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Frequent Word List
Frequent Word List
[A]
1) Abate-
subside or moderate
2) Aberrant-
abnormal
3) Abeyance-
4) Abscond-
5) Abstemious-
6) Admonish-
7) Adulterate8) Aesthetic-
9) Aggregate-
gather, accumulate.
10) Alacrity-
11) Alleviate-
relieve, lighten.
12) Amalgamate-
13) Ambiguous-
14) Ambivalence-
15) Ameliorate-
16) Anachronism-
17) Analogous-
comparable.
18) Anarchy-
19) Anomalous-
abnormal, irregular.
20) Antipathy-
21) Apathy-
22) Appease-
23) Apprise-
inform.
24) Approbation-
approval
25) Appropriate-
26) Arduous-
27) Artless-
28) Ascetic-
29) Assiduous-
30) Assuage-
31) Attenuate-
32) Audacious-
daring, bold.
33) Austere-
34) Autonomous-
self-governing.
35) Aver-
[B]
1) Banal- commonplace, trite, hackneyed.
2) Belie- contradict, give a false impression.
3) Beneficent- kindly, doing well.
4) Bolster- support, reinforce.
5) Bombastic- pompous, using inflated language.
6) Boorish- rude, insensitive.
7) Burgeon- grow forth, sent out buds.
8) Burnish- makes shinning by rubbing, polish.
9) Buttress- support, prop up.
[C]
1) Cacophonous- discordant, inharmonious.
2) Capricious- unpredictable, fickle.
3) Castigation- punishment, severe criticism.
4) Catalyst- agent that influences the pace of chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and
unchanged, person or thing that causes action.
5) Caustic- burning, sarcastically biting.
6) Chicanery- trickery, deception.
7) Coagulate- thicken, clot, congeal.
8) Coda- concluding section of a musical or literary composition, something that rounds out,
summarizes, or concludes, ending.
9) Cogent- convincing.
10) Commensurate- corresponding in extent, degree, amount etc. proportionate.
11) Compendium- brief, comprehensive summary.
12) Complaisant- trying to please, overly polite, obliging.
13) Compliant- yielding, conforming to requirements.
14) Conciliatory- reconciling, soothing.
15) Condone- overlook, forgive, give tacit approval, excuse.
16) Confound- confuse, puzzle.
17) Connoisseur- person competent to act as judge.
18) Contention- claim, thesis.