- 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
- abominable: detestable; extremely unpleasant
- abominate: loathe; hate
- 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;
- Acerbic: adj.sour or bitter in taste,sharp and cutting
- 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
- 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
- proverb: n.adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially
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