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A

• ABAFT
  • BACK OF BOAT
• ABEYANCE
  SUSPENSION OF ACTIVITY
• ACCLIMATE

  • GET USED TO NEW CLIMATE

ADVANTAGEOUS

• GIVEN FAVORABLE TREATMENT

• AFFIRMATION

  • POSITIVE DECLARATION

• AFFLATUS

  • INSPIRATION OR POWERFUL IMPULSE

• AFFRAY

  • BRAWL

• AGGREGATE

  • TO COMBINE OR GATHER

  • A TOTAL; COLLECTION OR SUM

• AGOPEE

  • THE HIGHEST POINT

  • THE POINT MOST DISTANT FROM THE EARTH

• ALLIANCE

  • ASSOCIATION WITH GROUP WITH LIKE GOALS

• AMALGAMATION

  • BUSINESS MERGER TO FORM ONE

• AMANUENSIS

  • ONE EMPLOYED TO TAKE DICTATION

• AMBIGUITY

  • DOUBTFUL

• AMBIGUOUS

  • UNCERTAIN, INDEFINITE

• AMBIVALENT

  • SIMULTANEOUS CONFLICTING FEELINGS, I.E., LOVE AND HATE

• ANGST

  • FULL OF ANXIETY

• ANNIHILATE

  • TO DESTROY COMPLETELY

• ANOMALOUS

  • INCONSISTENT WITH THE NORM; OUT OF THE ORDINARY

• ANTHROPOMORPHIZE

  • TO ASCRIBE HUMAN TRAITS TO AN OBJECT

• ANTITHETICAL

  • COMPLETE OPPOSITE

• AQUIFER

  • A LAYER OF SAND THROUGH WHICH WATER FLOWS

• ATONE

  • TO BECOME RECONCILED

• ATTENUATE

  • TO BECOME THIN

  • TO LESSEN

  • TO DIMINISH, WEAKEN OR REDUCE

• ATROPHY

  • DECREASE IN SIZE; WASTE AWAY

• AUDACITY

  • BOLD OR DARING

• AUGURY

  • DIVINATION

  • AN OMEN OR INDICATION

• AUSPICIOUS

  • FAVORABLE OR UNKIND

• AUSTERE

  • TO BE MORALLY STRICT; LIVE SIMPLY

• AUTONOMY

  • SELF RULE

 B

• BANYAN DAY
  • SAILORS REFFERED TO A DAY WITHOUT MEAT
• BENEVOLENT
• • KIND, CARING, COMPASSIONATE
• BLIND-SIDED
  • THE SIDE AWAY FROM ONE’S ATTENTION
• BLOG
  • SHORT FOR WEB LOG,
  • COOKIE CUTTER OF A WEB SITE
• BON VIVANT
  • A PERSON WHO ENJOYS GOOD FOOD

 C

• CACOPHONY
  • HARD MIXTURE OF SOUND (AS THE CACOPHONY OF THE CITY)
• CACOLOGY
  • BAD CHOICE OF WORDS (HARSH WORDS)
• CAJOLE
  • TO URGE THROUGH HUMOR
  • COAX
• CALIPHATE
  • TERRITORY OF A DICTATOR
• CANARD
  • BASELESS RUMOR
• CAPTIOUS
  • RAISING PETTY OBJECTIONS
• CARTEL
  • NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL MONOPOLY
• CAVALIER
  • LACK OF RESPECT TOWARDS MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE
• CAVIL
  • TRIVIAL OBJECTIONS
• CHIVALRY
  • NOBLE QUALITIES OF A KNIGHT
  • COURAGE, HONOR, READINESS TO HELP WOMEN
• CHURL
  • BADTEMPERED PERSON; SELFISH PERSON
• COMPLACENT (OR COMPLAISANT)
  • WILLINGNESS TO PLEASE
• COGITATE
  • PONDER
  • THINK DEEPLY
• COMELY
  • HAVING A PLEASING APPEARANCE
• CONCILIATORY
  • WIN OVER
  • MAKE FRIENDS
  • GAIN GOOD WILL
• CONCLAVE
  • PRIVATE MEETING TO SELECT A POPE
• CONDESCENDING
  • LOOKING DOWN ON ANOTHER; ARROGANT
• CONFLUENCE
  • TO FLOW TOGETHER, AS IN RIVERS
• CONTENTIOUS
  • QUARRELSOME
• CONTIGUOUS
  • CONNECTED IN AN UNBROKEN SEQUENCE (48 STATES)
• CREPUSCULAR
  • RELATED TO TWILIGHT
• CURMUDGEON
  • AN ILL-MANNERED, BAD TEMPERED PERSON

D

THROW SOMETHING OUT OF A WINDOW

DIATRIBE

A BITTER, ABUSIVE CRITICISM

DENUNCIATION

• DICHOTOMY

  • A DIVISION INTO TWO PARTS

• DIGRESS

  • TO CHANGE SUBJECTS TEMPORARILY

• DISCONCERT

  • CONFUSED

• DISENCUMBERED

  • FREE OF A BURDEN

• DOUR

  • SEVERE AND UNFRIENDLY