apprehensive:
a. capable of knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible or perceptive | apprenticeship:
n. the term during which one learns a trade from a skilled worker; service or legal condition of an apprentice |
apprise:
v. inform; give notice to; make aware | approach:
n. a way of considering or doing something |
approbation:
n. expression of warm approval; praise | appropriate:
v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use |
approximate:
v. come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount | approximately:
ad. very similarly; roughly |
apropos:
a. with reference or regard; in respect | aquatic:
a. consisting of, relating to, or being in the water |
aquiline:
a. curved or hooked like an eagle's beak | arable:
a. fit for growing crops, as by plowing |
arbiter:
n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge | arboreal:
a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees |
arboretum:
n. a place where different tree varieties are exhibited | arc:
n. the continuous portion of a circle; something curved in shape |
arcane:
a. secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated | archaeology:
n. study of artifacts and relics of early humankind |
archaic:
a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated | archetype:
n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned |
archipelago:
n. group of closely located islands | ardent:
a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate |
arduous:
a. demanding great effort or labor; difficult | arid:
a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants |
aristocracy:
n. hereditary nobility; privileged class | aristocrat:
n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble |
arithmetic:
n. theory of numerical calculations | armada:
n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things |
armory:
n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured | aromatic:
a. fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor |
arousal:
n. act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep | arraign:
v. officially charge someone in a court of law |
arrangement:
n. composition; a plan for how something will happen | arrears:
n. being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation |
arrogate:
v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without the right | arroyo:
n. deep gully; a dry gulch; brook or creek; watercourse |
artifice:
n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity | artisan:
n. manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to an artist |
artless:
a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest | ascend:
v. move up or climb something; mount |
ascendancy:
n. superiority or decisive advantage; domination | ascent:
n. upward slope or grade; movement upward |
ascetic:
a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere | ascribe:
v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality |
aseptic:
a. preventing infection; having cleansing effect | ashen:
a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes |
asinine:
a. utterly stupid or silly; inanely foolish | askance:
a. with a sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes |
askew:
ad. turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle | asperity:
n. the sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate |
asphyxiate:
v. deprive of oxygen to the extent of producing death or severe symptoms; suffocate | aspirant:
n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position |
aspiration:
n. ambition; something that you hope to achieve | assail:
v. assault; attack with or as if with violent blows |
assault:
n. a violent attack; an onslaught | assay:
v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to the test |
assemblage:
n. a group of persons together in one place | assent:
v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept |
assert:
v. declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly | assertive:
a. positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory |
assess:
v. estimate value; judge worth of something | assessment:
n. act of judging or assessing; amount determined as payable |
assiduous:
a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent | assimilate:
v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble |
assistance:
n. help, especially money or resources that are given to people | assuage:
v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease |
assuredly:
ad. in a way that causes something to be certain; undoubtedly | astigmatism:
n. eye defect that prevents proper focus |
astonished:
a. amazed; very surprised | astound:
v. affect with wonder; surprise; shock |
astringent:
a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere | astronomer:
n. a physicist who studies astronomy |
astronomy:
n. branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole | asunder:
ad. into separate parts or pieces; apart |
asymmetric:
a. not identical on both sides of a dividing central line | atavism:
n. resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after the passage of two or more generations |
atavistic:
a. displaying characteristics of previous cultural era or previous ancestral form | atheistic:
a. denying existence of God; godless |
athletics:
n. art of training by athletic exercises; games and sports of athletes | atmosphere:
n. air; a mixture of gases that surrounds any planet |
atom:
n. a tiny piece of anything; the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element | atrocity:
n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness |
atrophy:
n. wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease | attachment:
n. a bond, as of affection or loyalty; fond regard; supplementary part; accessory |
attain:
v. achieve or accomplish; gain | attainment:
n. something, such as an accomplishment or achievement; achievement |
attend:
v. be present at; go to; take care of; tend | attendance:
n. act of being present |
attendant:
n. aide; servant; accompanying; a person who participates in a meeting | attention:
n. act or state of attending or heeding; application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought |
attenuate:
v. make slender, fine, or small; weaken; lessen the density of | attire:
n. clothes, especially of a particular or formal type; dress |
attraction:
n. appeal; a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts | attractive:
a. appealing; pleasing; inviting; tempting |
attribute:
n. essential quality; reputation; honor | attribute:
v. relate to particular cause or source; ascribe; explain |
attrition:
n. a gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the workforce without firing employees; wearing away through harassment | atypical:
a. not normal; unusual or irregular; not representative of a group, class, or type |
audacious:
a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold | auditorium:
n. area of theater or concert hall where the audience sits |
auditory:
a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing | auger:
n. hand tool for boring holes; hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice |
augment:
v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity | augury:
n. sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens |
aureole:
n. the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; halo | auroral:
a. characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras |
auspicious:
a. attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous | austere:
a. strict or severe in the discipline; severely simple and unornamented |
authenticate:
v. prove genuine; establish authenticity of | authoritarian:
a. expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will |
authoritative:
a. weighting authority; peremptory and dictatorial | autobiography:
n. biography or story written by yourself |
autocrat:
n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power | autocratic:
a. having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial |
automaton:
n. the mechanism that imitates actions of humans | autonomous:
a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent |
autonomy:
n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination | available:
a. convenient for use or disposal; not busy, free; obtainable; accessible |
avant-garde:
n. radically new or original; cutting edge | avarice:
n. greediness for wealth; the insatiable desire to gain |
aver:
v. declare to be true; affirm | averse:
a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling |
aviary:
n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept | avid:
a. greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm |
avocation:
n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment | avow:
v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly |
avowal:
n. open declaration; frank acknowledgment | avuncular:
a. in the manner of an uncle, about uncle; kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant |
awkward:
a. difficult to handle or manage | awning:
n. roof-like cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind |
awry:
ad. in a position that is turned toward one side; away from the correct course | axiom:
n. self-evident truth requiring no proof |
axle:
n. pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels | azure:
a. sky blue; light purplish-blue |
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