| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abdicate | to give up royal power |
| abhorrence | the act of detesting extremely |
| abominate | to hate violently |
| abrogate | to abolish |
| absolve | to free from sin |
| abstemious | characterized by self denial |
| accost | to speak to in a threatening way |
| acerbity | bitterness usually in speech |
| achillean | invulnerable |
| achromatic | colorless |
| acquiesce | to submit |
| acquit | to free or clear from accusation |
| acrimonious | full of anger and bad feeling |
| acumen | quickness of intellectual insight |
| admonish | to warn of a fault |
| adroit | have skill in the use of bodily or mental power |
| adulterate | to make impure by adding something |
| affable | easy to approach |
| affluence | abundant supplies of riches |
| agglomerate | to pile or heap together |
| aggrandize | to cause to appear greatly |
| alacrity | eagerness |
| allay | to calm the violence |
| allege | to assert to be true esp in formal manner |
| allot | to designate |
| alto | lowest or deepest female voice |
| altruism | willingness to do things wich benefit other, even if it is a disadvantage for oneself |
| amalgamate | to mix or blend together |
| ambiguous | having a double meaning |
| ambrosial | divinely sweet, fragrant or delicious |
| ameliorate | to relieve as from pain |
| amenable | willing and ready to submit |
| amicable | done in a friendly spirit |
| amity | friendship |
| anathema | something which is greatly disliked or disapproved of |
| animadvert | to censure |
| animosity | hatred |
| annals | record of events in chronological order |
| artless | simple and sincere |
| avant gard | ideas that are original |
| avuncular | friendly |
| avocation | hobby |
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