Lawler Vocabulary Set 1

Abet

• Encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, to commit a crime or other offense

• give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition)

• very skilled or proficient at something

• publicly recommend or support

Accord

• able to move quickly and easily

• publicly recommend or support

• very skilled or proficient at something

• give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition)

Adept

• publicly recommend or support

• very skilled or proficient at something

• able to move quickly and easily

• give or apportion (something) to someone as a share or task

Advocate

• able to move quickly and easily

• give or apportion (something) to someone as a share or task

• publicly recommend or support

• not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

Agile

• able to move quickly and easily

• give or apportion (something) to someone as a share or task

• not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

• a comparison between two things,

Antics

• enthusiastic or passionate

• having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently

• foolish, outrageous, or amusing behavior

• an extremely wicked or cruel act

Avail

• an extremely wicked or cruel act

• away from the appropriate, planned, or expected course

• make (something) greater by adding to it; increase

• use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource)

Augment

• away from the appropriate, planned, or expected course

• make (something) greater by adding to it; increase

• an extremely wicked or cruel act

• make a violent attack on

Awry

• an extremely wicked or cruel act

• having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently

• away from the appropriate, planned, or expected course

• a comparison between two things,

Ardent

• enthusiastic or passionate

• foolish, outrageous, or amusing behavior

• not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

• very skilled or proficient at something