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- Aesthete
- One who makes much of aesthetics
- Abeyance
- Cessation of activity
- Abjure
- Renounce or disavow upon oath
- Abscond
- Hide or withdraw
- Abraded
- Rubbed off; worn away by friction.
- Abrogate
- Repeal by authority
- Acarpous
- Infertile
- Admonitory
- Containing warning
- Agog
- Eager; excited
- Alacrity
- Cheerful readiness
- Amalgam
- Mixture or compound
- Amalgamate
- Mix different societies
- Ameliorate
- Make better; improve
- Amortize
- To end a debt by means of a gradual pay-off
- Antipathy
- Aversion; dislike
- Antithetical
- In direct opposition to
- Apprise
- Give notice; inform
- Aplomb
- Self confident
- Apostate
- One who abandons former religious or political convictions
- Apotheosis
- Deification
- Approbation
- Approval
- Apropos
- Appropriate; apt
- Arabesque
- Complex, ornate design
- Argot
- Jargon; slang
- Arrant
- Shameless; unmitigated
- Archaism
- Ancient word, expression, or style of speech no longer in use
- Aseptic
- Surgically clean
- Asperity
- Roughness; irritability
- Aspersion
- Slander
- Astringent
- Substance that shrinks
- Attenuate
- Make thin; weaken; enervate
- Augury
- Omen
- August
- Majestic
- Auspicious
- Prosperous; favorable
- Austere
- Morally disciplined
- Aver
- Affirm; justify
- Avow
- Declare
- Abate
- Beat down; overthrow
- Accretion
- Joining of separate entities; natural growth
- Adulteration
- Making impure or poorer in quality
- Antediluvian
- Ancient; outmoded
- Banal
- Commonplace; trite
- Beatify
- To bless, make happy, or ascribe virtue
- Bedizen
- To adorn in a showy manner or with bad taste
- Bellicose
- Inclined to aggression or contention; warlike; pugnacious
- Belabor
- Beat hard
- Bereft
- To deprive of something; disposes; rob
- Bilge
- To bulge the underside of a ship
- Blandishment
- Flattery; coaxing
- Brazen
- Made of brass
- Broach
- Bring up
- Brook
- Tolerate; endure
- Bombast
- Make pompous speech
- Burgeon
- To send out buds; to flourish
- Burnish
- Rub or shine
- Buttress
- Support