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- ABACK
- (PRECEDED BY TAKEN) SURPRISED; STARTLED
- ABASE
- TO HUMILIATE; TO HUMBLE; TO LOWER
- ABASH
- ASHAMED; EMBARRASSED
- ABATE
- TO LESSEN; TO DECREASE
- ABDUCT
- TO TAKE AWAY; TO KIDNAP
- ABET
- TO AID; TO ENCOURAGE
- ABEYANCE
- A TEMPORARY POSTPONEMENT
- ABIDE
- TO REMAIN; TO PUT UP WITH
- ABJURE
- TO GIVE UP(RIGHTS)
- ABLUTION
- A WASHING; CLEANSING
- ABNEGATE
- TO DENY; TO REJECT
- ABORIGINE
- ORIGINAL INHABITANT
- ABORTIVE
- UNSUCCESSFUL
- ABOUND
- TO BE LARGE IN NUMBER
- ABOVEBOARD
- HONEST; FRANk; OPEN
- ABRADE
- TO WEAR AWAY
- ABROGATE
- TO ABOLISH; TO REPEAL
- ABSCOND
- TO LEAVE SECRETLY; TO FLEE
- ABSOLVE
- TO FREE FROM REPONSIBILITY
- ABSTRACT
- NOUN: A SUMMARY
- ABSURD
- RIDICULOUS; UNREASONABLE
- ABUT
- TO TOUCH; TO REST OR AGAINST
- ABYSMAL
- WRETCHED; EXTREMELY BAD
- ACADEMIC
- THEORETICAL OR UNREALISTIC
- ACCEDE
- TO AGREE TO
- ACCLAIM
- TO GREET WITH APPROVAL
- ACCLIMATE
- TO ADAPT; TO GET USED TO
- ACCLIVITY
- UPWARD SLOPE
- ACCOMMODATE
- TO MAKE FIT; TO HELP
- ACCORD
- AGREEMENT
- accoutrement
- equipment; outfit
- accretion
- an increase; an addition
- accrue
- to gather; to accumulate
- Achilles' heel
- a weakness
- acme
- highest point; peak
- acoustics
- branch of physics dealing with sound
- acquit
- to free of guilt ; to clear
- acrimonious
- harsh in speech or behavior
- acronym
- word formed from initials
- acrophobia
- fear of heights
- actuate
- to put into motion or action
- acumen
- mental keenness; shrewdness
- ad infinitum
- endlessly; forever
- ad lib
- to act or speak without preparation
- adage
- a familiar saying
- adamant
- stubborn; unyielding
- addled
- confused
- adduce
- to give an example in proving something
- adherent
- sticking fast; or a followeror a supporter
- adipose
- fatty
- adjudicate
- to judge
- adjunct
- a subordinate; an assistant
- ado
- fuss; trouble
- adonis
- a very handsome man
- adorn
- to dress up; to decorate
- adroit
- skillful; clever
- advent
- an arrival; a coming
- adventitious
- accidental; nonessential
- aegis
- a shield; protection; sponsorship
- affectation
- a phony attitude; insincerity
- affix
- to attach
- affront
- an insult
- agape
- open-mouthed; surprised
- aghast
- shocked; terrified
- agile
- able to move quickly
- agoraphobia
- fear of open places
- ague
- a fever; plague
- alacrity
- liveliness; willingness
- albatross
- a seabird; or a constant burden
- alias
- an assumed name
- alimentary
- furnishing food or nourishment
- allay
- to relieve or to calm
- alleged
- so-called; supposed
- allegro
- rapid; quick
- allocate
- to set aside for a specific purpose
- alluvial
- pertaining to a deposit of sand formed by flowing water
- aloft
- up in the air; high
- altercation
- an argument; a disagreement
- amalgamate
- to combinee; to unite; to blend
- amazon
- a big, strong, masculine woman
- ambiguous
- unclear
- ambivalence
- conflicting feelings toward something or someone
- ambrosial
- pleasing to the taste or smell
- ambuscade
- hidden or secret attack
- amenable
- agreeable; responsive
- amend
- to change; to alter
- amenities
- courtesies; social graces; pleasantries
- amiss
- wrong; faulty; improper
- amnesty
- official pardon for an offense
- amoral
- lacking a sense of right and wrong
- amphibious
- able to live on both land and water
- ample roomy; abundant
- roomy; abundant
- amulet
- a charm worn to keep evil away
- analgesic
- drug that relieves pain
- anathema
- a curse; a person or thing to be avoided
- ancillary
- helping; subordina
- anent
- regarding; concerning
- anguish
- great suffering or grief
- anhydrous
- without water
- animadverstion
- criticism; comment that opposes
- animus
- hostile feeling
- annals
- historical records
- anneal
- to heat and then cool; to toughen
- annuity
- specified income payable at stated intervals
- anon
- soon
- anoxia
- lack of oxygen
- antecedent
- that which goes before something else
- antediluvian
- very old-fashioned; primitive
- anteroom
- a lobby or waiting room
- anthropoid
- resembling man
- anthropomorphic
- attributing human form to objects, gods, etc.
