| A | B |
| abase | lower, humiliate |
| abdicate | renounce; give up |
| abeyance | suspended action |
| abhor | detest: hate |
| abominate | loathe; hate |
| abortive | unsuccessful; fruitless |
| abrogate | abolish |
| abscond | depart secretly hide |
| absolve | pardon( an offense) |
| abstinence | restraint from eating or drinking |
| accessory | additional object; useful but not essential thing |
| acclivity | sharp upslope of a hill |
| accolade | award of marit |
| accomplice | partner in crime |
| accord | agreement |
| accost | approach and speak first to a person |
| accretion | growth; increase |
| accrue | come about by addition |
| acetic | vinegary |
| acidulous | slightly sour; sharp, caustic |
| acme | top; pinnacle |
| acoustics | scienceof sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in |
| acquiescent | accepting passively |
| acquittal | deliverence from a charge |
| acrid | sharp; bitterly pungent |
| acrimonious | stinging; caustic |
| acumen | mental keenness |
| adage | wise saying; proverb |
| adament | hard; inflexibal |
| addle | rottem; muddled; crazy |