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Terms
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- ape
- mitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner)
- aperture
- opening; hole; adjustable opening in a camera that limits the amount of light
- apex
- tip; summit; climax; highest point
- aphasia
- loss of speech due to injury or illness
- aphorism
- pithy maxim or saying
- apiarist
- person who keeps bees
- apiary
- a place where bees are kept
- apiculture
- bee-keeping
- aplomb
- self-confidence
- apocalyptic
- prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster
- apocryphal
- not genuine; sham
- apogee
- highest point; the point farthest from the earth
- apolitical
- having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
- apologist
- one who writes in defense of a cause or institution
- apoplexy
- stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain
- apostate
- one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
- apothecary
- druggist; pharmacist
- apothegm
- pithy, compact saying
- apotheosis
- deification, glorification to godliness
- appall
- dismay; shock deeply
- apparent
- evident; easily seen or understood; appearing as such
- apparition
- ghost; phantom
- appease
- make quiet or calm
- appellation
- name; title
- append
- attach
- application
- diligent attention; diligence
- apposite
- appropriate; fitting
- appraise
- estimate value of
- appreciate
- be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of
- apprehend
- arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive
- apprehensive
- grasping, understanding; fear, unhappy feeling about future
- apprise
- give notice to, inform
- approbation
- approval
- appropriate
- take for one's own use, acquire, set aside
- appurtenances
- subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing
- apropos
- appropriate to the situation; apt
- apt
- well-suited, quick-witted
- aptitude
- fitness; talent
- aquiline
- curved; hooked
- arabesque
- a complex, ornate design
- arabesque (adj)
- whimsical
- arable
- fit for plowing
- arbiter
- person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge who is in a position to make influential judgments
- arbitrary
- unreasonable or capricious; random; tyrannical; Ex. arbitrary ruler
- arbitrate
- decide by arbitration
- arboreal
- of connected with trees
- arboretum
- place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited
- arcade
- a covered passageway usually lined with shops
- arcane
- esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
- archaeology
- study of artifacts and relics of early mankind