Definitions
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A-Words
Synonyms
Verbs
100
to blame or criticize; issue a sharp rebuke
What is censure?
100
The interrogators used physical _____________ to force the suspect to admit to a murder he did not commit.
What is coercion?
100
Easy to approach; attainable.
What is accessible?
100
Applaud.
What is acclaim?
100
To assemble; gather; accumulate.
What is compile?
200
self-satisfaction; smugness
What is complacency?
200
The ________________ student argued with everyone in class/
What is disputatious?
200
Condense or shorten.
What is abridge?
200
Unwillingness
What is disinclination?
200
To scatter.
What is disperse?
300
to belittle
What is disparage?
300
All buildings need to be in ________________ with the local building code.
What is compliance?
300
Theoretical; not concrete.
What is abstract?
300
Honor
What is commemorate?
300
To turn upside down or inside out
What is invert?
400
stealthy or sneaky
What is furtive?
400
Their _______________ in rank meant the General had the right to punish the Colonel.
What is disparity?
400
Temperate; sparing in eating and drinking.
What is abstemious?
400
Slow.
What is lethargic?
400
To praise
What is laud?
500
grieve; express sorrow
What is lament?
500
Miss Stephanie is the most ______________ person in "To Kill a Mockingbird;" she loves to talk and gossip.
What is garrulous?
500
obscure; difficult to understand.
What is abstruse?
500
Thrift.
What is frugality?
500
to reject; put away from cosideration
What is dismiss?
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