| abase | lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect |
| abash | n.embarrass |
| abate | n.subside or moderate |
| abbreviate | shorten |
| abdicate | renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility) |
| aberrant | abnormal or deviant |
| aberration | Abnormality, departure from the norm,mental irregularity,disorder |
| abet | n.assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage |
| abeyance | n.suspended action |
| abhor | detest; hate |
| abject | wretched, lacking pride |
| abjure | Renounce upon Oath, disavow |
| ablution | washing |
| abnegation | renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation |
| abolish | cancel; put an end to |
| abominate | loathe; hate |
| abominable | detestable; extremely unpleasant |
| aboriginal | being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine |
| abortive | unsuccessful; fruitless;stillborn |
| abrasive | rubbing away; tending to grind down |
| abridge | condense or shorten |
| abrogate | abolish |
| abscission | n.Removal by cutting off as in surgery,separation |
| abscond | depart secretly and hide |
| absolute | complete; totally unlimited; certain |
| absolve | pardon,shrive |
| abstain | Refrain, with held from participation |
| abstemious | sparing in eating and drinking,light,temperate |
| abstinence | Restraint from eating and drinking,self-denial |
| abstract | theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational |
| abstruse | obscure; profound; difficult to understand |
| abusive | Coarsely, insulting, physically harmful |
| abut | n.border upon; adjoin;edge |
| abysmal | Bottomless,immeasurable |
| abyss | vast, bottomless pit, enormous chasm |
| academic | related to a school; not practical or directly useful |
| accede | agree |
| accelerate | move faster |
| accessible | easy to approach; obtainable |
| accessory | additional object; useful but not essential thing |
| acclaim | announce with great approval |
| acclimate | adjust to climate or environment; adapt |
| acclivity | n.sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity;ascent |
| accolade | award of merit; strong praise and approval |
| accommodate | oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging |
| accomplice | Partners in crime,confederate |
| accord | Agreement,accordance |
| accost | approach and speak first to a person |
| accoutre | n.equip; N. accoutrement |
| accretion | accumulation,growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete |
| accrue | come about by addition; come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; |
| acerbity | n.bitterness of speech and temper |
| acetic | n.vinegary,relating to or containing acetic acid |
| acidulous | n.slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic |
| acknowledge | recognize; admit |
| acme | n.peak; pinnacle; highest point |
| acoustics | science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in |
| acquiesce | assent; agree passively; comply without protest |
| acquittal | Deliverance from a charge,a judgment of not guilty |
| acrid | n.bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent |
| acrimonious | n.Bitter in words or manners |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| actuarial | calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics |
| actuary | someone who advises insurance companies |
| actuate | n.motivate; activate; cause to act |
| acuity | sharpness of vision(of mind or senses of sight or hearing) |
| acumen | insightfulness,mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen |
| acute | (of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and severe; Ex. acute sense of smell/analysis/pain |
| adage | n.wise saying; proverb;byword |
| proverb | n.adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially |
| adamant | hard; inflexible |
| adapt | aaccommodate,Alter , modify; |
| addendum | n.supplement,addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book) |
| addiction | compulsive, habitual need;dependance |
| addle | n.make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg) |
| address | Direct a speech to,deal with or discuss,turn to,speak,call |
| adept | expert at; very skilled |
| adhere | stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyality |
| adherent | supporter; follower |
| adjacent | adjoining; neighboring; close by |
| adjunct | Something(generally nonessential or inferior ) added on or attached |
| adjuration | solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly |
| adjutant | n.staff officer assisting the commander; assistant |
| admonish | warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove;discourage;caution |
| adorn | decorate;beautify;grace |
| adroit | skillful,artful |
| Acerbic | adj.sour or bitter in taste,sharp and cutting |