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Aberration
Unusual and unacceptable, oddness, deviation from standard, irregularity. For
example, He was not normal at that time. His act was aberrational.
Abstruse
Hidden, difficult to understand, deep
Accumulation
Gather, collect
Acrimonious
Angry and bitter feelings / words
Affection
Love
Affront
To insult
Aggravate
To make worse
Alleviate
To make sth less severe. Synonym: Ease
Ameliorate
Improve
Amenable
Agreeable
Anomaly
Irregularity. For example, A man ordered 5kg rice, but the shopkeeper sent 4kg.
So, there is anomaly in supply.
Apart
Compliant
(1) Willing or ready to obey. Synonym: Submissive. (2) Agreement
Concealed
Hidden, difficult to understand, deep
Confront
To face
Conjoin
Join together
Consensus
Agreement
Console
to give comfort or sympathy to somebody who is unhappy or disappointed
Consul
A government official who is the representative of his/her country in a foreign city
Contraction
becoming smaller
Council
Ruling body, committee
Counsel
(1). advice (2). Lawer on behalf of somebody
Crestfallen
Sad and disappointed
Curtail
To limit something OR to shorten something
Deleterious
harmful and damaging
Demise
Death
Deteriorate
To become worse. Antonym: Improve
Detraction
Making something less good/enjoyable/important
Disavow
Deny
Distraction
Disturbance
Doctrine
Established belief
Doting
Beginner
Nepotism
Favoritism
Obstinate
Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion, Stubborn
Offensive
rude and annoying
Pragmatic
Practical
Precede
Before, happen before of sth
Probity
Honesty
Ratify
to make an agreement officially valid by voting for or singning it
Ravenous
Starving, extremely hungry
Skeptical
Unbelievable
Static
Not moving
Strut
Walk proudly
Stubborn
Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion
Stuffed
Full
Sunninct
Concise
Partisan
Showing support to a person/group/idea, not nuetral, biased
Pillory
To criticize sb strongly in public
Touchstone
Criteria
Tractable
Easy to deal/control, Easily handled
Tranquil
Quite and peaceful
Transient
Disappearing quickly, short lived, fleeting
Trepidation
Fear
Urbane
Wise
Vacous
Stupid
Vindictive
Trying to harm sb
Volatile
Changing easily/suddenly
Vouch
To say that somebody will behave well, and you are responsible for his actions
Vow
a formal and serious promise
Wary
Not taking risks, cautious. Synonym: Chary