A – D Words

 

summer girl reading words

 

A

• ACCLIMATE
  • GET USED TO NEW CLIMATE
• ADVANTAGEOUS
  • GIVEN FAVORABLE TREATMENT
• 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
• ANGST
  • FEELING OF ANXIETY
• ANOMALOUS
  • INCONSISTENT WITH THE NORM; OUT OF THE ORDINARY
• ANTHROPOMORPHIZE
  • TO ASCRIBE HUMAN TRAITS TO AN OBJECT
• 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

• BENEVOLENT
  • KIND, CARING, COMPASSIONATE
• BLIND-SIDED
  • THE SIDE AWAY FROM ONE’S ATTENTION
• BLOG
  • SHORT FOR WEBLOG
  • COOKIE CUTTER OF A WEB SITE

 

C

• CALIPHATE
  • TERRITORY OF A DICTATOR
• CANARD
  • BASELESS RUMOR
• CAPTIOUS
  • RAISING PETTY OBJECTIONS
• CARTEL
  • NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL MONOPOLY
• CAVIL
  • TRIVIAL OBJECTIONS
• CHURL
  • BADTEMPERED PERSON; SELFISH PERSON
• COGITATE
  • PONDER
  • THINK DEEPLY
• COMELY
  • HAVING A PLEASING APPEARANCE
• CONCLAVE
  • PRIVATE MEETING TO ELECT 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)
• CRESUSCULE
  • RELATING TO TWILIGHT

• D

• DEFENESTRATE
  • THROW SOMETHING OUT OF A WINDOW
• DICHOTOMY
  • A DIVISION INTO TWO PARTS
• DISENCUMBERED
  • FREE OF A BURDEN