A's

Front 1

abase

Back 1

to embarrass, to humble, to humiliate
-The bully abased the younger students.
-The student was abased when he went to give a speech and kept stuttering.
-The child felt abased when his baby memories came into the conversation.

Front 2

abhor

Back 2

to hate
-The kid abhored his little sister who always cried.

Front 3

Abrogate

Back 3

To do away with. To eliminate or dispose of

Hitler had a plan to abrogate all Jews
The world would be much better if we could abrogate all the pollution.
The cafateria decided to abrogate the bread that wasn't healthy.

Front 4

acolyte

Back 4

1.an altar attendant in public worship.
2.A devoted follower or attendant.

The acolyte spent his time praying.
The young boy who was always observed praying was going to be a acolyte when he grew up.

Front 5

acquiese

Back 5

To give in to comply silently
The student reused to give up his pen, but after looking at the size of thte bully, he aquiessed.
Although i wanted to play outside, i aquiessed, and did my work.

Front 6

acumen

Back 6

keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
He was very acumen when it came to dealing with bullies.

Front 7

adulterate

Back 7

1. to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article): to adulterate food.

Front 8

aggrandize

Back 8

1. to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
2. to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.
3. to make (something) appear greater.
John D. Rockefeller worked to aggrandize his empire by

purchasing oil wells, refineries, and pipelines.

Front 9

ambigous

Back 9

not clear; vague
The main storyline was ambigous because there were to many side plots.
The poorly written math problem had an ambigous meaning.

Front 10

ameliorate

Back 10

to make things better
While trying to ameliorate the situation, the servant started a fire.
In order to ameliorate my boredom, we have to do something very fun.

Front 11

anomaly

Back 11

something out of the normal
The plastic spoon in a showcase full af valuble china.
The simpletoon in the pre-ap class.

Front 12

antipodal

Back 12

things that are the opposites

Front 13

anthithesis

Back 13

an opposite point; a contradictory opinion
when the debater made an anthisesis to his own statement, he was branded as a ficle person.

Front 14

apathy

Back 14

indifference
the apathetic person rufused to vote or do jury trial.

Front 15

apparaiton

Back 15

a ghost
the apparation that showed itself to me every day became my friend.
while Sam claimed to have seen an apperation we all knew it was just a reflection.

Front 16

arbitrary

Back 16

someone who makes unexplainable choices.
the arbitrary made a whole speech against the legislation, but then in the end he voted for it.

Front 17

aboreal

Back 17

pertaining to trees
the description of the donation was vague because all it said was that this would be an aboreal donation.

Front 18

arcane

Back 18

something secret or mysterious
the arcane house was decripit and rundown.

Front 19

ascetic

Back 19

someone who leads a simple modest life

Front 20

asinine

Back 20

silly stupid dumb
the most asinine feature of the special ed students is how they randomly yell.

Front 21

assiduous

Back 21

working very hard
He was a very assiduous worker, he didn't stop until all the work was finished.

Front 22

audacious

Back 22

very bold or daring; fearless
the young girls dreams were to be a rock star were quenched when her mom told her she had to be audaciuous.

Front 23

august

Back 23

grand
the august home was able to withstand the earthquake.

Front 24

auspicious

Back 24

favorable
in hinduism, there are many auspicious days on which it is good to marry.

Front 25

austere

Back 25

very strict