| Term | Definition |
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| adulation | n. flattery; admiration |
| adulterate | v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
| advent | n. arrival |
| adventitious | adj. accidential; casual |
| adversary | n. opponet |
| adverse | adj. unfavorable; hostile |
| adversity | n. poverty; misfortune |
| advocacy | n. support; active plaeding on something's behalf |
| advocate | v. urge; plead for |
| aerie | n. nest of a large bird of prey ( eagle, hawk ) |
| aesthetic | adj. artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful |
| affable | adj. easily approachable; warmly friendly |
| affected | adj. artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress |
| affidavit | n. written statement made under oath |
| affiliation | n. joining; associating with |
| affinity | n. kinship |
| affirmation | n. positive assertion; confirmation; solemn |
| affix | v. fasten; attach; add on |
| affliction | n. state of distress; cause of suffering |
| affluence | n. abundance; wealth |
| affront | n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect |
| aftermath | n. consequences; outcome; upshot |
| agenda | n. items of business at a meeting |
| agent | n. means or instrument; personal representative; person acting in an offical capacity |
| agglomeration | n. collection; heap |
| aggrandize | v. increase or intensify |
| aggregate | v. gather; accumulate |
| aggressor | n. attacker |
| aghast | adj. horrified |
| agility | n. nimbleness |
| agitate | v. stir up; disturb |
| agnostic | n. one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or ant ultimate reality |
| agrarian | adj. pertaining to land or its cultivation |
| alacrity | n. cheerful promptness |
| alchemy | n. medival chemistry |
| alcove | n. nook; small, recessed section of a room |
| alias | n an assumed name |
| alienate | v. make hostile; seperate |
| alimentary | adj. supplying nourishment |
| alimony | n. payment by a husband to his divorced wife ( or vice versa ) |
| allay | v. calm; pacify |
| allege | v. state without proof |
| allegiance | n. loyalty |
| allegory | n. story in which characters are used as symbols; fable |
| alleviate | v. relieve |
| alliteration | n. repetition of beginning sound in poetry |
| allocate | v. assign |
| alloy | n. a mixture as of metals |
| alloy | v. mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate |
| allude | v. refer indirectly |
| allure | v. entice; attract |
| allusion | n. indirect reference |
| aloft | adj. upward |
| aloof | adj. apart; reserved |
| altercation | n. noisy quarrel; heated dispute |
| altruistic | adj. unselfishly generous; concerned for others |
| amalgamate | v. combine; unite in one body |
| amass | v. collect |
| ambidextrous | adj. capable of using either hand with equal ease |
| ambience | n. environment; atmosphere |
| ambiguous | adj. unclear or doubtful in meaning |
| ambivalence | n. the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes |
| amble | n. moving at an easy pace |
| ambulatory | adj. able to walk; not bedridden |
| ameliorate | v. improve |
| amenable | adj. readily managed; willing to be led |
| amend | v. correct; change, generally for the better |
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