Word Smart I A

v. To make ashamed; to embarrass

v. to subside; to reduce

v. to step down from a position of pwer or responsibility

n. something not typical; a deviation from the standard

v. to hate very, very much; to detest

adj. hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated

v. to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

adj. unsuccessful

v. to shorten; to condense

adj. total; unlimited

v. to forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation

adj. abstaining; voluntarily not doing something

adj. theoretical; impersonal

adj. hard to understand

adj. extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

n. an award; an honor

v. to approach and speak to someone aggressively

adj. sor; severe; like acid in temper, mood, or tone

v. to comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree

adj. harshly pungent; bitter

adj. full of spite; bitter; nasty

n. keenness of judgment; mental sharpness

adj. sharp; shrewd

adj. stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible

v. to speak to; to direct one's attention to

n. follower; supporter; believer

v. to scold gently; to warn

adj. skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease

n. wild or excessive admiration; flattery

v. to contaminate; to make impure

adj. unfavorable; antagonistic

adj. having to do with artistic beauty; artistic

adj. easy to talk to; friendly

n. unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress

n. sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity

adj. rich; prosperous

n. program; the things to be done

n. sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together

n. one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven

adj. relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land

n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

n. to assert without proof

v. to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable to lesson

v. to distribue; to assign; to allot

n. a combination of two or more things, usually metals

n. an indirect reference; a hint

adj. uninvolved; standing off; keeping one's distance

n. selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others

n. atmosphere; mood; feeling

adj. unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways

adj. undecided; having opposed feeling simultaneously

v. to make better or more tolerable

adj. obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable

n. pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature

adj. friendly; agreeable

n. an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy

adj. lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings

adj. feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense, in love; relating to love

adj. shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; blob like

n. something out of place in time or history an incongruity

n. a comparison of one thing to another; similarity

n. absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder

n. a short account of a humorous or revealing; incident

n. agonizing physical or mental pain

n. resentment; hostility; ill will

n. an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation

n. someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it

n. firm dislike; a dislike

n. the direct opposite

n. the former policy of racial segregation

n. lack of interest; lack of feeling

n. abrief, often witty saying; a proverb

n. a prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world

n. o dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious

n. elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something

v. to soothe; to pacify by giving in to

v. to increase in value

adj. worried; anxious

n. approval; praise

v. to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use

n. capacity for learning; natural ability

n. one who decides; a judge

adj. random; capricious

adj. mysterious; known only to a select few

adj. extremely old; ancient; outdated

n. an original model or pattern

adj. passionate; enthusiastic

adj. hard; difficult

adj. of noble birth; snobbish

adj. crafty; willy; sly

n. a clever trick; cunning

n. supremacy; domination

adj. hermit-like; practicing self-denial

adj. hardworking; busyl quite dilitgent

v. to take in; to absorb; to learn throughly

v. to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of

adj. shrewd; keen in judgement

n. one who does not believe in the existence of any god or divine being

n. gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size

n. boldness; reckless daring; impertience

v. to make bigger; to add to; to increase

adj. favorable; promising; pointing to a good result

adj. unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess

adj. ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy

adj. acting independently

n. greed; excessive love of riches

v. to claim; to declare boldly; to admit

adj. like an uncle, especially a nice uncle

adj. off course; twisted to one side

n. a self evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying