Vocabulary for Adults Set 1

a capella

• priced separately

• without accompaniment

• counting device

• home

aback

• counting device

• back part of the body

• unexpected, surprised

• submit, endure

abandon

• leave, desert, forsake

• relinquish power or position

• encourage, support

• to cleanse

abbey

• home

• school

• monastery

• hospital

abbreviate

• lengthen

• shorten

• lessen

• cut

abdicate

• cut away

• leave, desert, forsake

• postponement

• relinquish power or position

abdomen

• shoulder

• back

• belly

• chest

abduct

• detest

• kidnap

• lessen

• embarrass

abide

• follow, submit, endure

• desert, forsake, leave

• denounce

• shorten

abolish

• annul, eliminate

• renounce

• relinquish power

• lessen