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acquittal
The family of the defendant is appealing for acquittal.
n. 無罪開釋

acrimonious
Their acrimonious devorce is under scrutine by the public.
adj. caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature

actuary
精算 a person who calculate insurance premium rate, divident, risk..etc. according to probability based on statistical record.
actuarial

actuate
Users don't need to install any software in order to actuate the alluring device.
v. drive

acuity
visual acuity 視覺敏銳度, 視力
adj. sharpness, visual-acuity, acuteness

acumen
Because She possess such business acumen, she was able to regain control of the company.
n. 心智敏銳

adage
n. 諺語

adamant
For those adamant follower of Sex and the city, this movie will make your day.
a. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of appeals, urgings.

addiction

addle
Sandra Bullock added two dimension to her usually one-dimension, cutesy and addle-brained performance and gives the performance of her life.
a. mentally confused 混亂的, addle egg , rotten 腐敗的蛋

adduce
Let me adduce evdience / reasons to support my argument.
v. to bring forward or as evidence

adept
He is adept at doing his job.
a. proficient, skillful, practiced, good,

adipose
adipose tissue
a. 脂肪的fatty, consist of fat

adjunct
adjunct instructor / adjunct professor / adjunct faculty
adj. something added or joined to another thing but not necessary a part of it.

adjure
v. to urge or advise earnstly

admonish
"Admonish" is the word for 2009 because it was used by political scene.
v. to express warning or disapproval in a gentle, earnst and solicitous manner.

adolescent
adolescent patients / adolescent people
adj. youthful, immature / n. youth, teenager, minor

adroit
Each of his point he delivered gave a nod for both right and left, but all seem less adroit when viewed in terms of right and wrong. / He is an adroit debater.
adj. skillful, resourceful,

adulate
v. We have grown to adulate his flawless image. Now he shows has flaws.
adulation
Thousands of German gathered to adulate Obama when he visited Berlin.
n. excessive admiration or flattery 奉承 拍馬屁

adulterate
adulterate food / The Indonesian rubber is considered lower quality because they often alterate their rubber with other substance to increase its weight.
v. to make inpure by adding inferior materials or elements

adumbrate
Ignoring the tea party of 2009, the Senate begun to adumbrate a plan to assess a 3 cent tax on soda.
v. to foreshadow vaguely, to suggest, to disclose, or outline partially

advent

adventitious
adj. associated with something by chance rather than an integrated part / accidental

adversary
The battle to the death between Harry Potter and his dark art-enabled adversary Voldemort on the ground of the Hogwarts School of Wizard and Witch.
n. enemy

adverse
Due to adverse weather condition, the flight is unable to take off.
adj. 不利的

adversity
We should teach our children how to cope with adversity.
n. 逆境, 不幸的事

advocate

aegis
Under imperial aegis / Climate body should be under aegis of international scientific community.
n. protection

aesthetic

affable
an affable and courteous gentalman
adj. pleasantly easy to approach and talk to

affected
His affected wealth and pedigree are so obviously false that it's embarssing. / affected sophistication / and affected British accent
adj. pretending,

affidavit
The affidavit states that the woman, appeared intoxicated, apparently from mixing alcohol and medication. / According to the affidavit~~
n. a written declaration upon oath made before an authority 宣誓書, 宣判書

affiliation
The HMO affiliated the clinic last year. / She affiliated her herself with a new law firm.
v. to adopt or accept as a member, subordinate associate or branch 加入

affinity 找句子
n. a natural attraction to a person, thing, idea 吸引力; a relationship by marriage or other ties other than blood 密切關係; close resemblance 類似

affirm
US affirm Iraq withdrawal despite unrest.

affluent
an affluent person / an affluent fountain / to live in affluence / The resort is appealing to young affluents.
adj. n. rich

affray
One man was arrested for assault and affray and was ejected from the ground during the football game.
n. a public fight / a public noisy quarrel 滋事

agenda
to draw up agenda / to make up agenda / to put together an agenda / an item on the agenda /a hidden agenda

agglomeration
To avoid the problem of large urban agglomeration, the States decentralized the Universities.
n. a jumbled cluster / a mass of varied parts.

aggrandize
self-aggrandizement / self-aggrandizin / personal aggranizement / territorial aggranizement
v. to widen in scope, increasein size or intensity, enlarge, extend, to make greater in power, rank, wealth or importance
= inflate/exale/strengthen/magnify
>-<>-< alleviate

aggregate
In the aggregate, our loss has been relatively low. The aggregate amount of ~~.
n. adj. v. total, combined, sum, mass, 合計

agile
an agile person. an agile leap. She is 95 and still very agile.

agitate
They were agitating for the bank reform. Political agitation. A political agitator. Agitate against. They are in a state of great agitation.
v.擾亂;激動

agnostic
Everyone is an agnostic as to the beliefs or creeds they do not accept.
不可知論者

agony
to endure agony, to experience agony, to feel agony, to prolong agony, in great agony, acute agony, deep agony, indescribable agony,untold agony, mortal agony
n. intense physical or emotional suffering

agrarian
agrarian laws, agrarian movement,
adj. n. 土地的, 農業的 something related to land, agriculture

ail
to cause physical or mental pain, trouble or discomfort
vi. vt.使苦惱; 生病

akimbo
Akimbo is a human body position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward, or bent/bowed in a more general sense
That woman stands with her arms akimbo.
adj,adv.以兩手插腰的