NLN PAX VOCABULARY WORDS ALREADY GRADED A

NLN PAX VOCABULARY WORDS ALREADY GRADED A 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Anachronism ️belonging to another period other the present Animosity ️great ill - hostility, hatred Antediluvian ️Out of date, outmoded, antiquated, passé Antithesis ️opposite, contrary, reverse Apathy ️indifference, lack of interest Apex ️Highest point Ascetic ️self-discipline,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