Word Smart 2 #1

Front 1

Abase

Back 1

V. to humiliate: to lower in esteem or dignity; to humble.

Hint 1

I abased myself before the principal because I figured I had to in order to keep from being expelled.

Front 2

Abet

Back 2

V. to support or encourage someone, especially someone who has done something wrong.

Hint 2

Abetting a criminal by giving her a place to hide from the police is itself a criminal act.

Front 3

Abeyance

Back 3

N. suspension; temporary cessation.

Hint 3

Sally wanted to bite Mr. Smith, but her father held her in abeyance by grabbing her suspender and looping them over the doorknob.

Front 4

Abjure

Back 4

V. to repudiate; to take back; to refrain from.

Hint 4

Jerry abjured chocolate for several days after eating an entire chocolate cake and breaking out in hives.

Front 5

Abomination

Back 5

N. something despised or abhorred; extreme loathing

Hint 5

The lobby of the hotel was an abomination; there as garabage rotting in the elevator, and there was rats running on the furniture.

Front 6

Aboriginal

Back 6

Adj. native, dating back to the very beginning.

Hint 6

While working on a new subway tunnel, the construction workers found some fragments of pottery that may have belonged tot he city's aborigional residents.

Front 7

Abound

Back 7

V. to be very numerous.

Hint 7

Trout abound in this river; there are so many of them that you can catch them with your hands.

Front 8

Abrogate

Back 8

V. to abolish or repeal formally; to set aside; to nullify.

Hint 8

The commander of the ship had the power to abrogate certain laws in the event of an emergency.

Front 9

Accede

Back 9

V. to give in; to yield; to agree.

Hint 9

Mary acceded to my demanf that she give back my driver's license and stop pretending to be me.

Front 10

Accentuate

Back 10

V. to emphasize; to accent; to highlight.

Hint 10

Darleen's pointed shoes accentuated the length and slenderness of her feet.

Front 11

Access

Back 11

N. the right or ability to approach, enter, or use.

Hint 11

Mark was one of the people to have access to the president; he could see him whenever he wanted to,

Front 12

Acclaim

Back 12

V. to praise publicly and enthusiastically.

Hint 12

The author's new book was acclaimed be all the important reviewers, and it quickly became a bestseller.

Front 13

Accord

Back 13

V. to agree; to be in harmony; to grant or bestow.

Hint 13

Sprawling on the couch and watching TV all day accords with my theory that intense laziness is good for the heart.

Front 14

Accouterments

Back 14

N. personal clothing, accessories, or equipment; trappings.

Hint 14

Alex is a light traveler; he had crammed all his accounterments into a single shopping bag.

Front 15

Accure

Back 15

V. to accumulate over time.

Hint 15

My savings account pays intrest, but the intrest accures at such a slow pace that I almost feel poorer than I did when I opened it.

Front 16

Acquisitive

Back 16

Adj. seeking or tending to acquire; greedy.

Hint 16

Children are naturally acquisitive; when they see something, they want it, and when they wnat something, they take it.

Front 17

Acquit

Back 17

V. to find not guilty; to behave or conduct oneself.

Hint 17

The prosecuters were surprised and saddened by the jury's verdict of acquittal.

Front 18

Acronym

Back 18

N. a word made up of the initials of other words.

Hint 18

BTW= By The Way

Front 19

Adage

Back 19

N. a traditional saying; a proverb.

Hint 19

The politician promised to make bold new proposals in his campaign speech, but all he did was spout stale adages.

The coach had decorated the locer room with inspirational adages, hoping that all the sayings would instill a hunger for victory in his players.