to crank out	to produce sth with effort or without care
to mock	to ridicule
to condition sth to sb	to train or educate sb to do sth
the lure of sth	sth that tempts you
utility	an instance of being useful
tenacious	keeping a firm hold of sth
to look up	to improve gradually
virulent	extremely harmful, deadly/ hostile
intractable	that cannot be solved
scourge	plague/ sth/sb that causes suffering
to eradicate	to annihilate, to root out
dismay	a feeling of shock or discouragement
regimen	a set of rules
to tame	?
arduous	requiring much effort
to proliferate	to multiply
quiescent	inactive, quiet, passive
?	a situation when one's force is neutralized or countered by each other
to wall off	to separate or enclose with a wall
to abase	to lower, humiliate
to abash	to embarass
to abate	to subside/ to decrease, to lessen
aberrant	abnormal, deviant
to abbreviate	to shorten
to abdicate	to renounce, to give up
to abet	to aid, usually in doing sth wrong/ to encourage
abeyance	a state of being suspended
to abhor	to hate, to detest
abject	wretched, lacking pride
to abjure	to renounce upon oath
ablution	washing
abnegation	repudiation, self-sacrifice
to abolish	to cancel, to put an end to sth
abominable	detestable, extremely unpleasant, very bad
aboriginal	primitive, native/ being the first of its kind in a region
abortive	unsuccessful, fruitless
to abrade	to wear away by friction/ to scrape/ to wade
abrasive	rubbing away/ tending to grind down/ annoying
to abridge	to condense or shorten
to abrogate	to abolish
to abscond	to depart secretly and hide
absolute	complete/ totally unlimited, certain
to absolve	to pardon an offence
to abstain	to refrain, to hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice