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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a fortiori | for a still stronger, more certain reason |
| aardvark | nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites |
| abate | become less in amount or intensity |
| Abednego | A Jewish nobleman who distinguished himself by not eating of the king's table and stood in the furnace of fire rather than kneeling to a statue. |
| abidance | the act of abiding (enduring without yielding) |
| absent-minded | lost in thought |
| absolutism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) |
| absquatulate | run away |
| Abu Dhabi | a sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emirates |
| academia | the academic world |
| acarology | study of mites |
| acclamation | enthusiastic approval |
| accumulation | the act of accumulating |
| acedia | apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) |
| Achates | Aeneas's constant companion |
| acidify | turn acidic |
| acquittal | a judgment of not guilty |
| actionable | affording grounds for legal action |
| ad nauseam | to a sickening extent |
| adiposity | having the property of containing fat |
| Adventist | a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ |
| aegis, egis | ... |
| Aeschylus | Greek tragedian |
| aesthetics, esthetics | the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with a view establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art. |
| aggravation | action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse |
| agog | highly excited |
| agroindustrial | ... |
| aide-de-camp | n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general. |
| aioli | garlic mayonnaise |
| akimbo | with hands on hips and elbows extending outward |
| algorism | computation with Arabic figures |
| alkalescent | tending to become alkaline |
| alla breve | a musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure |
| allantoid | shaped like a sausage |
| allude | make a more or less disguised reference to |
| altercation | noisy quarrel |
| alto clef | a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff |
| Alzheimer's disease | an irreversible, progressive brain disorder, characterized by the deterioration of memory, language, and eventually, physical functioning |
| Amazonia | river basin that includes Amazon river; largest river system in the world; piranha, anaconda, electric eel & candiru; world's most diverse ecosystem |
| amphisbaena | type genus of the Amphisbaenidae |
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