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| abdicate | give up royal power | |
| abeyance | dormancy, inactivity | |
| abjure | recant, renounce (under oath) | |
| ablution | washing (of body) | |
| abscond | get-away | |
| absolve/ absolution | forgiveness of sins | |
| abstemious | abstaining, self-denial | |
| abstruse | difficult to understand | |
| accede | agree | |
| acclaim | shout | |
| accouter (v) | to dress | |
| acerbity | bitterness | |
| acetate | salty acid | |
| acetic | of vinigar | |
| achromatic | colorless | |
| acme | hight point | |
| acrid | harshly bitter | |
| acrimonious | full of biterness | |
| acrimony | sharp speech | |
| acumen | insight, discernment | |
| adamant | impenetrable | |
| addendum | added to end | |
| addle | to muddle | |
| adjudge | award formally | |
| adjunct | add in subordinate place | |
| adroit | skillful (bodily or mentally) | |
| adumbrate | prefigure (outline beforehand) | |
| advert | to refer incidentally | |
| affable | easy to approach | |
| agglomerate | pile up | |
| alacrity | willingness (cheerful) | |
| alcove | a room (connected to larger) | |
| alder | shrub | |
| alderman | judicial/legislative member | |
| aliment | nourishing | |
| allay | to calm | |
| alluvion | flood | |
| aloof | away from the rest | |
| altruism | self-sacrificial benevolence | |
| amalgamate | to mix | |
| amatory | exciting love | |
| ambrosial | divinely sweet | |
| ambulate | to walk | |
| ameliorate | to relieve pain or hardship | |
| amenable | willing and ready to submit | |
| amicable | in a friendly spirit | |
| amity | friendship | |
| amorous | propensity to fall in love | |
| amour | love affair | |
| anesthetic | loss of sensation | |
| anhydrous | withered | |
| animadversion | criticism, censure | |
| animalcule | tiny, tiny animal | |
| anode | positive (cathode: negative) | |
| ante | money laid down beforehand | |
| antedate | a time before | |
| anthracite | hard coal | |
| antic | crazy act | |
| antilogy | inconsistent logic | |
| antipathize | to feel dislike (for someone) | |
| antiphon | (musical) response | |
| antiphony | responsive singing | |
| antipodes | other side of the world | |
| antiquary | antique collector | |
| antispasmodic | relieves spasms | |
| antistrophe | example: "the heart of the matter is the mater of the heart" | |
| aperture | hole (the official term of the hole through which light enters a camera) | (revised) |
| apex | highest point | |
| aphorism | tersely phrased statement | |
| apiary | place for bees | |
| apogee | climax | |
| apothecary | pharmacist | |
| apotheosis | deification | |
| apparition | ghost | |
| appertain | belong by right | |
| apposite | appropriate | |
| approbation | approval, sanctioning, comendation | (revised) |
| aqueous | pertaining to water | |
| arbor | tree (arboreal: pertaining to trees; arborescent: resembling a tree; arboriculture) | |
| archaism | obsolescence | |
| archetype | prototype | |
| archipelago | body of water replete with islands | |
| ardent | burning with passion | |
| ardor | intensity of passion | |
| arrear | overdue, unpaid | |
| arrant | notoriously bad | |
| arrogate | to take, demand, or claim presumptuously | |
| artful | crafty, cunning | |
| artifice | trickery | |
| artless | guileless | |
| ascendant | dominant | |
| ashen | pale | |
| askance | sideways glance | |
| asperity | harshness, roughness of temper | |
| assay | chemical analysis or testing of alloy | |
| assiduous | diligent, showing great care | (revised) |
| assonance | resemblance of sound | |
| assuage | lessen | |
| astringent | harsh disposition | |
| astute | having keen discernment | (revised) |
| athwart | from side to side | |
| atomizer | reduces to liquid | |
| attache | subordinate member of embassy | |
| audacious | fearless | |
| augur | to predict | (revised) |
| aura | psychic influence emanating from a person | |
| aural | pertaining to the ear | |
| auricle | part of the heart receiving blood from the veins | |
| auricular | pertaining to the ear (hearing) | |
| auriferous | containing gold | |
| auspice | favoring influence or guidance | |
| austere | simple | |
| avarice | passion for riches | |
| aver | assert as fact (w/ confidence) | (revised) |
| averse | reluctant | (revised) |
| avert | turn away | |
| aviary | where birds are kept | |
| avidity | greediness, eagerness, dedication | (revised) |
| avocation | diversion | |
| azalea | a flowering shrub | |
| azure | the color of the sky |
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