- abaft: on or towards the rear of a ship
- abandon: to leave behind, to give sth up
- abase, abasement: to humiliate
- abbreviate: to shorten
- abdicate: to renounce, to abandon, to reject
- aberrant: abnormal, e.g. the aberrant behavior led his friends to worry the divorce had taken its toll
- abeyance, in abeyance: a state of temporary suspension or inactivity: su dinh lai, tam thoi o ap dung, e.g. since the power failure, the town has been in abeyance
- abhor: to hate, e.g. the dog abhorred cats, chasing and growling at them whenever he had the opportunity.
- abject: of the worst or lowest degree, e.g. The Haldemans lived in abject poverty, with barely a roof over their heads
- abjure: to give up, to renounce, to abdicate, to abandon. e.g. the losing team may abjure to the team that is winning
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