YDS Vocabulary

  Vocabulary (500 Vital Words)

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WORD	DEFINITION
1	abate	lessen
2	aberration	deviation, not normal
3	abhor, abhorrence	hatred
4	abstruse	difficult to understand
5	accost	confront
6	acrimony	bitter animosity
7	acumen	insightfulness
8	adamant	not yielding
9	adept	skillful
10	adroit	skillful
11	affected	haughty
12	alacrity	eagerness
13	allocate	assign, portion
14	altruistic, altruism	generous
15	amenable	yielding
16	amiable	friendly
17	amicable	friendly
18	antediluvian	very old
19	anthropology	study of human beings
20	antipathy	dislike
21	apathetic, apathy	lacking interest
22	apt	appropriate, inclined
23	arcane	mysterious, known only by a few
24	ascendancy	influence, domination
25	ascetic, asceticism	one who practices self-denial as a spiritual discipline
26	aspire	strive for
27	assail	belittle
28	assiduous	diligent
29	assuage	relieve, appease
30	atrophy	waste away
31	attenuate	weaken, reduce
32	august	dignified
33	aura	air, feeling
34	auspicious	favorable
35	autocrat, autocratic	dictator, dictatorial
36	automaton	a person who acts like a robot
37	avarice	greed