VOCAB (2)

• Abrasions


  Scrapes
• Abstemious


  Discipline, self-denying, moderate
• Accolade


  honor, privilege, award, tribute
• Adamant


  Inflexible, stubborn, insistent, Obstinate
• Adversaries


  Opponents
• Affinity


  empathy for, harmony
• Agrarian


  Farm production
• Allay


  reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, alleviate, calm
• Aloof


  distant, detached, unfriendly
• Altruist


  Humanitarian, benevolent, unselfish
• Ambiguous


  open to more than one interpretation, double meaning, vague
• Amiable


  friendly, affable, amicable, cordial
• Anachronism


  belonging to another period other the present
• Animosity


  great ill - hostility, hatred
• Antediluvian


  Out of date, outmoded, antiquated, passé
• Antithesis


  opposite, contrary, reverse
• Apathy


  indifference, lack of interest
• Apex


  Highest point
• Ascetic


  self-discipline, self-denying
• Bauble


  Trinket, Ornament, Frippery
• Bedlam


  Uproar, confusion, commotion, disorder
• Biennial


  once every two years
• Bigot


  Extremist, partisan, racist, sexist, chauvinist
• Bogus


  not genuine, not true, fake, false
• Brazen


  Bold, Shameless, defiant, impudent
• Cacophonous


  discordant
• Calamity


  Disaster
• Callous


  Heartless, cruel
• Callow


  Immature, juvenile, raw, untried, naive
• Candid


  truthful, outspoken, honest, sincere
• Canter


  a three-beat gait of a horse or other quadruped between a trot and a gallop
• Castes


  Social class
• Caterwauling


  Howling, Cry, Bark, howl, scream, wail
• Caustic


  Corrosive, Sarcastic, Bitter
• Celestial


  Heavenly
• Chaste


  Virginal
• Commonplace


  ordinary, not unusual
• Contiguous


  adjacent, neighboring, adjoining, abutting, connecting
• Convalescence


  Recuperation
• Conversant


  Familiar with, knowledgeable about