- absolve: to forgive; to free from guilt
- Accentuate: to emphasize
- accessible: easy to reach or to approach
- accommodate: to give consideration to
- advantageous: giving an advantage
- adversary: one who opposes or resists
- aerate: to supply with air
- aesthete: person having or affecting sensitivity to beauty
- anthology: a collection of selected literary pieces
- antidote: something that relieves or counteracts
- apathetic: showing little or no emotion
- appalling: inspiring dismay or disgust
- appraise: to evaluate the worth of
- archaic: characteristic of an earlier time
- archetypal: characteristic of the original model or perfect example
- augment: to make greater
- authoritarian: favoring absolute obedience to authority
- avian: relating to birds
- awe: emotion combining dread and wonder