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- abandon (n)
- total lack of inhibition
- abase
- to humble, disgrace
- abash
- to embarrass
- abatement
- decrease, reduction
- abdicate
- to give up a position, right, or power
- aberrant
- atypical, not normal
- abet
- to aid, act as accomplice
- abeyance
- temporary suppression or suspension
- abhor
- to loathe, detest
- abiding
- enduring, continuing
- abjure
- to reject, abandon formally
- ablution
- act of cleansing
- abnegate
- to deny, renounce
- abominate
- to hate
- abrogate
- to abolish or invalidate by authority
- abscond
- to depart secretly
- absolve
- to forgive, free from blame
- abstain
- to refrain deliberately from something
- abstemious
- moderate in appetite
- abstruse
- difficult to comprehend
- abut
- to touch, to be in contact with
- accede
- to express approval; to agree to
- accord (v)
- to reconcile, come to an agreement
- accost
- to approach and speak to someone
- accretion
- growth in size or increase in amount
- acerbic
- bitter, sharp in taste or temper
- acidulous
- sour in taste or manner
- acme
- highest point, summit
- acrid
- harsh, bitter
- acrimony
- bitterness, animosity
- acumen
- sharpness of insight
- adage
- old saying or proverb
- adamant
- uncompromising, unyielding
- admonish
- to caution or reprimand
- adulterate
- to corrupt or make impure
- adventitious
- accidental
- aerie
- nook or nest built high in the air
- affable
- friendly, easy to approach
- affected (adj)
- pretentious, phony
- affront (n)
- personal offense, insult
- aggrandize
- to make larger or greater in power
- aggregate (n)
- collective mass or sum; total
- aggrieve
- to afflict, distress
- agnostic
- one doubting that people can know God
- allegory
- symbolic representation
- alliteration
- repetition of the beginning sounds of words
- allusion
- indirect reference
- amalgam
- mixture, combination, alloy
- ambiguous
- uncertain; subject to multiple interpretation
- ambivalence
- attitude of uncertainty; conflicting emotions
- amendable
- agreeable, cooperative
- amend
- to improve or correct flaws in
- amity
- friendship
- amorphous
- having no definite form
- amphibian
- creature equally at home on land or in water
- anachronism
- something chronologically inappropriate
- anachronistic
- outdated
- analgesia
- a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness
- anathema
- ban, curse; something shunned or disliked
- angular
- characterized by sharp angles; lean and gaunt
- anodyne
- something that calms or soothes pain
- antedate
- dated prior to the actual occurrence
- antediluvian
- prehistoric, ancient beyond measure; coming before the biblical flood
- antepenultimate
- third from last
- anthropomorphic
- attributing human qualities to nonhumans; having human qualities
- apace
- done quickly
- aperture
- an opening or hole
- aphasia
- inability to speak or use words
- aphelion
- point in a planet's orbit that is farthest from the sun
- aphorism
- old saying or short pithy statement
- aplomb
- confidence, poise
- apocryphal
- not genuine; fictional
- apostate (n)
- one who renounces a religious faith
- apothegm
- a short, instructive saying
- apotheosis
- glorification; glorified ideal
- apprehension
- the act of comprehending; fear, foreboding
- apprise
- to give notice of; inform
- approbation
- official approval; approval and praise
- arable (adj)
- suitable for cultivation
- arcane
- secret, obscure, known only by a few
- archaic
- antiquated, from an earlier time; outdated
- archipelago
- large group of islands
- ardor
- great emotion or passion
- arid
- extremely dry; extremely boring
- arraign
- to call to court to answer a charge
- arrogate
- to demand, claim arrogantly
- artless
- open and honest
- ascetic (adj)
- self-denying, abstinent, austere
- ascribe
- to attribute; to assign
- ashen
- resembling ashes; deathly pale
- askance
- scornfully
- askew
- crooked, tilted
- asperity
- harshness, roughness
- aspersion
- false rumor, damaging report, slander
- assay
- to analyze or estimate
- assiduous
- diligent, persistent, hardworking
- assignation
- appointment for lovers' meeting; assignment
- assonance
- resemblance in sound, especially in vowel sounds; partial rhyme
- assuage
- to make less severe, ease, relieve
- astral
- exalted, elevated in position; relating to the stars
- astringent
- harsh, severe, stern
- asunder (adj)
- into different parts
- atone
- to make amends for a wrong
- attenuate
- to make thin or slender; weaken
- augury
- prophecy, prediction of events
- august (adj)
- dignified, awe-inspiring, venerable
- austere
- stern, strict, unadorned
- autocrat
- dictator
- aver
- to declare to be true, affirm