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- analogous
- comparable
- analogy
- similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things
- anarchist
- person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
- anarchy
- absence of governing body; state of disorder
- anathema
- solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
- ancestry
- family descent
- anchor
- secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place
- ancillary
- erving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary
- anecdote
- short story of an amusing or interesting event
- anemia
- condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles
- anesthetic
- substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness
- anguish
- severe suffering
- angular
- sharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff in manner
- animadversion
- critical remark
- animated
- lively
- animosity
- strong dislike
- animus
- hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition
- annals
- records arranged in yearly parts; history
- anneal
- reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)
- annex
- attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force)
- annihilate
- destroy
- annotate
- comment; make explanatory notes
- annuity
- yearly allowance
- annul
- put an end to
- anodyne
- drug that relieves pain or trouble; opiate
- anoint
- consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony)
- anomalous
- abnormal; irregular
- anomaly
- irregularity
- anonymous
- having no name
- antagonism
- hostility; active opposition
- antagonist
- person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in opposition to the protagonist
- antecede
- precede
- antecedents
- preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
- antediluvian
- antiquated; ancient
- anthem
- song of praise or patriotism
- anthology
- book of literary selections by various authors
- anthropoid
- manlike
- anticlimax
- sudden fall
- antidote
- medicine used against a poison or a disease
- antipathy
- aversion; dislike or opposition
- antiquated
- obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated
- antique
- made in an earlier period and usually valuable
- antiquity
- quality of being very old; ancient times
- antiseptic
- substance that prevents infection in a wound
- antithetical
- direct opposing
- antler
- bony growth on the head of a deer
- anvil
- iron block used in hammering out metals
- apartheid
- brutal racial discrimination
- apathetic
- indifference
- apathy
- lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters