| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Abnegation | Self-denial |
| Abscond | To escape secretly |
| Abstruse | Difficult to understand |
| Accolade | Award or praise |
| Acerbic | Bitter in tone |
| Acumen | Sharp intelligence |
| Adroit | Skillful |
| Adversarial | Opposing |
| Aegis | Protection |
| Aestheticism | Love of beauty |
| Aggrandize | To increase power |
| Alleviation | Relief |
| Amorphous | Without shape |
| Anathema | Strong dislike |
| Anecdotal | Based on stories |
| Animosity | Hatred |
| Antediluvian | Extremely old |
| Apocryphal | Doubtful truth |
| Apprehension | Fear |
| Apropos | Relevant |
| Arcane | Secret knowledge |
| Ardent | Passionate |
| Assiduity | Hard work |
| Augment | To increase |
| Auspicious | Favorable |
| Austere | Strict/simple |
| Avaricious | Greedy |
| Baleful | Harmful |
| Bellicose | War-like |
| Beneficent | Kind |
| Blandishment | Flattery |
| Bombast | Pompous speech |
| Cacophonous | Harsh sounding |
| Calumny | False accusation |
| Capitulation | Surrender |
| Castigate | To punish |
| Causticity | Sarcasm |
| Celerity | Speed |
| Chary | Cautious |
| Circumlocution | Indirect speech |
| Collusion | Secret cooperation |
| Commensurate | Proportional |
| Compunction | Guilt |
| Conciliatory | Peace-making |
| Condescension | Talking down |
| Conflagration | Large fire |
| Connoisseur | Expert judge |
| Consanguinity | Blood relation |
| Contumacious | Disobedient |
| Corpulent | Fat |
| Coruscate | To sparkle |
| Credulous | Too trusting |
| Cupidity | Greed |
| Debauchery | Excessive pleasure |
| Decadence | Moral decline |
| Deleterious | Harmful |
| Deluge | Flood |
| Demur | To object |
| Denouement | Final outcome |
| Depravity | Moral corruption |
| Derision | Mockery |
| Desiccated | Dried up |
| Desultory | Random |
| Diaphanous | Transparent |
| Diffident | Shy |
| Dilatory | Delaying |
| Discomfit | To embarrass |
| Disparate | Very different |
| Dissident | Rebel |
| Distrait | Distracted |
| Ebullience | Cheerfulness |
| Edifice | Building |
| Effulgent | Shining |
| Egregious | Extremely bad |
| Emollient | Soothing |
| Enervating | Weakening |
| Ennui | Boredom |
| Enshrine | To preserve |
| Ephemeral | Short-lived |
| Equanimous | Calm |
| Execrable | Very bad |
| Exigency | Urgent need |
| Extirpate | To destroy |
| Exuberant | Energetic |
| Facetious | Joking |
| Fastidiousness | Attention to detail |
| Fecund | Fertile |
| Ferocity | Fierceness |
| Fetid | Bad smelling |
| Flagellate | To whip |
| Flout | To disobey |
| Foment | To incite |
| Forbearance | Patience |
| Fractious | Irritable |
| Fulminate | To protest loudly |
| Garrulity | Talkativeness |
| Gastronomy | Art of cooking |
| Grandiosity | Excess pride |
| Gregariousness | Sociability |
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