Words Starting With A
An ___ is something strange that rarely occurs.
Aberration
To be ____ is to be full of hot air — like a politician who makes grand promises and doesn't deliver.
Bombastic
To ___ someone is to persuade them by using insincere compliments or promises.
Cajole
When you ____ something you show it to be false.
Debunk
When you ___ , you're bringing out a response of some sort.
Elicit
When you purposely deny yourself something, especially in favor of the needs of others, you would describe this act as an ___ .
Abnegation
The noun ___refers to anything that is a cause of harm, ruin, or death.
Bane
To ___ is to avoid.
Circumvent
A ___ , is a cruel, all-controlling ruler.
Despot
When you ___ a piece of writing, you correct or revise it.
Emend
___ is an adjective that describes the feeling of being bored with what’s going on around you
Apathetic
So, they took the thing you most loved, and you're never going to get it back. You've gone beyond just plain grief-stricken — you're ___.
Bereft
A ___ person is insensitive or emotionally hardened.
Callous
A ___ is a song of mourning, performed as a memorial to someone who’s died.
Dirge
If you're in trouble, complaining about it will only ____ the problem.
Exacerbate
___ means without a clearly defined form
Amorphous
When you hear a ___ come your way, you may feel flattered
Blandishment
To ___ is to complain and gripe repeatedly, especially about little things.
Carp
To ____ is to say bad things — true or false — about a person or thing.
Denigrate
to ____ is to fill up with encouragement!
Exhort
The process of increasing can be called ___.
Accretion
Ever paid a restaurant bill only to discover they charged you for stuff you never had? What they did was ___ you — cheat you out of money that was justly yours.
Bilk
____ is a word for excessive weight.
Corpulence
____ describes something sullen, gloomy, or persistent.
Dour
The verb _____ is used when a group of people are given voting rights or freedoms they didn't have before.
Enfranchise