AbashAbash

V-To embarrass; to disconcert; V-To embarrass; to disconcert; to make ashamed or uneasyto make ashamed or uneasy

AbateAbate

Verb-To deduct; to make less; Verb-To deduct; to make less; to reduce in quantity, value, to reduce in quantity, value,

force, or intensity.force, or intensity.

AbominableAbominable

Adj.-Extremely horrendous; Adj.-Extremely horrendous; huge in size or degreehuge in size or degree

AbridgeAbridge

v.-To make smaller, fewer, or v.-To make smaller, fewer, or shorter while maintaining shorter while maintaining

essential contentsessential contents

AbstainAbstain

Verb-To refrain from doing Verb-To refrain from doing somethingsomething

AdamantAdamant

Adj.-Standing firm; not giving Adj.-Standing firm; not giving in easy; unyieldingin easy; unyielding

AccentuateAccentuate

Verb-To make more prominent Verb-To make more prominent by effortby effort

AffinityAffinity

Noun-A special attraction with Noun-A special attraction with kinship; a natural attraction or kinship; a natural attraction or

likingliking

AllegoryAllegory

Noun-A dramatic, literary, or pictorial Noun-A dramatic, literary, or pictorial device in which each object, device in which each object,

character, and event symbolically character, and event symbolically illustrates a moral or religious illustrates a moral or religious

principleprinciple

AccostAccost

Verb-To come close to and to Verb-To come close to and to speak first in an unfriendly speak first in an unfriendly

mannermanner

AcquiesceAcquiesce

Verb-To secure control or Verb-To secure control or possessionpossession

AlleviateAlleviate

Verb-To make more bearableVerb-To make more bearable

AltercationAltercation

Noun-an encounter Noun-an encounter unpleasant in nature or unpleasant in nature or

degreedegree

AmbiguousAmbiguous

Adj.-Doubtful; uncertainAdj.-Doubtful; uncertain

AmbivalentAmbivalent

Adj.-Describing existence of Adj.-Describing existence of mutually different feelings mutually different feelings about a person or thing.about a person or thing.