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Abience
- noun - (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object
Abreact
- verb - discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization
Abroach
- adjective - of a cask or barrel; "the cask was set abroach"
Absence
- noun - failure to be present
- the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
- the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"
- the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence"
Ack-Ack
- noun - artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
Adience
- noun - (psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object
Adjunct
- adjective - a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
- a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
- furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
- of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
- something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
Advance
- adjective - a change for the better; progress in development
- a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops"
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
- an amount paid before it is earned
- being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report"
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"
- cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?"
- contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
- develop further; "We are advancing technology every day"
- develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted
Afflict
- verb - cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
- cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"