23 December 2016 - MORE DIFFICULT WORDS

MORE DIFFICULT WORDS
G'day folks,
Here are some more tricky words, courtesy of Vocabulary.com. Want further information? Right click on the word.

  adverse
in an opposing direction


  advocate
a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea


  affluent
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value


  aggrandize
add details to


  alacrity
liveliness and eagerness


  alias
a name that has been assumed temporarily


  ambivalent
uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow


  amenable
disposed or willing to comply


  amorphous
having no definite form or distinct shape


  anachronistic
chronologically misplaced


  anathema
a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication


  annex
attach to


  antediluvian
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood


  antiseptic
thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms


  apathetic
showing little or no emotion or animation


  antithesis
exact opposite


  apocryphal
being of questionable authenticity


  approbation
official approval





Clancy's comment: I hope these have been helpful.
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