- abet: to approve, encourage and support
- abhor: to regard with horror/loathing; to detest
- abject: brought low in condition/status; wretched.
- abound: to be in great number or amount
- abstract: considered apart from concrete existence
- accessible: easily approached/entered
- acquire: to gain possesion of
- acute: having a sharp point or tip/sensitive
- adhere: to stick fast by/ as if by suction or glue
- aegis: protection, sponsership, patronage
- anecdote: a short account of an interesting, humorous incident
- anoint: to apply oil, ointment or similar substance
- antidote: a remedy/other agent used to neutralize effects of a poison
- apogee: the point in the orbit of the moon, the highest point
- apprehension: a fear, uneasy anticipation of the future.