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Abrood
- - In the act of brooding.
Absurd
- adjective - ridiculous
- a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus
- incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
- inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
Abused
- verb - change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
- subjected to cruel treatment; "an abused wife"
- treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
- use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"
- use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"
- used improperly or excessively especially drugs; "an abused substance"
Acarid
- noun - very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks
Accend
- - To set on fire; to kindle.
Accord
- noun - a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
- allow to have; "grant a privilege"
- concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal"
- go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"
- harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement"
- sympathetic compatibility
Adapid
- noun - extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
Addend
- noun - a number that is added to another number (the augend)
Addled
- verb - (of eggs) no longer edible; "an addled egg"
- become rotten; "addled eggs"
- confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"
- mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"
Adored
- verb - love intensely; "he just adored his wife"
- regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife"