artery
1 M1 t( f: \) c% D3 Z5 S- `blood-vessel; CF. vein- l `: G+ `9 J/ n
artful
, q- b0 y3 [" }exhibiting art or skill; deceitful; cunning; CF. artifice3 T7 v0 e+ c% A0 j2 c$ k g
articulate" L4 _- Q+ N6 ^
effective; distinct; expressing ideas clearly; having clear sounds; having joints; Ex. articulate speech; V: express thoughts and feeling clearly; pronounce clearly; unite by joints
! ^, u& m; i( R" I: \/ N% i+ ]artifacts
) Z3 K+ n3 }5 tobject made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced) ^& ~8 I/ J& s* j
artifice/ _) R4 {( n7 d
deception; trickery9 g: z% b4 M) [: N, l# W7 X7 c! O5 J
artisan% _5 T8 O2 w" V4 \7 `
a manually skilled worker
2 K8 w' q) I# a3 i. ^: yartless
J s7 G- v9 I3 V" `% W: dwithout guile; open and honest% p- f0 E: h; g4 Q% J& n; _
ascendancy7 G/ N5 F2 s& S
controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant
8 S5 y) \# z( h3 m( Z e1 X. ^ascertain D0 G8 y, D$ ~+ d8 O
find out for certain; make certain
( x! _' V) p+ K! nascetic
& X! y, W! Z# R, A5 U. o" m5 o9 upracticing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism
$ K0 f- I8 Y- O' S* Pascribe% t" M( n. q7 w1 Q" k
refer; attribute; assign
% V9 g3 u/ w% J1 k3 iaseptic# B ?# T% C0 H" c/ ~5 K" _
preventing infection; having a cleansing effect+ Y9 V8 U3 ~* `" \) b
ashen
( ]' z6 r& ^0 H# R3 z% T% j% Wash-colored; deadly pale$ r2 [( ~! ]/ Q. v U: G
asinine$ U+ j; B( H O$ f5 w8 |+ d
stupid; Ex. asinine remarks
$ t0 f- w1 j5 z9 |askance
( X. ~% T/ g5 _; Vwith a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at6 v5 `" d: C. ]2 w% u) t! O
askew! o7 r2 {5 o: L: A# o/ |4 u
crookedly; slanted; at an angle2 X, Q3 s7 I4 w* r2 D
asperity
8 T% h0 i2 K$ s1 D1 l$ E+ @: isharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter
) ^6 [0 j, D( w0 W' j$ |" ~aspersion
- {8 S" b: B4 d. p/ r- v' eslanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on |
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