A verbs
v.) to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers abducted the fairy princess from her happy home.)
abduct
(adj.) hard to comprehend (Everyone else in the class understood geometry easily, but John found the subject abstruse.)
abstruse
. (n.) a whole or total (The three branches of the U.S. Government form an aggregate much more powerful than its individual parts.) 2. (v.) to gather into a mass (The dictator tried to aggregate as many people into his army as he possibly could.)
aggregate
adj.) shy, excessively timid (Frankie’s mother told him not to be bashful when he refused to attend the birthday party.)
bashful
(adj.) ready to adapt oneself to another’s wishes (Sue had very strong opinions about what to do on a first date, and Ted was absolutely compliant.
compliant
. (v.) to seize, arrest (The criminal was apprehended at the scene.) 2. (v.) to perceive, understand, grasp (The student has trouble apprehending concepts in math and science.)
apprehend
(adj.) obtainable, reachable (After studying with SparkNotes and getting a great score on the SAT, Marlena happily realized that her goal of getting into an Ivy-League college was accessible.)
accessible
(n.) eagerness, speed (For some reason, Chuck loved to help his mother whenever he could, so when his mother asked him to set the table he did so with alacrity.)
alacrity
.(n.) a device that supplies power (Most cars run on a combination of power from a battery and gasoline.) 2. (n.)assault, beating (Her husband was accused of assault and battery after he attacked a man on the sidewalk.)
battery
(adj.) including everything (She sent me a comprehensive list of the ingredients needed to cook rabbit soufflé.)
comprehensive
(v.) to put up with (Though he did not agree with the decision, Chuck decided to abide by it.) 2. (v.) to remain (Despite the beating they’ve taken from the weather throughout the millennia, the mountains abide.)
abide
(adj.) helpful, obliging, polite (Though the apartment was not big enough for three people, Arnold, Mark, and Zebulon were all friends and were accommodating to each other.)
accommodating
(n.) a passageway between rows of seats (Once we got inside the stadium we walked down the aisle to our seats.)
aisle
(adj.) favorable, not threatening, mild (We were all relieved to hear that the medical tests determined her tumor to be benign.)
benign
(adj.) friendly, agreeable (I took Amanda’s invitation to dinner as a very conciliatory gesture.)
conciliatory
(v.) to bring together, unite (Because of his great charisma, the presidential candidate was able to amalgamate all democrats and republicans under his banner.)
amalgamate
(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.)
acerbic
(n.) a dispute, fight (Jason and Lionel blamed one another for the car accident, leading to an altercation.)
altercation
(v.) to pass on, give (Jon’s father bequeathed his entire estate to his mother.)
bequeath
(adj.) brief and direct in expression (Gordon did not like to waste time, and his instructions to Brenda were nothing if not concise.)
concise
(v.) to improve (The tense situation was ameliorated when Sam proposed a solution everyone could agree upon.)
ameliorate
(adj.) sharp, severe (Arnold could not walk because the pain in his foot was so acute.) 2. (adj.) having keen insight (Because she was so acute, Libby instantly figured out how the magician pulled off his “magic.”)
acute
(n.) a cursed, detested person (I never want to see that murderer. He is an anathema to me.)
anathema
(adj.) excessively confident, pompous (The singer’s bombastic performance disgusted the crowd.)
bombastic
(n.) one who behaves the same as others (Julian was such a conformist that he had to wait and see if his friends would do something before he would commit.)
conformist