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Vocabulary Celebration List 2

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  1. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  2. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  3. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  4. antagonistic
    arousing animosity or hostility
  5. apathetic
    showing little or no emotion or animation
  6. appease
    make peace with
  7. apprehensive
    in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
  8. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  9. archaic
    so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
  10. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  11. arid
    lacking sufficient water or rainfall
  12. articulate
    express or state clearly
  13. ascertain
    learn or discover with confidence
  14. aspire
    have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
  15. assess
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  16. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  17. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  18. atrophy
    a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  19. audacity
    aggressive or outright boldness
  20. augment
    enlarge or increase
  21. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  22. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  23. autonomy
    personal independence
  24. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  25. averse
    strongly opposed
  26. awe
    an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
  27. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  28. bane
    something causing misery or death
  29. belie
    be in contradiction with
  30. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
Created on 八月 8, 2012 (updated 八月 17, 2012)

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