- antic
- playful or silly act; prank
- anticlimax
- something unimportant coming after something important
- antidote
- a remedy; a counteractive
- antipodes
- opposite sides
- ape
- to imitate or to mimic
- aperture
- an opening; a gap
- apex
- the highest point; summit
- aphasia
- loss of the ability to speak
- aphorism
- brief saying; proverb
- apiary
- place where bees are kept
- aplomb
- self-confidence; poise
- apogee
- farthest point away from the earth
- apoplexy
- sudden loss of consciousness; paralysis
- apostate
- one who gives up his beliefs
- apothecary
- druggist
- apothegm
- brief instructive saying
- apotheosis
- glorfication of a person to the rank of God
- appall
- to frighten; to cause loss of courage
- apparel
- clothing
- appellation
- a name
- append
- to attach
- apprehend
- understand; to seize
- apprise
- to inform
- approbation
- approval
- appropriate
- to take possession of; suitable
- appurtenance
- something added to another more important thing
- apropos
- relevant; appropriate; fitting
- aquiline
- like an eagle; curved or hooked
- arable
- good for farming
- arbiter
- a judge; an umpire
- arbitrary
- partial; biased
- arbor
- a shaded area
- arcane
- mysterious
- archetype
- original; first of its kind
- archives
- public records and documents
- aria
- solo inan opera
- armistice
- a truce; suspension of hostilities
- arraign
- to accuse
- arrant
- notorious; downright
- arrears
- (preceded by in) in debt
- arroyo
- a deep ditch caused by running water
- arson
- illegal burning of property
- artifice
- trick; deception
- ascendant
- rising
- ascertain
- to find out; to determine
- ascribe
- to attribute; to credit as to a cause or source
- aseptic
- without bacteria
- asinine
- stupid; silly
- askance
- (preceded by to look) sidewise; suspiciously
- askew
- crooked; out of position
- asperity
- harshness; roughness
- aspersion
- a damaging remark
- aspire
- to desire; to have an ambition
- assay
- to test to try
- assiduity
- diligence; care
- assimilate
- to absorb
- assuage
- to calm; to make less severe
- astral
- pertaining to the stars
- astray
- in the wrong direction
- astringent
- substance that contracts blood vessels or shrink tissues
- asunder
- into separate parts
- asylum
- a safe a refuge
- atavistic
- going back to behavior found in a remote ancestor
- atrophy
- to waste away; to become useless
- attenuated
- decreased; weakened
- attest
- to confirm
- attribute
- characteristic
- attrition
- wearing down or away; a decline
- an courant
- uptodate; fully informed
- audit
- to examine accounts
- augur
- to predict
- august
- majestic; worthy of respect; impressive
- aura
- a radiance; a low
- aural
- pertaining to the sense of hearing
- auroral
- rosy; pertaining to the dawn
- auspices
- approval; support
- auspicious
- favorable
- autocratic
- despotic; unlimited in authority
- automaton
- self-operating machine; robot
- autumnal
- mature; declining
- auxiliary
- giving assistance; subordinate
- avaer
- to declare; to state firmly
- averse
- reluctant; not willing
- avert
- to prevent; to turn away
- aviary
- place where birds are kept
- avocation
- a hobby; not one' regular work
- avoirdupois
- heaviness; weight
- avuncular
- like an uncle
- awry
- twisted to one side; in the wrong direction
- azure
- blue