Easy words

Subside or Moderate

Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate

Renounce, give up

When Edward abdicated the British throne , he suprised the world

Abnormal or deviant

Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment

Suspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival

Wretched; lacking pride

On the streets of new York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind

Renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king

The act of cutting; the natural separation of a leaf or other part of a plant

Depart secretly and hide

The teller absconded with the bonds and was not found

Moderate in appetite

The giving up of certain pleasures

Bottomless

His arrogance is exceeded only by his abysmal ignorance

Growth or increase

The accretion of wealth marked thr familys rise in power

Come about by addition

You must pay the interest that has accured on your debt as well as the principal amount

Hard, inflexible

He was adamant in his determination to punish the wrong doer

Something attached to but holding an inferior position

I will entertain this concept as an adjunct to the main proposal

Warn, reprove

He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways

Make impure by mixing with baser substances

It is a crime to adulterate foods without informing the buyer

Relating to beauty or the arts

Artificial, pretended

His affected mannerisms irritated many of us who had known him before his promotion

A natural liking for and understanding of someone or something

She felt an affinity with all who suffered; their pains were her pains

Increase power, status, or wealth of

He aggrandized himself by constantly boasting about his accomplishments

Sum, total

The aggregate wealth of this country is staggering to the imagination

Cheerful Promptness

He demonstrated his eagerness to serve by his alacrity in executing the orders of his master

Mediaeval chemistry

The changing of baser metals into gold was the goal of the students of alchemy

Calm, pacify

The crew tried to allay the fears of the passenges by accouncing that the fire had been controlled

Relieve

This should alleviate the pain, if it does not, we shall have to use stronger drugs

Mixture of metals

Alloy of gold are used more frequently than the pure metal

Entice, attract

Allured by the song of the Sirens, the helmsman steered the shop towards the reef

Combine, unite in one body

The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body

Unclear or doubtful in meaning

His ambiguous instructions misled us, we did not know which road to take

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Torn between loveing her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was confused by ambivalence of her feelings