| A | B |
|---|
| authentic | genuine; real; reliable; trustworthy |
| autobiography | story of a person's life written by the person himself or herself |
| autocrat | ruler exercising self-derived, absolute power; despot; dictator |
| autograph | written by himself or herself |
| automatic | acting by itself; self-regulating |
| automation | technique of making a process self-operating by means of built-in electronic controls |
| automaton | literally, "self-acting thing" purely mechanical person following a routine; robot |
| autonomous | self-governing; independent; sovereign |
| autonomy | right of self-government; independence; sovereignty |
| autopsy | medical examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death; postmortem examination |
| autocracy | government or country governed by one individual with self-derived, unlimited power |
| bureaucracy | government by bureaus or groups of officials; administration characterized by excessive red tape and routine |
| democracy | government or country governed by the people; rule by the majority |
| plutocracy | government or country governed by the rich |
| technocracy | government or country governed by technical experts |
| aristocrat | advocate of aristocracy |
| Democrat | member of the Democratic Party |
| aristocracy | literally, "governement by the best", government or country governed by a small privileged upper class |
