| A | B |
|---|
| abase | lower; humiliate |
| abate | subside; decrease; lessen |
| abdicate | renounce; give up |
| aberration | deviation from the expected or the normal; mental irregularity or disorder |
| abet | encourage; aid |
| abeyance | suspended action |
| abject | hopeless and curshed; servile and spiritless; wretched |
| abrade | wear away by friction; scrape; erode |
| abscond | depart secretly to avoid capture |
| absolve | pardon; free from blame |
| abstain | refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice (esp. a bad one) |
| abstract | theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentable |
| abstruse | obscure; profound; difficult to understand |
| accelerate | move faster |
| accessible | easy to approach; obtainable |
| acclaim | applaud; announce with great approval |
| accolade | award of merit |
| accommodate | provide lodgings; oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt |
| acquittal | declaration of innocence; deliverence from a charge |
| acrimony | bitterness of words or manner |
