- abash: to embarrass
- abate: to subside, to reduce
- abdicate: to step down from power
- aberration: a deviation from the norm (starts with ab)
- abhor: to detest
- abject: hopeless, extremely sad and servile (starts with a)
- abnegate: to renounce
- abortive: unsuccessful
- abridge: to shorten (starts with a)
- absolute: total
- absolve: to free from blame or sin, to remove responsibility