High Frequency

Front 1

Adulation

Back 1

Flattery ; admiration

Hint 1

The rock star thrived on adulation of his groupies and yes men.

Front 2

Abridge

Back 2

Condense or shorten

Hint 2

Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of War and Peace they proceeded to abridge the novel.

Front 3

Abstemious

Back 3

Temperate; sparing in eating and drinking

Hint 3

Concerned whether her vegetarian sons abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein the worried mother pressed food on him.

Front 4

Accolade

Back 4

Award of merit

Hint 4

In Hollywood, an Oscar is the highest accolade.

Front 5

Aesthetic

Back 5

Artistic, dealing with beauty

Hint 5

The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther aesthetic sense.

Front 6

Altruistic

Back 6

Unselfishly generous; concerned for others

Front 7

Alleviate

Back 7

Relieve

Hint 7

This should alleviate the pain; if it does not we shall have to use stronger drugs.

Front 8

Aloof

Back 8

Apart; reserved

Hint 8

Shy by nature, she remained aloof while all the rest conversed.

Front 9

Ambiguous

Back 9

Unclear or doubtful

Hint 9

His ambiguous instructions misled us ; we did not know which road to take.

Front 10

Ambivalence

Back 10

The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

Hint 10

Torn between loving parents one minute and hating them the next she was confused by the ambivalence of her feelings.

Front 11

Anarchist

Back 11

Person who seeks to overturn the established government

Hint 11

Like the word anarchy

Front 12

Antagonism

Back 12

Hostility

Hint 12

Barry showed his antagonism toward his new stepmother by ignoring her whenever she tried talking to him.

Front 13

Antiquated

Back 13

Old fashioned

Front 14

appease

Back 14

Pacify or soothe

Hint 14

Tom and Jody tried to appease the crying baby by offering him one toy after another but he would not calm down until they appeased his hunger by giving him a bottle.

Front 15

Arbitrary

Back 15

Randomly chosen

Hint 15

Getting laid off unexpectedly

Front 16

Ascendancy

Back 16

Controlling influence

Hint 16

A cult

Front 17

Astute

Back 17

Wise, keen

Front 18

Augment

Back 18

Increase; add to

Hint 18

Reinforcement

Front 19

Austere

Back 19

Forbiddingly stern

Hint 19

The headmaster austere demeanor tended to scare off the more timid students

Front 20

Belie

Back 20

Contradict

Front 21

Bequeath

Back 21

Leave someone by a will

Hint 21

Though Maud had intended to bequeath the family home to her nephew, she died before changing her will.

Front 22

Bolster

Back 22

Support; reinforce

Hint 22

The debators amassed file boxes full of evidence to bolster their arguments

Front 23

Candor

Back 23

Frankness; open honesty

Hint 23

Jack can carry candor too far; when he told Jill his honest opinion of her she nearly slapped his face

Front 24

Capricious

Back 24

Unpredictable

Hint 24

The snow was capricious.

Front 25

Concede

Back 25

Admit;yield

Hint 25

Despite all the evidence Monica had assembled, Mark refused to concede that she was right

Front 26

Conciliatory

Back 26

Reconciling; soothing

Hint 26

She was still angry despite his conciliatory

Front 27

Credulity

Back 27

Belief on slight evidence

Hint 27

Con artists take advantage of the credulity of inexperienced investors to swindle them out of their savings.

Front 28

Curtail

Back 28

Shorten; reduce

Front 29

Degradation

Back 29

Humiliation;debasement

Hint 29

Some secretaries object to fetching the boss a cup of coffee because they resent the degradation of being made to do such lowly tasks.

Front 30

Delineate

Back 30

Portray; sketch

Hint 30

Context clues

Front 31

Deplore

Back 31

Regret; disapprove

Hint 31

Although I deplore the vulgarity of your language , I defend your right to express yourself freely.

Front 32

Depravity

Back 32

Extreme corruption

Hint 32

Rude

Front 33

Derivative

Back 33

Unoriginal

Hint 33

Copy cat; someone else thoughts

Front 34

Diminution

Back 34

Lessening; reduction in size

Front 35

Disinclination

Back 35

Unwillingness

Hint 35

Some mornings I feel a great disinclination to get out of bed

Front 36

Disparity

Back 36

Difference; condition of inequality

Front 37

Disputatious

Back 37

Argumentative

Hint 37

Someone who always think their right , ready to argue.

Front 38

Dogmatic

Back 38

Opinionated

Hint 38

The women on four weddings always have their own thoughts.

Front 39

Duplicity

Back 39

Double-dealing

Hint 39

Having two girlfriends at once.

Front 40

Egotistical

Back 40

Excessively self centered

Hint 40

Selfish

Front 41

Elated

Back 41

Overjoyed; in high spirits

Hint 41

Always happy

Front 42

Elusive

Back 42

Baffling; hard to grasp

Front 43

Enigma

Back 43

Puzzle, mystery

Hint 43

Men are confused by women wants and needs.

Front 44

Ephemeral

Back 44

Short lived; fleeting

Hint 44

Bugs

Front 45

Esoteric

Back 45

Hard to understand

Hint 45

Big words