vocab_3.txt

adroit

adj: having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers
adulterate

v. to make impure by the mixture of other or baser ingredients
advisory

adj. not mandatory
affront

n. an open insult or indignity
aforesaid

adj. said in a preceding part or before
agglomerate

v: to pile or heap together
alacrity

n. cheerful willingness
amatory

adj: designed to excite love
ambrosial

adj: divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious
amorous

adj: having a propensity for falling in love
anathema

n. anything forbidden, as by social usage
apiary

n. a place where bees are kept
apogee

n. the climax
apostasy

n. a total departure from one's faith or religion
apostate

adj. false
ardent

adj. burning with passion
arrant

adj. notoriously bad
ascetic

adj. given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion

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