| abrogate | to abolish, repeal, or nullify |
| abstruse | difficult to understand |
| abysmal | extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless |
| accolade | an adward or honor |
| acerbic | bitter, sour, severe |
| acumen | keenness of judgement; mental sharpness |
| affable | easy to talk to; friendly |
| afford | to permit or allow; to enable |
| aggregate | collection of things mixed together; the sum total. |
| allocate | to distribute ,assign, or allot |
| aloof | uninvolved, remote, keeping one's distance |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| anachronistic | out of place in time or history |
| anathema | something or someone loathed or detested |