Words List

To formally give up or let go of a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or similar position, often due to aging or other reasons.

Causing strong dislike or hatred; extremely unpleasant or offensive.

To suddenly and secretly leave, especially to avoid being caught or facing legal consequences.

To voluntarily refrain from engaging in a particular activity, especially when it is considered improper or unhealthy; often followed by "from."

To give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.

The ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance.

To greet or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval; to applaud.

To successfully bring a task or objective to its completion or conclusion; to carry out and finish a mission or goal.

A portable wind instrument with a large bellows that forces air through small metal reeds. It has a keyboard for the right hand and buttons for producing single bass notes or chords with the left hand. Also known as a piano accordion.

To gradually gather or collect, often increasing over time; to heap up, as in accumulating wealth.

Pertaining to optics, lacking or without color; specifically, being free from the effects of chromatic aberration, resulting in the reproduction of colors without distortion in images.

To cause confusion or become confused.

To present or bring forth as an argument or evidence; to cite as relevant or conclusive in support of a point.

Pleasantly easy to approach and talk to; friendly, cordial, warmly polite.

A chronic illness characterized by dependence on alcohol, repeated excessive use of alcoholic beverages, the development of withdrawal symptoms upon reducing or ceasing intake, morbidity that may include cirrhosis of the liver, and decreased ability to function socially and professionally. (Not in technical use as a medical diagnosis; see alcohol use disorder).

To make something easier to endure, lessen, or mitigate, such as alleviating sorrow or alleviating pain.

Friendship; peaceful harmony.

A romantic or passionate relationship, typically characterized by love and affection; a love affair.

Having similarity or correspondence in some particular aspect.

In poker, an established and uniform amount of money that each player contributes to the pot before the cards are dealt.

Relating to or belonging to the time before the Flood, as described in Genesis 7 and 8.

The science that studies the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.

A supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith.

Approval or commendation; a positive judgment or favorable opinion.

In theology, an archangel refers to a chief or principal angel, specifically one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God in medieval angelology.

Intense warmth of emotion or passion; a strong and fervent enthusiasm or eagerness.

Honest and straightforward, without deceit, cunning, or craftiness; characterized by innocence or simplicity, like an artless child.

Harshness or sharpness in tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony.

A person who has a strong desire or ambition to achieve something, such as a career, advancement, or status.

A strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition.