Vocabulary #2

1. Arduous adj.
Difficult to do, laborious

2. Augment v.
To increase or enlarge

3. Austere adj.
Stern in manner or appearance, strict in morals

4. Aversion n.
A strong or fixed dislike, feeling of repugnance

5. Banal adj.
Commonplace, trite, unoriginal

6. Baroque adj.
Extravagantly ornate, flamboyant, characterized by bold ornamentation

7. Begrudge v.
To envy another's processions, to concede reluctantly

8. Benediction n.
A blessing, a good wish

9. Benign adj.
Gentle, not harmful, kind

10. Blanch v.
To turn pale

11. Blithe adj.
Happily, lighthearted, joyful

12. Botch v.
To bungle, to foul up

13. Bracing adj.
Invigorating

14. Broach v.
To open up a subject to discuss

15. Buffoon n.
Clown or fool

Vocabulary:

This is an assignment to help me study for my ACT's

1.Abdicate v.
to step down from a position of power

2. Abridge v.
to shorten, condense, or lesson in length

3.Absolve v.
to forgive or free blame

4. abysmal adj.
extremely wretched, bottomless

5.Acquiesce v.
to comply passively, to give in

6. Advocate v.
to support or be in favor of

7. Aesthetic adj.
concerned with or appreciative of beauty

8. Affinity n.
sympathy, attraction, kinship

9. Agenda n.
program, things to be done

10. Aggrandize v.
to make great

11. Allusion n.
an indirect reference

12. Altruistic adj.
unselfish concern with the welfare of others

13. Amnesty n.
an official pardon for a group of people who violate the law

14. Animosity n. ill will, active dislike

15. Anomalous adj.
irregular, abnormal, unusual