vocab

Abrasive

• causing irritation, rubbing people the wrong way, annoying

• to refrain from something by one's own choice, to decline or partake

• to approach intrusively and to speak before being greeted, to confront

Abstain

• To refrain from something by one's own choice, to decline to partake

• to approach intrusively and to speak before being greeted, to confront

• pleasant and easy to approach and talk to, friendly

Accost

• to approach intrusively and to speak before being greeted, to confront

• pleasant and easy to approach and talk to, friendly

• the exact opposite

Affable

• pleasant and easy to talk to, friendly

• the exact opposite

• a brief observation that contains a general truth, "If it's not broken, don't fix it," "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree," "money can't buy happiness"

Antithesis

• the exact opposite

• a brief observation that contains a general truth "if it's not broken, don't fix it," "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree," "money can't buy happiness"

• difficult to do, laborious, onerous, full of hardships

Aphorism

• a brief observation that contains a general truth "If it's not broken, don't fix it," "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree," "money can't buy happiness,"

• difficult to do, laborious, onerous, full of hardships

• the cause of distress or ruin, curse

Arduous

• difficult to do, laborious, onerous, full of hardships

• the cause of distress or ruin, curse

• honest, open

Bane

• the cause of distress or ruin, curse

• honest, open

• cutting or sarcastic, biting

Candid

• honest, open

• cutting or sarcastic, bitting

• to weaken, endanger, place in jeopardy

Caustic

• cutting or sarcastic, bitting

• to weaken, endanger, place in jeopardy

• composed of material or ideas gathered from a variety of sources