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- alleviate
- make (pain) easier to bear
- alliteration
- repetition of beginning sound in poetry
- allocate
- assign; set apart for a particular purpose
- alloy
- to debase by mixing with something inferior
- allude
- refer indirectly
- allure
- entice; attract; tempt
- alluvial
- pertaining to soil deposits left by rivers, etc.
- alms
- money or goods given to the poor
- aloft
- upward; high up in the air
- aloof
- reserved, indifferent
- altercation
- noisy quarrel
- altruistic
- unselfishly generous; concerned for others
- amalgam
- combination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in teeth
- amalgamate
- mix, combine, unite societies
- amass
- collect (gradually, in a very large amount)
- Amazon
- female warrior
- ambidextrous
- able to use the left hand or the right equally well
- ambience
- environment; atmosphere
- ambiguous
- doubtful, uncertain
- ambivalent
- having both of two contrary meanings
- amble
- walking at an easy unhurried pace
- ambrosia
- food of the gods
- ambulatory
- able to walk
- ambush
- act of lying in wait to attack by surprise; sudden attack made from a concealed position
- ameliorate
- improve, make better
- amenable
- readily managed; willing to be led
- amend
- correct; change ; generally for the better
- amendment
- improving
- amenities
- convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies
- amiable
- agreeable; lovable
- amicable
- friendly
- amiss
- wrong; faulty
- amity
- friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations
- amnesia
- loss of memory
- amnesty
- pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)
- amok (amuck)
- in a state of rage
- amoral
- nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong
- amorous
- moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love
- amorphous
- shapeless
- amortize
- end (a debt) by setting aside money
- amphibian
- able to live both on land in water
- amphitheater
- oval building with tiers of seats
- ample
- abundant
- amplify
- make large or fuller, increase the strength
- amputate
- cut off part of body; prune (a limb)
- amuck
- in a state of rage
- amulet
- charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck
- anachronism
- an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time
- analgesia
- condition of being unable to feel pain
- analgesic
- causing insensitivity to pain