A- Words
verb - to assign, credit, attribute to
Ascribe
adjective - warlike, aggressive
Bellicose
verb - to drink excessively and in a boisterous or jovial manner
Carouse
noun - a total, often ludicrous failure; sudden disastrous collapse
Debacle
verb - to surpass in quality or performance
Eclipse
adjective - causing contraction of soft tissues
Astringent
verb - to scold vehemently, to rebuke angrily and at length
Berate
adjective - to leap about, behave boisterously or in high- spirited or festive manner
Cavort
adjective - harmful toward another’s reputation
Defamatory
Verb - to wipe out, obliterate, rub away
Efface
verb - to take possession of
Appropriate
noun - a plague, disease; the cause or result of destruction or decay
Blight
adjective - roundabout
Circuitous
verb - to lessen in value over time; to belittle
Depreciate
verb - to correct or revise a written text
Emend
noun - an addition to a building or document
Annex
noun - a stupid or careless mistake
Blunder
adjective - able to perceive things that ordinary people can’t, E.S.P., able to talk to ghosts
Clairvoyant
verb - to laugh at mockingly, scorn
Deride
verb - to take up one’s complete attention
Engross
adjective - having opposing feelings
Ambivalent
adjective - somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech
Brusque
verb - to baby, spoil, treat indulgently
Coddle
verb - to perceive, detect, figure out
Discern
noun - the total or partial hiding of one heavenly body with another; the reduction or loss of splendor or reputation
Eclipse