1、Barrons word list 1 abase lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respectabash embarrassabate subside or moderateabbreviate shortenabdicate renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)aberrant abnormal or deviantaberration deviation from the normal; mental disorder
2、abet assist usually in doing something wrong; encourageabeyance suspended actionabhor detest; hateabject (of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject apologyabjure renounce upon oathablution washingabnegation renunciation; self-s
3、acrifice; self-abnegationabolish cancel; put an end toabominate loathe; hateabominabledetestable; extremely unpleasantaboriginal being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigineabortive unsuccessful; fruitlessabrasive rubbing away; tending to grind downabridge con
4、dense or shortenabrogate abolishabscission cutting off; separationabscond depart secretly and hideabsolute complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutismabsolve pardon (an offense)abstain refrain; withhold from participation; int
5、entionally not use ones vote;abstemious sparing in eating and drinking; temperateabstinence restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from voteabstract theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentationals representational (of a style of art) showing things
6、 as they actually appear in real lifeabstruse obscure; profound; difficult to understandabusive coarsely insulting; physically harmfulabut border upon; adjoinabysmal bottomlessabyss enormous chasm; vast bottomless pitacademic related to a school; not practical or directly usefulaccede agreeaccelerat
7、e move fasteraccessible easy to approach; obtainableaccessory additional object; useful but not essential thingacclaim applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great approval; Ex. The new drung has been acclaimed as the most important discoveries for years; N: strong expression of a
8、pproval and praiseacclimate adjust to climate or environment; adaptacclivity sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivityaccolade award of merit; strong praise and approvals merit good quality deserving praise; merits: aspect of character or behavior deserving approval or disapproval; Ex. judge each plan
9、on its own merits; V: deserve; earns demerit fault; bad qualitys earn gain for the performance of service or labor; gain (something that one deserves); deserveaccommodate oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful
10、 and obligingaccomplice partner in crimeaccord agreementaccost approach and speak first to a personaccoutre equip; N. accoutrementaccretion growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accreteaccrue co
11、me to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrualacerbity bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in taste, manner, or tone)s bitter having a sharp biting tas
12、te; causing sharp pain to the body or mind; filled with resentment, disappointment, or other unpleasant feelings; Ex. bitter wind/sorrow/tearss biting sharply painful to the body or mind; Ex. biting wind/remarksacetic vinegaryacidulous slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; causticacknowledge re
13、cognize; admitacme peak; pinnacle; highest pointacoustics science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear inacquiesce assent; agree passively; comply without protestacquittaldeliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (onese
14、lf) in a specified manneracrid bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent acrimonious stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavioracrophobia fear of heightsactuarial calculating; pertaining to insurance statisticsactuary s
15、omeone who advises insurance companiesactuate motivate; activate; cause to actacuity sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)acumen mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen acute (of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrati
16、ng; brief and severe; Ex. acute sense of smell/analysis/painadage wise saying; proverb s proverb adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbiallyadamant hard; inflexibleadapt make or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify
17、; adjust; N. adaptation: act of adapting; composition recast into a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption of a short novel.addendum addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)addiction compulsive habitual needaddle make or become confused; muddle; drive cr
18、azy; become rotten (egg)address direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct ones efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N: formal speechadept expert at; very skilledadhere stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyalityadherent supporter; followe
19、radjacent adjoining; neighboring; close byadjoin be next toadjourn suspend until a later time; move from one place to anotheradjunct something attached to but holding an inferior positionadjuration solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnlyadjutant staff officer assisting the comma
20、nder; assistantadmonish warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reproveadore love deeply and respect highly adorn decorateadroit skillful (in using mind or hand)Barrons word list 2 adulation flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deservedadulterate make impure or of poorer quality
21、by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substancesadvent arrivaladventitious accidental; casual; happening by chanceadversary opponent; enemyadverse going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostileadversity great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous eventadvert referadvocacy support; acti
22、ve pleading on behalf of someone or somethingadvocate speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead foraegis shield; protection; defenseaerie (aery,eyrie,eyry) nest of a large bird of preyaesthetic artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building);
23、 CF. aesthete; CF. aestheticsaffable easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendlyaffected artificial; pretendedaffidavit written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)affiliation joining; associating withaffinity feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity fo
24、r her; Ex. many affinities between two languagesaffirmation positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discriminationafflictionstate of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict:
25、inflict grievous suffering onaffluence abundance; wealthaffront insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionallyagape openmouthedagenda items of business at a meetingagglomerationcollection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeat
26、e: jumbled mass; heapaggrandize make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor; N. aggrandizementaggregate sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollarsaghast filled with great surprise or fear; horrifiedagility nimbleness; ability to move
27、 quicklyagitate stir up; disturbagnostic one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate realityagog highly excited; intensely curiousagrarian pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reformalacrity cheerful promptness without reluctancealchemy medieval chemi
28、stryalcove nook; recessalias an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people); ADV. aliasalienate make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership ofalimentary supplying nourishmentalimony payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorceallay calm; pacifyallege
29、 state without proofallegiance loyaltyallegory story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fablealleviate relieve (pain)alliteration repetition of beginning sound in poetryallocate assign; set apart for a particular purposeearmark set aside (money or time) for a particular purpo
30、sealloy mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happinessallude refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect referenceallure
31、 entice; attract; temptsiren apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creaturealluvial pertaining to soil deposits left by running wateraloof apart; not open in ones relationship with other people; reserved; ADV.aloft upward; high up in the airaltercation noisy quarrelaltruisticunselfishly generous; c
32、oncerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for the welfare of others; unselfishness; OP. egoismamalgamate (of societies or groups) combine; unite in one bodyamalgam combination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in teethamass collect (gradual
33、ly, in a very large amount)amazon female warriorambidextrous capable of using either hand with equal easeambience environment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ. ambient: completely surrounding; Ex. ambient temperatureambiguous unclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretationambivalence the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinionsamble walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlesslyambrosia food of the gods
