Word List 2

Front 1

adept

Back 1

skilled, well versed

Front 2

adhere

Back 2

to hold, stick to, cling

Front 3

adipose

Back 3

fatty

Front 4

adjunct

Back 4

something joined to a thing but not necessarily a part of it.

Front 5

adjure

Back 5

to charge or command solemnly

Front 6

admonish

Back 6

to warn

Front 7

adroit

Back 7

skillful in use of the hands or mental faculties

Front 8

adulation

Back 8

praise, flattery, with element of servility

Front 9

adumbration

Back 9

a faint outline or foreshadowing

Front 10

advent

Back 10

coming, arrival

Front 11

adventitious

Back 11

coming from outside

Front 12

adverse

Back 12

opposing, contrary

Front 13

adversity

Back 13

misfortune, poverty

Front 14

advocate

Back 14

plead for or urge

Front 15

aesthetic

Back 15

pertaining to the beautiful as distinguished from the practical.

Front 16

affidavit

Back 16

a sworn statement in writing

Front 17

affinity

Back 17

relationship, kinship

Front 18

affirmation

Back 18

solemn avowal, especially by one who will not take an oath

Front 19

affluent

Back 19

abundant, wealthy

Front 20

agenda

Back 20

list of things to be done

Front 21

agglomerate

Back 21

gather into one mass

Front 22

aggregate

Back 22

mass or sum

Front 23

agitate

Back 23

to stir up or disturb

Front 24

agnomen

Back 24

name added to refer to achievements or character

Front 25

agnostic

Back 25

one who does not think it possible to know whether or not god exists

Front 26

agrarian

Back 26

having to do with land

Front 27

agronomy

Back 27

the science and practice of field crop production and soil management

Front 28

aigrette

Back 28

feathers worn as head ornament

Front 29

akimbo

Back 29

position with hand on hip

Front 30

alacrity

Back 30

cheerful briskness

Front 31

albino

Back 31

white, without pigment

Front 32

alchemy

Back 32

medieval chemistry

Front 33

alienate

Back 33

to estrange, make inimical or indifferent

Front 34

alienist

Back 34

a legal term for psychiatrist

Front 35

aliquot

Back 35

dividing a number without a remainder

Front 36

allay

Back 36

pacify, clam

Front 37

allegation

Back 37

assertion without proof

Front 38

allegory

Back 38

a story that teaches through symbols

Front 39

alleviate

Back 39

lessen, make easier

Front 40

allocate

Back 40

to distribute or assign

Front 41

allude

Back 41

to refre indirectly or by suggestion

Front 42

alluvial

Back 42

left by departing water

Front 43

altercation

Back 43

angry dispute

Front 44

altruism

Back 44

regard for the interest of others

Front 45

amalgamate

Back 45

to make into a single unit

Front 46

amatory

Back 46

pertaining to sexual love

Front 47

ambergris

Back 47

intestinal secretion of sperm whale used in perfumery

Front 48

ambidextrous

Back 48

able to use both hands equally well

Front 49

ambiguous

Back 49

having more than one meaning

Front 50

ambulatory

Back 50

moving about, able to walk

Front 51

ameliorate

Back 51

make better, improve

Front 52

amenable

Back 52

open to suggestion

Front 53

amenity

Back 53

pleasantness, courteous act.