DAY 1

Abeyance (N): Suspended action; A temporary pause; temporary inactivity

Abnegation (N): 1. The denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief “Abnegation of the Holy Trinity”
2. Self denial

Abrogate (V): Repeal or Annul by authority “The judge would not abrogate the law”

Abstemious (Adj.): 1. Restraint, especially of food and alcohol
2. Marked by temperance in indulgence “Abstemious with the use of adverbs”

Abstruse (Adj.): Difficult to comprehend; Obscure
“The professor’s lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them”

Acarpous (Adj.): Producing no fruit; No longer fertile; Worn out; Effete

Accretion (N): Accumulation; the growing of separate things into one

Addle (V): 1. Mix up or confuse “He addled the issues”
2. Become rotten “Addled eggs”

Adjunct (N): Something added but not an essential part of it; Assistant or Subordinate to another

Admonitory (Adj.): Serving to warn “An admonitory jail sentence”; Cautionary

Adorn (V): 1. Add beauty “Flowers adorned the tables everywhere”
2. Decorate “Adorn the room for party”

Adumbrate (V): 1. Describe briefly or main points or summary of
2. Give to understand “I adumbrated that I did not like his job”

Adventitious (Adj.): Associated by chance and not an integral part
"They had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"