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11-29-2012, 06:58 PM
ABET
v.t.- encourage or assist someone to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime or other
offense –
ABIDE
v.- accept or act in accordance with; tolerate; continue without fading or being lost –
ABJECT
adj.- utterly hopeless, humiliating; despicable, contemptible -
. . . an abject coward, shamelessly servile . . .
ABJURE
v.t.- solemnly renounce a belief, cause, or claim –
ABLATION
n.- removal, esp. of organs, abnormal growths, or harmful substances from the body by mechanical
means, as by surgery; reduction in volume of glacial ice, snow, or firn by the combined process of
melting, evaporation, and calving; (Rocketry) removal or falling away of the parts of a nose cone that
are melted by the heat generated by hypersonic reentry speeds –
ABNEGATE
v.- relinquish; renounce –
ABODE
n.- house or home –
ABORIGINAL
adj.- inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists;
indigenous; of or relating to the Australian Aboriginals or their languages -
n.- an aboriginal inhabitant of a place; a person belonging to one of the indigenous peoples of Australia
ABROGATE
v.t.- repeal or do away with a law, right, or formal agreement -
ABSTRUSE
adj.- difficult to understand; obscure -
ACADIAN
adj.- of or pertaining to Acadia (Nova Scotia) or its inhabitants -
. . . acadian nights with cajun chic . . .
n.- a native of Acadia or a descendant of such natives or inhabitants who lives in Louisiana –
ACCEDE
v.- assent or agree to a demand, request, or treaty; assume an office or position; become a member of a
community or organization -
ACEDIA (accidie)
n.- sloth; laziness or indifference in religious matters -
ACERBIC
adj.- sour or astringent in taste; harsh, sharp, forthright, or severe in temper, expression, etc. -
ACRID
adj.- having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell; angry and bitter -
ADMONISH
v.- rebuke –
ACRID
adj.- having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell; angry and bitter -
ADMONISH
v.- rebuke -
ADROIT
adj.- adept, dextrous, skillful, resourceful or ingenious -
ADUMBRATE
v.- foreshadow vaguely, disclose partially -
AEGIS
n.- protection; sponsorship -
AESTHETIC
adj.- pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics: 2) having a sense of the
beautiful; 3) pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure
intellectuality -
n.- a philosophical theory or idea of what is aesthetically valid at a given time and place -
the clean lines, bare surfaces, and sense of space that bespeak the machine-age aesthetic
AFFABLE
adj.- pleasantly easy to talk to; showing warmth and friendliness; benign -
. . . witty, urbane, and as affable as Gene Kelly . . .
AFFLATUS
n.- inspiration; an impelling mental force acting from within; divine communication of knowledge -
Waugh was no believer in artistic afflatus
v.t.- encourage or assist someone to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime or other
offense –
ABIDE
v.- accept or act in accordance with; tolerate; continue without fading or being lost –
ABJECT
adj.- utterly hopeless, humiliating; despicable, contemptible -
. . . an abject coward, shamelessly servile . . .
ABJURE
v.t.- solemnly renounce a belief, cause, or claim –
ABLATION
n.- removal, esp. of organs, abnormal growths, or harmful substances from the body by mechanical
means, as by surgery; reduction in volume of glacial ice, snow, or firn by the combined process of
melting, evaporation, and calving; (Rocketry) removal or falling away of the parts of a nose cone that
are melted by the heat generated by hypersonic reentry speeds –
ABNEGATE
v.- relinquish; renounce –
ABODE
n.- house or home –
ABORIGINAL
adj.- inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists;
indigenous; of or relating to the Australian Aboriginals or their languages -
n.- an aboriginal inhabitant of a place; a person belonging to one of the indigenous peoples of Australia
ABROGATE
v.t.- repeal or do away with a law, right, or formal agreement -
ABSTRUSE
adj.- difficult to understand; obscure -
ACADIAN
adj.- of or pertaining to Acadia (Nova Scotia) or its inhabitants -
. . . acadian nights with cajun chic . . .
n.- a native of Acadia or a descendant of such natives or inhabitants who lives in Louisiana –
ACCEDE
v.- assent or agree to a demand, request, or treaty; assume an office or position; become a member of a
community or organization -
ACEDIA (accidie)
n.- sloth; laziness or indifference in religious matters -
ACERBIC
adj.- sour or astringent in taste; harsh, sharp, forthright, or severe in temper, expression, etc. -
ACRID
adj.- having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell; angry and bitter -
ADMONISH
v.- rebuke –
ACRID
adj.- having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell; angry and bitter -
ADMONISH
v.- rebuke -
ADROIT
adj.- adept, dextrous, skillful, resourceful or ingenious -
ADUMBRATE
v.- foreshadow vaguely, disclose partially -
AEGIS
n.- protection; sponsorship -
AESTHETIC
adj.- pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics: 2) having a sense of the
beautiful; 3) pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure
intellectuality -
n.- a philosophical theory or idea of what is aesthetically valid at a given time and place -
the clean lines, bare surfaces, and sense of space that bespeak the machine-age aesthetic
AFFABLE
adj.- pleasantly easy to talk to; showing warmth and friendliness; benign -
. . . witty, urbane, and as affable as Gene Kelly . . .
AFFLATUS
n.- inspiration; an impelling mental force acting from within; divine communication of knowledge -
Waugh was no believer in artistic afflatus