| Aberrant | deviating from normal or correct. |
| Abscond | to leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law. |
| Advocate | to speak, plead, or argue for a cause, or in another’s behalf. (n) -- one who advocates. |
| Aggrandize | to make greater, to increase, thus, to exaggerate. |
| Amalgamate | to unite or mix. (n) -- amalgamation. |
| Ambiguous | vague; subject to more than one interpretation |
| Ambrosial | extremely pleasing to the senses, divine (as related to the gods) or delicious (n: ambrosia) |
| Anachronism | a person or artifact appearing after its own time or out of chronological order (adj: anachronistic) |
| Anomalous | peculiar; unique, contrary to the norm (n: anomaly) |
| Antediluvian | ancient; outmoded; (literally, before the flood) |
| Antipathy | hostility toward, objection, or aversion to |
| Arbitrate | to settle a dispute by impulse (n: arbitration) |
| Assuage | to make less severe; to appease or satisfy |
| Attenuate | weaken (adj: attenuated) |
| Audacious | extremely bold; fearless, especially said of human behavior (n: audacity) |